Two unearned runs enabled the Brewers to defeat the Twins, 4-2. Johnny Briggs hit two homers for the Brewers, but these were offset by back-to-back blows by Graig Nettles and Harmon Killebrew for the Twins. Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 21, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumBrewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 4 5 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardenal rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .246 Tovar rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Auerbach ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .199 Nettles cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .248 May cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .256 Briggs 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0 .263 Braun 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Kosco lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Brye lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .140 Matchick 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Roof c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .218 Theobald 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Krausse p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .023 Dempsey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Tepedino ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .183 Perry p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Mitchell pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .185 Holt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 5 3 1 4 Totals 37 2 10 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 3,204 Left on Base: Brewers 2, Twins 10 DP: Brewers 0, Twins 0 Errors: Matchick, Nettles Doubles: Cardenas (24) Home Runs: Briggs 2 (20), Nettles (6), Killebrew (26) Caught Stealing: Roof (1) Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krausse W(8-12) 7 8 2 2 2 3 2 31 2.83 Sanders SV(30) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 1.91 Totals 9 10 2 2 2 5 2 39 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(16-17) 9 5 4 2 1 4 2 33 4.29 Totals 9 5 4 2 1 4 2 33 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - George Maloney BREWERS 1ST: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach flied out to center; May singled to left; Briggs walked [May to second]; Kosco forced May (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Nettles flied out to right; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; Braun singled to right [Tovar to third]; Cardenas made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 2ND: Porter struck out; Matchick grounded out (first to pitcher); Theobald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Brye reached on an error by Matchick [Brye to first]; Soderholm struck out; Roof singled to right [Brye to third]; Perry struck out; Tovar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 3RD: Krausse struck out; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); Auerbach lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Nettles singled to right; Killebrew lined to left; Braun singled to center [Nettles to third]; Cardenas made an out to third; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 4TH: May grounded out (catcher to first); Briggs lined to first; Kosco flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Soderholm walked; Roof forced Soderholm (second to shortstop); Roof was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Perry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 5TH: Porter flied out to center; Matchick flied out to right; Theobald made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Tovar flied out to center; Nettles homered; Killebrew homered; Braun lined to shortstop; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 2. BREWERS 6TH: Krausse struck out; Cardenal flied out to right; Auerbach grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Brye flied out to right; Soderholm struck out; Roof singled to center; Perry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 2. BREWERS 7TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Briggs homered; Kosco lined to right; Porter flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Killebrew walked; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 2. BREWERS 8TH: Matchick flied out to center; Theobald singled to center; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Tepedino singled to center [Theobald scored (error by Nettles) (unearned) (no RBI), Tepedino to third]; MITCHELL RAN FOR TEPEDINO; Cardenal lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Mitchell scored (unearned)]; Auerbach popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Cardenas doubled to right; Brye struck out; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); REESE BATTED FOR ROOF; Reese grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Twins 2. BREWERS 9TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED REESE (PLAYING C ); May lined to right; Briggs homered; Kosco flied out to left; Porter flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: PENA REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING 1B); HOLT BATTED FOR PERRY; Holt singled to shortstop; Tovar forced Holt (second to shortstop); Nettles forced Tovar (pitcher to shortstop); Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Twins 2. |
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