A special night in honor of Ewing and Muriel Kauffman was spoiled for the Royals' owners when their club lost to the Brewers, 7-2. The Brewers decided the game with four runs on six singles in the fourth inning. The Royals failed to take advantage of their scoring chances and left 15 men on base. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 7, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Friday, August    18, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Brewers      1  0  0    4  0  1    0  1  0  -   7 11  1
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Auerbach ss           5   1   3   2     0   1   .230      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Theobald 2b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .237        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Davis cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .322        Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
  Linzy p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Hovley cf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .291
Scott 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .267      Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     2   0   .314
Brown rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .257      Piniella lf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .313
T. Reynolds lf        4   1   1   0     0   2   .195      Kirkpatrick c         3   0   1   0     2   1   .278
Ferraro 3b            3   1   1   1     0   2   .259      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   1     1   1   .283
Rodriguez c           3   2   2   2     0   1   .274      Mayberry 1b           4   0   3   0     1   1   .278
Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .196      Schaal 3b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .205
  May cf              1   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Splittorff p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .241
                                                            Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
                                                            Keough ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .191
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .226
                                                            Angelini p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Otis ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .304
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .364

Totals               33   7  11   7     2  12             Totals               35   2  10   2     8   7

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 24,762
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Royals 15
DP: Brewers 2, Royals 1
Errors: T. Reynolds
Doubles: T. Reynolds (4)
Stolen Bases: Auerbach (19), Davis (5), Patek (26)
Sacrifice Hits: Theobald (6), Lonborg (7), Ferraro (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (4)
GIDP: Theobald (8), Schaal (11), Scheinblum (15)
Hit by Pitch: Patek (1,by Lonborg)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(11-7)         6     7   2   2   6   7   0  32   2.86
Linzy SV(7)             3     3   0   0   2   0   0  12   2.79
Totals                  9    10   2   2   8   7   0  44

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(9-10)      3.1   6   5   5   1   6   0  17   3.57
Fitzmorris              0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.47
Jackson                 2     2   1   1   1   3   0   8   4.50
Angelini                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.17
Burgmeier               2     1   1   1   0   1   0   7   3.75
Totals                  9    11   7   7   2  12   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (7)
Wild Pitches: Jackson (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Frank Umont


BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach singled to left; Auerbach stole second;
Theobald out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Auerbach to
third]; Davis singled to left [Auerbach scored]; Davis stole
second; Scott struck out; Brown was called out on strikes; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Hovley struck
out; Scheinblum walked; Piniella singled to left [Piniella to
second (error by T. Reynolds), Scheinblum to third]; Kirkpatrick
was walked intentionally; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: T. Reynolds was called out on strikes; Ferraro was
called out on strikes; Rodriguez was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Schaal made an out to
shortstop; Splittorff singled to center; Patek flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Lonborg grounded out (second to first); Auerbach
struck out; Theobald walked; Davis flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Hovley grounded out (second to first); Scheinblum
walked; Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Scott singled to center; Brown singled to left
[Scott to second]; T. Reynolds lined to right [Scott to third];
Ferraro singled to right [Brown to third, Scott scored];
Rodriguez singled to left [Ferraro to third, Brown scored];
FITZMORRIS REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Lonborg struck out;
Auerbach singled to right [Rodriguez to third, Ferraro scored];
Theobald singled to center [Auerbach to second, Rodriguez
scored]; Davis grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas walked; Mayberry singled [Rojas to second];
Schaal struck out; KEOUGH BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Keough singled
to center [Mayberry to second, Rojas scored]; Patek forced
Keough (pitcher to shortstop) [Mayberry to third]; Hovley walked
[Patek to second]; Scheinblum flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

BREWERS 5TH: JACKSON REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Scott struck
out; Brown walked; Jackson threw a wild pitch [Brown to second];
T. Reynolds struck out; Ferraro was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Kirkpatrick singled to
left; Rojas lined to left; Mayberry singled to right
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Schaal made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Rodriguez singled to first; Lonborg out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rodriguez to second];
Auerbach singled to right [Rodriguez scored]; Theobald grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second to first)
[Auerbach out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: HOPKINS BATTED FOR JACKSON; Hopkins struck out;
Patek was hit by a pitch; Patek stole second; Hovley flied out
to center; Scheinblum flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Royals 1.

BREWERS 7TH: ANGELINI REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Davis struck
out; Scott grounded out (third to first); Brown flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick walked
[Piniella to second]; LINZY REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); MAY
REPLACED LONBORG (PLAYING CF); Rojas singled to center
[Kirkpatrick to second, Piniella scored]; Mayberry walked
[Kirkpatrick to third, Rojas to second]; Schaal grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Mayberry to second,
Rojas to third, Kirkpatrick out at home]; OTIS BATTED FOR
ANGELINI; Otis walked; TAYLOR BATTED FOR PATEK; Taylor made an
out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 2.

BREWERS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); BURGMEIER
REPLACED OTIS (PITCHING); T. Reynolds doubled to left; Ferraro
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [T. Reynolds to
third]; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to right [T. Reynolds
scored]; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Hovley singled to right; Scheinblum grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hovley out at
second]; Piniella lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
7, Royals 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Auerbach grounded out (second to first); Theobald
grounded out (first to pitcher); Linzy flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry singled to first;
Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 7, Royals 2.