Tuesday August 24, 1971
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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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