Rain cut off a rally by the Royals in the seventh inning and enabled the Brewers to escape with a 6-5 victory in the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was postponed.

Jose Cardenal and Tommy Harper each hit a two-run single and Dave May homered as the Brewers built up a 6-0 lead. The Royals came back with four runs in the sixth, two counting on a pinch-homer by Ed Kirkpatrick. Singles by Cookie Rojas and Paul Schaal and a double by Bob Oliver added a run with one out in the seventh when rain prevented further action. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    7, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    1  2  3    0  -   6  6  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  4    1  -   5 10  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             2   1   2   2     1   0   .256      Patek ss              3   1   2   0     0   0   .259
Theobald 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Keough rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .260
Briggs 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Cardenal cf           4   0   2   2     0   0   .247      Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .300
May rf                3   2   1   1     1   1   .288      Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Matchick 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .190      Rojas 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .311
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     1   1   .172      Paepke c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .220
Auerbach ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .188      Wright p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .056
Pattin p              1   1   0   0     1   0   .121        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kirkpatrick ph      1   1   1   2     0   0   .220
  Pena 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .247        Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Oliver ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .240

Totals               24   6   6   5     6   3             Totals               27   5  10   5     0   3

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  9,738
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Royals 3
DP: Brewers 1, Royals 0
Errors: Paepke
Doubles: Cardenal (2), Keough (12), Oliver (8)
Home Runs: May (11), Kirkpatrick (9)
Stolen Bases: Harper (17), Matchick (1)
Caught Stealing: Cardenal (1), Patek (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Theobald (10), Pattin (8)
GIDP: Rojas (9)
Hit by Pitch: Harper (1,by Wright)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(10-12)         6     7   4   4   0   3   1  23   2.96
Weaver                  0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   4.40
Sanders                 0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.11
Totals                  6.1  10   5   5   0   3   1  27

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(2-4)           5     4   5   5   5   0   1  24   3.08
York                    1     1   1   1   1   2   0   5   3.00
Nelson                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.74
Totals                  7     6   6   6   6   3   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Wright (2)
Wild Pitches: Wright (3)

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


BREWERS 1ST: umpire John Rice missed game with illness;
Harper walked; Harper stole second; Theobald grounded out
(shortstop to first); Briggs flied out to right; Cardenal
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
0, Royals 0.

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

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Matchick
grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins flied out to center; Piniella singled to
left; Rojas grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach grounded out (third to first); Pattin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper singled to left;
Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal struck out; Paepke flied out to center;
Wright struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal
grounded out (third to first); May walked; Matchick singled to
right [May to third]; Wright threw a wild pitch [May scored,
Matchick to second]; Rodriguez walked; Auerbach popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek singled to left; Patek was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Keough
flied out to left; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Pattin walked; Harper was hit by a pitch [Pattin to
second]; Theobald out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Pattin to third, Harper to second]; Briggs made an out to
shortstop; Cardenal singled to left [Pattin scored, Harper
scored]; Cardenal was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins popped to catcher in foul territory;
Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory; Rojas singled to
right; Schaal lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Royals 0.

BREWERS 6TH: May homered; Matchick walked; YORK REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); Matchick stole second [Matchick to third (error by
Paepke)]; Rodriguez struck out; Auerbach walked; Pattin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Auerbach to second]; Harper
singled to center [Matchick scored, Auerbach scored]; Theobald
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Paepke singled to left; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR YORK;
Kirkpatrick homered [Paepke scored]; Patek singled to center;
Keough doubled to left [Patek scored]; Otis grounded out (third
to first) [Keough to third]; Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Keough scored]; Piniella popped to first in foul
territory; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 4.

BREWERS 7TH: NELSON REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Briggs
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal doubled to right; May
struck out; Matchick flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: WEAVER REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Rojas singled to
center; Schaal singled to center [Rojas to third]; Paepke flied
out to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR NELSON; Oliver doubled to
center [Rojas scored, Schaal to third]; PENA REPLACED WEAVER
(PLAYING 3B); SANDERS REPLACED MATCHICK (PITCHING);; game
called after 70 minute rain delay before Ken Sanders finished
his warm-up tosses; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals
5.