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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 2Game Played on Tuesday, June 6, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumBrewers 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. |
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