Dave McNally gained his 16th victory when the Orioles won the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, 9-4, but Mike Cuellar was turned back in a bid for his 17th victory by the Brewers, who took the nightcap, 3-0, behind the pitching of Lew Krausse and Ken Sanders. Elrod Hendricks, catching for McNally, backed his pitcher with a homer and double, driving in five runs. Don Buford also hit for the circuit and McNally helped clinch his 10th straight victory with a two-run homer in the eighth. Johnny Briggs and Andy Kosco homered for the Brewers, who rallied for two more runs in the ninth before Eddie Watt, in relief of McNally, ended the game.

In the nightcap, a combination of singles by Kosco and Ellie Rodriguez and infield outs by Dave May produced two of the Brewers' runs off Cuellar, while Briggs accounted for the other tally with a homer in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 9, Milwaukee Brewers 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, August    28, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  2  -   4 10  1
Orioles      3  0  3    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   9 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .273      Buford lf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .287
Theobald 2b           3   0   0   0     2   0   .274      Blair cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
Cardenal cf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Powell 1b             2   2   0   0     2   0   .235
Briggs 1b             5   1   2   2     0   1   .265      Rettenmund rf         3   2   3   0     1   0   .312
Kosco 3b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .227      Hendricks c           4   2   2   5     0   1   .244
Rodriguez c           4   0   2   0     0   0   .205      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   1     0   1   .278
May rf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .282      Salmon 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .156
Heise ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .257        Johnson 2b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .277
Pattin p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .106      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Pena ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      McNally p             3   1   1   2     0   1   .177
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mitchell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schofield ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .214

Totals               36   4  10   4     5   2             Totals               32   9  10   9     4   6

Time of Game: 2:23
Left on Base: Brewers 10, Orioles 4
DP: Brewers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Briggs
Doubles: Rodriguez (9), Schofield (1), Hendricks (7)
Home Runs: Briggs (14), Kosco (8), Hendricks (8), Buford (18), McNally (1)
Caught Stealing: Rettenmund (4)
Sacrifice Hits: McNally (10)
GIDP: Briggs (3), Hendricks (8)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(11-14)         4     6   7   7   3   4   2  21   3.14
Morris                  2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.56
Weaver                  2     4   2   2   0   1   1   9   8.06
Totals                  8    10   9   9   4   6   3  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally W(16-4)         8.1   9   4   4   5   2   2  38   3.05
Watt SV(7)              0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.27
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   2   2  41

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Haller


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

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Blair flied out to center;
Powell walked; Rettenmund singled to left [Powell to second];
Hendricks homered [Powell scored, Rettenmund scored]; B.
Robinson flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Kosco flied out to center; Rodriguez doubled; May
made an out to second; Heise flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Salmon grounded out (third to first); Belanger
grounded out (third to first); McNally flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Pattin grounded out (third to first); Harper flied
out to center; Theobald walked; Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford struck out; Blair was called out on strikes;
Powell walked; Rettenmund singled to right [Powell to third];
Hendricks doubled [Powell scored, Rettenmund scored]; B.
Robinson singled to center [Hendricks scored]; Salmon walked [B.
Robinson to second]; Belanger made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 6.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs homered; Kosco flied out to center;
Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); May grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles
6.

ORIOLES 4TH: McNally struck out; Buford homered; Blair made an
out to second; Powell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles 7.

BREWERS 5TH: Heise singled to right; PENA BATTED FOR PATTIN;
Pena grounded out (shortstop to first) [Heise to second]; Harper
flied out to right; Theobald flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 5TH: MORRIS REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Rettenmund walked;
Rettenmund was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Hendricks struck out; B. Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Orioles 7.

BREWERS 6TH: Cardenal made an out to second; Briggs grounded out
(second to first); Kosco walked; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 6TH: Salmon reached on an error by Briggs (assist by
Kosco); Belanger made an out to first; McNally out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Salmon to second]; Buford
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles
7.

BREWERS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED SALMON (PLAYING 2B); May was
called out on strikes; Heise singled to center; MITCHELL BATTED
FOR MORRIS; Mitchell flied out to center; Harper walked [Heise
to second]; Theobald forced Harper (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: WEAVER REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Blair singled
to center; Powell popped to third in foul territory; Rettenmund
singled to center [Blair to second]; Hendricks grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rettenmund out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Orioles 7.

BREWERS 8TH: Cardenal grounded out (second to first); Briggs
struck out; Kosco homered; Rodriguez singled to center; May
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: B. Robinson struck out; Johnson singled to center;
Belanger flied out to right; McNally homered [Johnson scored];
Buford grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 2, Orioles 9.

BREWERS 9TH: Heise made an out to second; SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR
WEAVER; Schofield doubled to left; Harper singled to left
[Schofield scored]; Theobald walked [Harper to second]; WATT
REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); Cardenal flied out to center;
Briggs singled to center [Harper scored, Theobald to third];
Kosco flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Orioles 9.