Dave May homered off Mel Stottlemyre in the ninth inning to enable the Brewers to defeat the Yankees, 1-0. The Victory went to Ken Sanders, who pitched the last 2 2/3 innings in relief of Marcelino Lopez. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      15, 1971 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Clarke 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .236
Theobald 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Munson c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .252
May cf                4   1   1   1     0   0   .292      Murcer cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .341
Briggs 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .273      White lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .289
Ellis 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .270      Ellis 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Voss rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .256        Blomberg ph,rf      1   0   1   0     0   0   .327
Kubiak ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .220      Alou rf,1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .254
  Sanders p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cater 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rodriguez c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Kenney ss             3   0   0   0     1   2   .241
Lopez p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .083      Stottlemyre p         3   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Heise ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Lyttle ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .213

Totals               33   1   6   1     1   2             Totals               30   0   4   0     6   4

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  9,649
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Yankees 9
DP: Brewers 1, Yankees 0
Doubles: White (12)
Home Runs: May (8)
GIDP: Cater (12)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lopez                   6.1   2   0   0   6   2   0  26   3.29
Sanders W(5-4)          2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.76
Totals                  9     4   0   0   6   4   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(9-8)      9     6   1   1   1   2   1  34   2.80
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   2   1  34

Passed Balls: Munson (3)
Wild Pitches: Lopez (3)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Jim Honochick


BREWERS 1ST: Harper popped to second; Theobald grounded out
(pitcher to first); May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (third to first); Munson struck
out; Murcer walked; White doubled [Murcer to third]; Ellis
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Yankees 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs grounded out (third to first); Ellis
grounded out (shortstop to first); Voss singled to pitcher;
Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Alou singled to center; Cater grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second];
Kenney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Rodriguez made an out to second; Lopez popped to
second; Harper popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Stottlemyre made an out to shortstop; Clarke
walked; Munson walked [Clarke to second]; Murcer flied out to
right [Clarke to third]; White walked [Munson to second]; Ellis
made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees
0.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald flied out to center; May grounded out
(second to first); Briggs singled to second; Ellis singled to
left [Briggs to second]; Voss grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Alou flied out to center; Cater flied out to right;
Kenney grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
was called out on strikes; Lopez was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Stottlemyre flied out to center; Clarke grounded
out (third to first); Munson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
flied out to left; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); White flied
out to left; Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Briggs grounded out (catcher to first); Ellis
singled to left; Munson allowed a passed ball [Ellis to second];
Voss grounded out (second to first) [Ellis to third]; Kubiak
walked; Rodriguez lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Alou walked; Lopez threw a wild pitch [Alou to
second]; Cater flied to right in foul territory; Kenney walked;
SANDERS REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); HEISE REPLACED LOPEZ
(PLAYING SS); Stottlemyre struck out; Clarke flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Heise flied out to left; Harper lined to shortstop;
Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
singled to center; White flied out to left; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR
ELLIS; Blomberg singled to left [Murcer to second]; Alou forced
Blomberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
0, Yankees 0.

BREWERS 9TH: BLOMBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); May homered; Briggs singled to right;
Ellis forced Briggs (third to second); Voss grounded out (second
to first) [Ellis to second]; Sanders grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Cater flied out to right; Kenney was called out on
strikes; LYTTLE BATTED FOR STOTTLEMYRE; Lyttle grounded out
(second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Yankees 0.