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Friday August 6, 1971
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Two sacrifice flies by Johnny Briggs accounted for the Brewers' scoring in a 2-1 victory over the Royals. Ron Theobald tripled and counted on Briggs' first fly in the fourth inning. The Royals tied the score in their half of the fourth and missed a chance to go ahead.

Joe Keough singled and stopped at third on a double by Amos Otis, who overran second and was tagged out. Gail Hopkins drove in Keough with a single. In the ninth, Tommy Harper doubled for the Brewers, Theobald sacrificed and Briggs hit his second fly. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Friday, August 6, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .253      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .256
Theobald 2b           2   1   2   0     1   0   .289      Keough rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .259
Briggs 1b             2   0   0   2     0   0   .286      Otis cf               4   0   3   0     0   0   .319
Cardenal cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Hopkins 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .306
Mitchell rf           3   0   0   0     0   3   .194      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Pena 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Rojas 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .308
Rodriguez c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .173      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Lockwood p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .095      Splittorff p          3   0   1   0     0   0   .071
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   2   4   2     1   6             Totals               31   1   7   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  8,730
Left on Base: Brewers 2, Royals 4
DP: Brewers 2, Royals 1
Doubles: Harper (19), Otis (21)
Triples: Theobald (1)
Stolen Bases: Harper (16), Theobald (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Theobald (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Briggs 2 (3)
GIDP: Briggs (2), Piniella (7)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood W(8-7)         8.1   7   1   1   1   4   0  30   2.90
Sanders SV(18)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.11
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   4   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(4-5)       9     4   2   2   1   6   0  31   2.51
Totals                  9     4   2   2   1   6   0  31

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


BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to right; Theobald singled to
right; Briggs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Theobald out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to second; Keough singled to left; Otis
singled to left [Keough to third]; Hopkins struck out while Otis
was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mitchell struck out; Pena popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella was called out on strikes; Rojas flied out
to center; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

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

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory;
Splittorff made an out to shortstop; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Harper grounded out (third to first); Theobald
tripled to left; Briggs hit a sacrifice fly to left [Theobald
scored]; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough singled to left; Otis doubled to center
[Keough to third, Otis out at third (center to shortstop to
first)]; Hopkins singled to right [Keough scored]; Piniella
grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Hopkins out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Mitchell struck out; Pena flied out to center;
Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas lined to right; Schaal grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Auerbach lined to center; Lockwood grounded out
(catcher to first); Harper singled to center; Theobald walked
[Harper to second]; Harper stole third and Theobald stole
second; Briggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Splittorff singled to left; Patek struck out; Keough
forced Splittorff (first to shortstop); Otis lined to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Cardenal popped to catcher in foul territory;
Mitchell struck out; Pena was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

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

BREWERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Auerbach
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lockwood popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first);
Splittorff grounded out (second to first); Patek flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Harper doubled to center; Theobald out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harper to third]; Briggs hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Harper scored]; Cardenal flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Keough flied out to left; Otis singled to right;
SANDERS REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Hopkins grounded out
(third to first) [Otis to second]; Piniella flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.



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