The Royals' pitching record for most consecutive games won, set at five by Paul Splittorff earlier in the season, was broken by Roger Nelson, who defeated the Brewers, 6-4, for his sixth straight victory.

The Royals combined singles by Carl Taylor and Lou Piniella, a wild pitch by Gary Ryerson and single by Bobby Knoop for two runs in the second and added their remaining four runs in the third on singles by Richie Scheinblum, Taylor, Piniella, Paul Schaal and Knoop, together with an error and wild pitch by Jerry Bell. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Milwaukee Brewers 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Royals       0  2  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 12  0
Brewers      0  1  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   2   0     1   0   .227      Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Theobald 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .228
Scheinblum rf         3   1   1   0     1   0   .313      Lahoud rf             3   1   1   2     0   0   .220
  Hovley pr,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .281        Brown rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Mayberry 1b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .285      Scott 1b              4   1   1   1     0   2   .264
Taylor c              5   2   3   1     0   0   .302      Briggs lf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .275
Piniella lf           4   2   2   0     0   0   .312      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Schaal 3b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .210      Rodriguez c           3   0   1   1     0   1   .284
Knoop 2b              4   0   2   2     0   1   .238      Heise 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Nelson p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .108      Ryerson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .045
                                                            Bell p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
                                                            O'Brien ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .183
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .311
                                                            Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               36   6  12   4     4   5             Totals               32   4   8   4     1   8

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  5,358
Left on Base: Royals 8, Brewers 2
DP: Royals 3, Brewers 2
Errors: Auerbach
Doubles: Briggs (12), Rodriguez (12)
Home Runs: Scott (14), Lahoud (8)
Caught Stealing: May (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (4)
GIDP: Otis (6), Piniella (22), Auerbach (12), May (9)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson W(8-4)           9     8   4   4   1   8   2  33   1.91
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   8   2  33

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryerson L(3-7)          2.1   8   6   6   2   2   0  16   3.59
Bell                    2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.18
Sanders                 2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.50
Brett                   2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.68
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   5   0  41

Wild Pitches: Ryerson (3), Bell (3)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Art Frantz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Otis grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Patek out at second]; Scheinblum
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach struck out; Theobald flied out to left;
Lahoud lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers
0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry lined to first; Taylor singled to right;
Piniella singled to left [Taylor to third]; Ryerson threw a wild
pitch [Piniella to third, Taylor scored]; Schaal walked; Knoop
singled to right [Schaal to second, Piniella scored]; Nelson
struck out; Patek singled to left [Knoop to second, Schaal to
third]; Otis flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott homered; Briggs walked; May singled to right
[Briggs to third]; Rodriguez struck out while May was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Heise grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Scheinblum singled to shortstop [Scheinblum to
second (error by Auerbach)]; Mayberry struck out; Taylor singled
to center [Scheinblum scored, Taylor to second (on throw)];
Piniella singled to second [Taylor to third]; Schaal singled to
right [Piniella to third, Taylor scored]; BELL REPLACED RYERSON
(PITCHING); Bell threw a wild pitch [Schaal to second, Piniella
scored]; Knoop singled to right [Schaal scored]; Nelson struck
out; Patek singled to shortstop [Knoop to second]; Otis forced
Patek (shortstop to second); 4 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Bell struck out; Auerbach made an out to second;
Theobald singled to right; Lahoud homered [Theobald scored];
Scott struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum lined to right; Mayberry struck out;
Taylor grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs grounded out (second to first); May flied
out to center; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
grounded out (second to first); Knoop grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Heise singled to second; O'BRIEN BATTED FOR BELL;
O'Brien struck out; Auerbach grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Heise out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: SANDERS REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); Nelson grounded
out (third to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first);
Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald flied out to right; Lahoud grounded out
(second to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Scheinblum walked; HOVLEY RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM;
Mayberry forced Hovley (pitcher to shortstop); Taylor singled to
center [Mayberry to second]; Piniella grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Taylor out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Briggs doubled
to left; May grounded out (second to first) [Briggs to third];
Rodriguez doubled to center [Briggs scored]; Heise lined to
first; DAVIS BATTED FOR SANDERS; Davis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 4.

ROYALS 8TH: BRETT REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED
LAHOUD (PLAYING RF); Schaal singled to center; Knoop struck out;
Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Schaal to
second]; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
6, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: Auerbach flied out to right; Theobald flied out to
center; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6,
Brewers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Hovley
walked; Mayberry flied out to center; Taylor grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Scott flied out to right; Briggs singled to center;
May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Briggs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers
4.