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Tuesday July 10, 1973
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Steve Busby struck out 13 to tie the Royals' club record and Lou Piniella and Ed Kirkpatrick batted in five runs between them to defeat the Brewers, 5-3. Piniella homered after a single by John Mayberry in the second inning. Freddie Patek walked, Mayberry singled and both scored on a double by Kirkpatrick in the sixth. Piniella then singled to drive in Kirkpatrick. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 10, 1973 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals       0  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Brewers      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   3   0     0   0   .247      Lahoud rf             4   0   2   0     1   2   .174
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Money 3b              5   1   0   0     0   2   .238
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      May cf                4   0   2   1     0   1   .316
Mayberry 1b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .305      Briggs lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .246
Kirkpatrick rf        4   1   1   2     0   0   .304      Scott 1b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .278
Piniella lf           4   1   2   3     0   2   .241      Porter dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .242
Hovley dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Ellie Rodriguez c     2   1   1   0     1   0   .274
Bevacqua 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Johnson ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Healy c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .256        Mitchell ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .444
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             4   0   1   2     0   2   .260
                                                          Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     1   6             Totals               32   3   7   3     5  13

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 13,236
Left on Base: Royals 4, Brewers 8
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 0
Doubles: Patek 2 (14), Kirkpatrick (14)
Triples: May (3)
Home Runs: Piniella (7)
Stolen Bases: Patek (17)
Caught Stealing: Otis (4), Lahoud (3)
GIDP: Johnson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Ellie Rodriguez (10,by Busby)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(6-9)            9     7   3   3   5  13   0  38   4.58
Totals                  9     7   3   3   5  13   0  38

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(11-5)         9     9   5   5   1   6   1  36   3.04
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1   6   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Busby (3)
Wild Pitches: Busby (5)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Rojas struck out; Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Lahoud struck out; Money was called out on strikes;
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to left; Kirkpatrick lined to left;
Piniella homered [Mayberry scored]; Hovley lined to center;
Bevacqua flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs lined to first; Scott walked; Porter flied
out to center; Ellie Rodriguez was hit by a pitch [Scott to
second]; Johnson walked [Scott to third, Ellie Rodriguez to
second]; Garcia singled to left [Scott scored, Ellie Rodriguez
scored, Johnson to second]; Lahoud struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy flied out to left; Patek doubled to center;
Rojas reached on a fielder's choice [Patek out at third
(shortstop to third to pitcher), Rojas to second]; Otis flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Money popped to shortstop; May singled to second;
Briggs popped to shortstop; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Piniella struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Ellie
Rodriguez singled to right; Johnson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Ellie Rodriguez out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hovley struck out; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop
to first); Healy lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Garcia popped to shortstop; Lahoud singled to
right; Lahoud was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Money struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek singled to second; Rojas lined to shortstop;
Otis lined to shortstop; Patek stole second; Mayberry walked;
Kirkpatrick doubled to center [Patek scored, Mayberry scored];
Piniella singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; Hovley grounded
out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 6TH: May popped to shortstop; Briggs was called out on
strikes; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Brewers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); Healy struck
out; Patek doubled to left; Rojas lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Porter struck out; Ellie Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis singled to shortstop; Mayberry lined to left;
Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first
to shortstop); Kirkpatrick flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Garcia struck out; Lahoud singled to center; Money
forced Lahoud (third to second); May tripled to center [Money
scored]; Briggs walked; Scott flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella struck out; Hovley grounded out (pitcher to
first); On a bunt Bevacqua singled to catcher; Healy struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Porter struck out; Ellie Rodriguez walked; MITCHELL
BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Mitchell singled to center [Ellie Rodriguez
to third]; Busby threw a wild pitch [Mitchell to second]; Garcia
struck out; Lahoud was walked intentionally; Money flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Brewers 3.



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