After accepting a gift of three unearned runs in the sixth inning, the Brewers added three other tallies in the seventh and defeated the Indians, 6-5. Roy Foster, who homered for the Indians in the fourth, dropped a fly ball by Ellie Rodriguez with two out and the bases loaded to give the Brewers their tainted runs.

Ray Fosse put the Indians back in the lead, 5-3, with a three-run homer in their half of the sixth, but the Brewers started their rally in the seventh with a single by Bill Voss, double by Tommy Harper and singles by Ron Theobald and Johnny Briggs to tie the score. After Jose Cardenal struck out, Dave May grounded to Eddie Leon, who missed an attempted tag of Briggs and had to settle for a putout of May at first base as Theobald scored what proved to be the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Game Played on Tuesday, August 24, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  3    3  0  0  -   6 12  1
Indians      0  0  0    2  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  6  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   1   3   0     0   1   .264      Uhlaender lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .281
Theobald 2b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .276      Pinson cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Briggs 1b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .262      R. Foster rf          3   2   1   1     1   0   .235
  Pena 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .281
Cardenal cf           5   1   2   0     0   2   .244      Chambliss 1b          4   2   2   0     0   1   .286
May rf                4   1   0   1     1   1   .283      Fosse c               2   1   1   3     2   0   .258
Kosco 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .229      Leon 2b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .255
  Matchick 3b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Rodriguez c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .194        Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Heise ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .256      A. Foster p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .048
Slaton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .107        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Krausse p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .029        Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Voss ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .251        Ballinger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Sanders p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  12   3     2   7             Totals               30   5   6   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  6,533
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Indians 3
DP: Brewers 2, Indians 1
Errors: Cardenal, R. Foster, A. Foster
Doubles: Harper 2 (23), Chambliss (14)
Home Runs: R. Foster (11), Fosse (6)
GIDP: Harper (3), Leon (13), Pinson (8)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  5.2   6   5   5   4   2   2  25   3.94
Krausse                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.04
Sanders W(6-8)          3     0   0   0   1   3   0   9   1.93
Totals                  9     6   5   5   5   5   2  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
A. Foster               6     7   4   1   2   3   0  27   3.88
Farmer L(4-1)           1     3   2   2   0   1   0   7   2.75
Ballinger               2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.57
Totals                  9    12   6   3   2   7   0  42

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Merle Anthony


BREWERS 1ST: Harper doubled to center; Theobald grounded out
(third to first) [Harper to third]; Briggs grounded out (first
unassisted); Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender flied out to left; Pinson grounded out
(first to pitcher); R. Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Kosco grounded
out (third to first); Rodriguez popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; Chambliss singled to
center [Chambliss to third (error by Cardenal)]; Fosse walked;
Leon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Fosse out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians
0.

BREWERS 3RD: Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Slaton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Stanley grounded out (third to first); A. Foster
struck out; Uhlaender flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Indians 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs
was called out on strikes; Cardenal singled to left; May lined
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Pinson flied out to right; R. Foster homered;
Nettles struck out; Chambliss doubled to left; Fosse was walked
intentionally; Leon singled to left [Chambliss scored, Fosse out
at third (left to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Indians 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Kosco singled to left; Rodriguez singled to center
[Kosco to second]; Heise singled to center [Kosco to third,
Rodriguez to second]; Slaton forced Kosco (first to catcher)
[Rodriguez to third, Heise to second]; Harper grounded into a
double play (third to catcher to first) [Rodriguez out at home];
0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); A. Foster
grounded out (second to first); Uhlaender grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians
2.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Briggs
walked; Cardenal singled to center [Briggs to second]; May
walked [Briggs to third, Cardenal to second]; Kosco struck out;
Rodriguez reached on an error by R. Foster [Briggs scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Cardenal scored (unearned) (no RBI), May
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rodriguez to second]; Rodriguez was
picked off second but was safe on an error by A. Foster
[Rodriguez to third]; Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: MATCHICK REPLACED KOSCO (PLAYING 3B); Pinson
grounded out (second to first); R. Foster walked; Nettles walked
[R. Foster to second]; Chambliss forced Nettles (first to
shortstop) [R. Foster to third]; Fosse homered [R. Foster
scored, Chambliss scored]; Leon singled to center; KRAUSSE
REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Stanley popped to shortstop; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Indians 5.

BREWERS 7TH: VOSS BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Voss singled to right;
FARMER REPLACED A. FOSTER (PITCHING); Harper doubled to left
[Voss to third]; Theobald singled to third [Voss scored, Harper
to third]; Briggs singled to right [Harper scored, Theobald to
third]; Cardenal struck out; May reached on a fielder's choice
[Theobald scored, Briggs to second]; Matchick grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Briggs to third, May to second]; Rodriguez
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); BAKER BATTED FOR
FARMER; Baker grounded out (second to first); Uhlaender walked;
Pinson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Uhlaender out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
6, Indians 5.

BREWERS 8TH: BALLINGER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Heise singled
to third; Sanders popped to first in foul territory; Harper
singled to third [Heise to second]; Theobald flied out to right
[Heise to third]; Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: PENA REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING 1B); R. Foster popped
to third; Nettles struck out; Chambliss was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Indians 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Cardenal struck out; May was called out on strikes;
Matchick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Fosse grounded out (second to first); Leon flied
out to center; HINTON BATTED FOR STANLEY; Hinton struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Indians 5.

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