A single by Amos Otis, who collected three of the Royals' four hits, led to the run that beat the Brewers, 1-0, in a duel between Dick Drago and Marty Pattin. Paul Schaal walked in the fourth inning, took third on Otis' hit and scored on a sacrifice fly by Cookie Rojas. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      6, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Schaal 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .277      Theobald 2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .291
Otis cf               4   0   3   0     0   0   .311      May cf                3   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Briggs 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Hopkins 1b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .267      Ellis 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Voss rf               3   0   2   0     0   0   .249
Rojas 2b              2   0   0   1     0   0   .311      Kubiak ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Rodriguez c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .202
Keough rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Pattin p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .140
Drago p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .111        Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .128
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   4   1     2   3             Totals               30   0   6   0     1   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  6,947
Left on Base: Royals 3, Brewers 5
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1
Errors: May
Doubles: Theobald (5)
Stolen Bases: Otis (25)
Caught Stealing: Patek (5), Voss (2)
Sacrifice Hits: May (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (5)
GIDP: Kirkpatrick (5), Kubiak (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(9-4)            9     6   0   0   1   4   0  32   3.33
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   4   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(7-9)           8     3   1   1   2   3   0  28   2.98
Sanders                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.76
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   3   0  31

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded
out (pitcher to third to first); Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
doubled; May grounded out (second to first) [Theobald to third];
Briggs made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Hopkins
singled to center; Rojas flied out to center [Hopkins to
second]; Piniella lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Voss
singled to center; Voss was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Kubiak flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Keough grounded out (second to first); Drago was
called out on strikes; Patek reached on an error by May [Patek
to second]; Patek was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Pattin struck
out; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal walked; Otis singled to left [Schaal to
third]; Otis stole second; Kirkpatrick made an out to second;
Hopkins was walked intentionally; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Schaal scored, Otis to third, Hopkins to second]; Otis was
out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); May
lined to left; Briggs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Keough grounded out
(first unassisted); Drago was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Ellis flied out to left; Voss grounded out (second
to first); Kubiak walked; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal made
an out to third; Otis singled to third; Kirkpatrick flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Pattin struck out; Harper struck out; Theobald
singled to right; May singled to center [Theobald to third];
Briggs flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Brewers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Hopkins flied out to right; Rojas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Ellis grounded out (third to first); Voss singled
to right; Kubiak grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Voss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Keough flied out to center; Drago popped to first;
Patek lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
TEPEDINO BATTED FOR PATTIN; Tepedino flied out to left; Harper
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED TEPEDINO (PITCHING); Schaal flied
out to center; Otis singled to left; Kirkpatrick grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Theobald
singled to center; May out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Theobald to second]; Briggs grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.