The return of Ellie Rodriguez to the lineup after a week's absence because of illness sparked the Brewers to a 2-0 victory over the Twins behind the five-hit pitching of Bill Parsons. Bert Blyleven, on the hill for the Twins, allowed only one hit until the fifth inning when Dave May singled.

After stealing second and going to third on a groundout, May scored on a double by Rodriguez, who continued to third when Cesar Tovar fumbled the ball in right field. Parsons then iced his victory with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 2, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Friday, July      21, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   2  3  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Theobald 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .301      Lahoud rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Braun 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .310      Scott 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Briggs lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .276
Manuel lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      May cf                3   1   1   0     0   0   .231
Darwin cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Ferraro 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Thompson ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .280      Rodriguez c           3   1   1   1     0   0   .282
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Auerbach ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .216
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Parsons p             2   0   0   1     0   1   .108
  Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               31   0   5   0     2   5             Totals               26   2   3   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance:  9,258
Left on Base: Twins 6, Brewers 2
DP: Twins 0, Brewers 1
Errors: Tovar
Doubles: Scott (14), Rodriguez (7)
Stolen Bases: May (7), Auerbach (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Parsons (1)
GIDP: Killebrew (11)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(9-12)        7     3   2   1   1   3   0  25   2.85
Granger                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.63
Totals                  8     3   2   1   1   5   0  28

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons W(8-7)          9     5   0   0   2   5   0  33   4.67
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   5   0  33

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar popped to catcher in foul territory; Carew
popped to catcher in foul territory; Braun walked; Killebrew
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald flied out to center; Lahoud was called out
on strikes; Scott doubled to right; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Manuel struck out; Darwin flied out to right;
Thompson singled to left; Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferraro flied
out to right; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (second to first); Tovar popped
to third in foul territory; Carew singled to third; Braun
singled to right [Carew to third]; Killebrew flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach flied out to right; Parsons flied out to
center; Theobald flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Manuel grounded out (second to first); Darwin
grounded out (third to first); Thompson made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Lahoud grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott
grounded out (third to first); Briggs grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Blyleven
made an out to shortstop; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: May singled to right; May stole second; Ferraro
grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to third]; Rodriguez
doubled to right [Rodriguez to third (error by Tovar), May
scored]; Auerbach walked; Auerbach stole second; Parsons hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rodriguez scored (unearned)]; Theobald
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to third; Braun flied out to center;
Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Scott popped to first
in foul territory; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Manuel flied out to center; Darwin flied out to
center; Thompson singled to left; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: May flied out to right; Ferraro flied out to right;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 8TH: REESE BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Reese struck out; Tovar
walked; Carew flied out to center; Braun was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); Auerbach
grounded out (shortstop to first); Parsons struck out; Theobald
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 9TH: Killebrew struck out; Manuel flied out to right;
Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 2.