A double by Ellie Rodriguez and single by Bob Heise in the ninth inning gave the Brewers a 3-2 victory over the Royals. The Brewers took the lead in the first with two unearned runs resulting from a pair of errors by Freddie Patek. A double by Paul Splittorff in the third and another two-bagger by Lou Piniella in the sixth led to the Royals' tying tallies. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 3, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 1, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  4
Brewers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     1   1   .286      Harper lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .271
Keough cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .264      Theobald 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .269
Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .279      Briggs 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Cardenal cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .246
Oliver rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .253      Pena 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .263      Rodriguez c           3   1   2   0     0   0   .210
Knoop 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .242      May rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
May c                 4   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Heise ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .242
Splittorff p          3   1   1   0     0   1   .122      Krausse p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .027
  Valdespino ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Mitchell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     4   6             Totals               32   3   9   2     2   1

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  4,976
Left on Base: Royals 7, Brewers 6
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Patek 2, Keough, Piniella
Doubles: Splittorff (1), Piniella (19), Rodriguez (10)
Caught Stealing: Schaal (4), Briggs (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (7)
GIDP: Piniella (11), May (15)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              8     7   2   0   2   1   0  31   1.95
Burgmeier L(6-7)        0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   1.86
Totals                  8.2   9   3   1   2   1   0  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse                 8     5   2   2   4   5   0  31   2.86
Sanders W(7-8)          1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.96
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   6   0  36

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Keough made an out to shortstop;
Hopkins flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper reached on an error by Patek [Harper to
first]; Theobald singled to center [Harper to second]; Briggs
flied out to left; Cardenal walked [Harper to third, Theobald to
second]; Pena forced Cardenal (first to shortstop) [Harper
scored (unearned) (RBI), Theobald scored (error by Patek)
(unearned) (no RBI), Pena to first]; Rodriguez flied to right in
foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers
2.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella lined to left; Oliver walked; Schaal
grounded out (third to first) [Oliver to second]; Knoop grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: May singled to left [May to second (error by
Piniella)]; Heise lined to right; Krausse flied out to center;
Harper flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 2.

ROYALS 3RD: May was called out on strikes; Splittorff doubled to
right; Patek walked; Keough walked [Splittorff to third, Patek
to second]; Hopkins forced Keough (second to shortstop)
[Splittorff scored, Patek to third]; Piniella forced Hopkins
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald flied out to right; Briggs singled to
right; Briggs was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Cardenal lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Brewers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Oliver struck out; Schaal lined to center; Knoop
singled to left; May flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Pena made an out to second; Rodriguez singled to
right; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Splittorff made an out to first; Patek singled to
left; Keough grounded out (third to first) [Patek to second];
Hopkins flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Heise grounded out (second to first); Krausse
walked; Harper forced Krausse (shortstop to second); Harper was
picked off first (pitcher to first to second to pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella doubled to left; Oliver struck out; Schaal
singled to left [Piniella scored]; Schaal was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Knoop grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs
grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: May flied out to left; Splittorff struck out; Patek
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Pena singled to left; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Pena to second]; May flied out to
center; Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Keough made an out to shortstop; Hopkins walked;
Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Hopkins out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: MITCHELL BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Mitchell flied out to
center; Harper singled to left; Theobald singled to center
[Harper to third (error by Keough)]; Briggs struck out; Cardenal
forced Theobald (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Oliver
grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded out (pitcher to
first); Knoop singled to center; May singled to right [Knoop to
third]; VALDESPINO BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Valdespino struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED VALDESPINO (PITCHING); Pena
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez doubled to right;
May grounded out (first to pitcher) [Rodriguez to third]; Heise
singled to center [Rodriguez scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Brewers 3.