Three of Jim Slaton's teammates drove in two runs apiece to help the Brewers' rookie righthander defeat the Indians, 9-1. Johnny Briggs homered with a man on base in the first inning and Dave May drove in another run with a single. May added an RBI with a single in the third and Ellie Rodriguez batted in two with a double as the Brewers piled up five runs during the stanza. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Friday, August    13, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
Brewers      3  0  5    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   9 11  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender lf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Harper lf             4   2   2   0     0   1   .262
Pinson cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .260        Mitchell lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Lowenstein cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Theobald 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Chambliss 1b          4   0   2   0     1   1   .287      Briggs 1b             4   2   2   2     1   0   .283
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .275      Cardenal cf           3   2   0   0     2   0   .243
Fosse c               3   1   2   0     1   0   .258      May rf                3   1   1   2     1   0   .289
Baker rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .219      Matchick 3b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .229
Leon ss               2   0   1   0     2   0   .254      Rodriguez c           4   1   2   2     0   0   .172
Bevacqua 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .187      Heise ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Dunning p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Slaton p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .120
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .074
  Ballinger p         2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   9   1     6   2             Totals               33   9  11   9     5   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  7,204
Left on Base: Indians 12, Brewers 7
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Leon
Doubles: Fosse (14), Pinson (18), Rodriguez (7)
Home Runs: Briggs (13)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Hargan (1), Theobald (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Heise (1)
GIDP: Pinson (7), Bevacqua (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(8-9)          0.2   4   3   3   1   0   1   7   4.32
Hargan                  1.1   4   5   5   1   1   0   9   7.23
Ballinger               5     3   1   1   2   2   0  20   1.23
Farmer                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.03
Totals                  8    11   9   9   5   4   1  40

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton W(8-4)           9     9   1   1   6   2   0  40   3.60
Totals                  9     9   1   1   6   2   0  40

Wild Pitches: Ballinger (1), Slaton (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to left; Pinson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Uhlaender out at
second]; Chambliss walked; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled to right; Theobald out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Harper to second]; Briggs
homered [Harper scored]; Cardenal walked; Cardenal stole second;
May popped to shortstop; Cardenal stole third; Matchick singled
to right [Cardenal scored]; Rodriguez singled to right [Matchick
to second]; HARGAN REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Heise grounded
out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse doubled to center; Baker singled to center
[Fosse scored]; Leon singled to right [Baker to second];
Bevacqua flied out to left; Hargan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Baker to third, Leon to second]; Uhlaender
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Slaton grounded out (pitcher to first); Harper
struck out; Theobald grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss
singled to center; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to second to
first) [Chambliss to second]; Fosse walked; Baker grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Briggs singled to center; Cardenal walked [Briggs
to second]; May singled to right [Briggs scored, Cardenal to
second]; Matchick singled to center [Cardenal scored, May to
second]; Rodriguez doubled to right [May scored, Matchick
scored, Rodriguez to third (on throw)]; BALLINGER REPLACED
HARGAN (PITCHING); Heise hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Rodriguez scored]; Slaton was called out on strikes; Harper
grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 4TH: Leon flied out to center; Bevacqua flied out to
left; Ballinger singled to shortstop; Uhlaender grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald reached on an error by Leon [Theobald to
second]; Briggs flied out to center; Cardenal flied out to
center; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 5TH: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles walked; Fosse singled
to left [Nettles to second]; Baker grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 5TH: Matchick flied out to left; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 6TH: Leon walked; Bevacqua grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Leon out at second]; Ballinger
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 6TH: Slaton lined to second; Harper singled to center;
Theobald singled to right [Harper to second]; Ballinger threw a
wild pitch [Harper to third, Theobald to second]; Briggs walked;
Cardenal flied out to right; May walked [Harper scored, Theobald
to third, Briggs to second]; Matchick was called out on strikes;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 9.

INDIANS 7TH: MITCHELL REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); Uhlaender
grounded out (second to first); Pinson doubled to left; Slaton
threw a wild pitch [Pinson to third]; Chambliss struck out;
Nettles walked; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 9.

BREWERS 7TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED PINSON (PLAYING CF); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Heise singled to center;
Slaton lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Heise out
at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 9.

INDIANS 8TH: Baker lined to center; Leon walked; Bevacqua flied
out to center; HINTON BATTED FOR BALLINGER; Hinton was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 9.

BREWERS 8TH: FARMER REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Mitchell was
called out on strikes; Theobald walked; Briggs out on an unknown
play; Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
1, Brewers 9.

INDIANS 9TH: Uhlaender popped to shortstop; Lowenstein popped to
third in foul territory; Chambliss singled to left; Nettles
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 9.