Five stolen bases by Amos Otis, who came within one of the A. L. record, helped the Royals race to a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. Otis, who collected four hits, singled in the seventh, stole second, pilfered third and scored the deciding run on a wild throw by catcher Darrell Porter. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 7, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   3 12  1
Royals       0  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  x  -   4  8  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .268      Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   1   .279
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Valdespino lf         4   1   1   1     0   1   .476
  Pena ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Otis cf               4   2   4   0     0   0   .307
  Tepedino pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Theobald 2b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .278      Oliver rf             3   0   1   2     0   0   .253
Cardenal cf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .253      Schaal 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .266
Briggs 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .265      Knoop 2b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .208
May rf,lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .285      Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .130
Porter c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .308      Drago p               3   0   1   0     0   2   .132
  Rodriguez ph,c      1   0   0   0     0   1   .210        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Kosco 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Heise ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .244
  Matchick ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .300
  Auerbach ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Pattin p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .099
  Voss ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
  Mitchell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .185

Totals               37   3  12   3     2   4             Totals               30   4   8   3     3   7

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  5,905
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Royals 6
DP: Brewers 1, Royals 2
Errors: Porter, Drago
Doubles: Briggs (9), Cardenal (6), Pena (9), Valdespino (4)
Stolen Bases: Otis 5 (47), Patek (48)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (4)
GIDP: Theobald (3), Kosco (6)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin                  6     7   3   3   3   4   0  27   3.06
Sanders L(7-9)          2     1   1   0   0   3   0   7   1.88
Totals                  8     8   4   3   3   7   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   6.2  11   3   3   1   3   0  30   3.00
Burgmeier W(9-7)        1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   1.73
Abernathy SV(21)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.55
Totals                  9    12   3   3   2   4   0  39

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak


BREWERS 1ST: Umpire Bill Deegan missed with back muscle
spasm; Harper singled to center; Harper was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Drago [Harper to third]; Theobald
grounded out (third to first); Cardenal reached on a fielder's
choice [Harper out at home (third to catcher to shortstop to
pitcher), Cardenal to second]; Briggs flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Valdespino
grounded out (second to first); Otis singled to center; Otis
stole second; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May singled to right; Porter made an out to
shortstop; Kosco forced May (third to second); Heise forced
Kosco (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver flied out to center; Schaal walked; Knoop
struck out; Martinez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Pattin was called out on strikes; Harper singled to
center; Theobald grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Harper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago singled to second; On a bunt Patek hit into a
double play (first to second) [Drago out at third (second to
shortstop)]; Valdespino grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Cardenal flied out to left; Briggs doubled to
center; May grounded out (second to first) [Briggs to third];
Porter singled to center [Briggs scored]; Kosco struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to center; Otis stole second; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third]; Oliver hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Otis scored]; Schaal singled to left;
Knoop grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Heise singled to shortstop; On a bunt Pattin forced
Heise (pitcher to shortstop); Harper popped to third in foul
territory; Theobald singled to center [Pattin to second];
Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Martinez flied out to center; Drago struck out;
Patek walked; Patek stole second; Valdespino doubled to left
[Patek scored]; Otis singled to third [Valdespino to third];
Otis stole second; Hopkins was walked intentionally; Oliver
singled to third [Valdespino scored, Otis to third, Hopkins to
second]; Schaal flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Briggs flied out to right; May singled to center;
Porter singled to right [May to third]; Kosco grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Porter out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Knoop struck out; Martinez grounded out (pitcher to
first); Drago was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 7TH: MATCHICK BATTED FOR HEISE; Matchick walked; VOSS
BATTED FOR PATTIN; Voss was called out on strikes; Harper popped
to third in foul territory; Theobald singled to center [Matchick
to second]; Cardenal doubled to right [Matchick scored, Theobald
scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Briggs walked; May
made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: AUERBACH REPLACED MATCHICK (PLAYING SS); VOSS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SANDERS REPLACED HARPER (PITCHING); MAY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Patek struck out; Valdespino
struck out; Otis singled to second; Otis stole second; Otis
stole third [Otis scored (error by Porter) (unearned)]; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR PORTER; Rodriguez struck out;
Kosco grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Oliver popped
to first in foul territory; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to
first); Knoop struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Royals 4.

BREWERS 9TH: MITCHELL BATTED FOR VOSS; Mitchell flied out to
right; PENA BATTED FOR SANDERS; Pena doubled to center; TEPEDINO
RAN FOR PENA; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Theobald
flied out to center; Cardenal flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 4.