A single by Lou Piniella, who drove in two runs in the sixth inning, enabled the Royals to defeat the Brewers, 4-2. Freddie Patek led off the stanza with a single and took third on a single by Amos Otis. After Otis stole second, Piniella rapped his decisive hit. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      6, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Brewers      0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   4  9  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Davis lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .286      Patek ss              3   1   1   1     0   0   .252
Theobald 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .154      Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .258
May cf                4   0   1   1     0   0   .190      Piniella lf           4   0   1   2     0   0   .331
Briggs 1b             4   0   2   0     0   2   .239      Scheinblum rf         4   1   2   0     0   0   .306
Lahoud rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Hovley rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  T. Reynolds ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .261
Ferraro 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Taylor 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Rodriguez c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .352        Mayberry ph,1b      1   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Auerbach ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .193      Schaal 3b             2   0   1   1     0   0   .231
Brett p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .238      May c                 3   0   2   0     0   0   .245
  Ratliff ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Murphy p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               33   2   8   2     1   5             Totals               28   4   9   4     1   0

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  7,415
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Royals 4
DP: Brewers 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Auerbach (2)
Triples: Schaal (2)
Home Runs: Auerbach (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (9)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Schaal (2), Murphy (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Patek (2)
GIDP: Ratliff (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(2-6)            6     7   3   3   1   0   0  23   3.32
Linzy                   2     2   1   1   0   0   0   9   2.33
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   0   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy W(2-1)           8     7   2   2   1   4   1  31   3.58
Burgmeier SV(4)         1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.33
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   5   1  34

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


BREWERS 1ST: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
walked; May flied out to left; Briggs was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Otis lined to shortstop;
Piniella made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud grounded out (second to first); Ferraro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum singled to left; Rojas made an out to
second; Taylor lined to right; Schaal tripled to left
[Scheinblum scored]; May lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach homered; Brett grounded out (second to
first); Davis singled to shortstop; Theobald grounded out (third
to first) [Davis to second]; May singled [Davis scored]; Briggs
singled [May to third]; Lahoud popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Murphy flied out to center; Patek grounded out
(third to first); Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Ferraro made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez flied
out to left; Auerbach doubled to center; Brett struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella made an out to shortstop; Scheinblum lined
to third; Rojas walked; Rojas was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals
1.

BREWERS 5TH: Davis struck out (catcher to first); Theobald
grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Taylor grounded out (third to first); Schaal
grounded out (shortstop to first); May singled to left; Murphy
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
2, Royals 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Briggs struck out; Lahoud grounded out (second to
first); Ferraro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek singled to center; Otis singled to left [Patek
to third]; Otis stole second; Piniella singled to left [Patek
scored, Otis scored, Piniella out at second (left to third to
first)]; Scheinblum singled to right; Rojas lined into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Scheinblum out at first]; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Rodriguez singled to right; Auerbach made an out to
second; RATLIFF BATTED FOR BRETT; Ratliff grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: LINZY REPLACED RATLIFF (PITCHING); MAYBERRY BATTED
FOR TAYLOR; Mayberry singled to right; Schaal out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Mayberry to second]; May singled to
third [Mayberry stayed at second]; Murphy reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Mayberry to third, May to second];
Patek hit a sacrifice fly to left [Mayberry scored]; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
2, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Davis
grounded out (third to first); Theobald flied out to center; May
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 4.

BREWERS 9TH: HOVLEY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING RF); Briggs
singled to right; T. REYNOLDS BATTED FOR LAHOUD; BURGMEIER
REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); T. Reynolds was called out on
strikes; Ferraro was credited with a single when a runner was
hit by the batted ball [Briggs out at second (second
unassisted)]; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 4.