Joe Hoerner, who had been obtained from the Braves, made his debut in relief for the Royals and received credit for his first A. L. save in a 6-1 victory over the Brewers. The Royals scored three runs in the second inning, two crossing the plate on a single by Hal McRae, and were leading, 3-1, when Dick Drago cooled off during a long rain delay and gave up a walk and a double by George Scott with one out in the eighth.

Hoerner retired the last five straight batters. The Royals iced the verdict with three more runs in their half of the eighth. Steve Hovley batted in a pair with a single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Friday, July      20, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Royals       0  3  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   6 13  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lahoud rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .183      Patek ss              5   0   1   1     0   0   .237
  Coluccio ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Rojas 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .258
Money 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Otis cf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .290
May cf                2   0   2   1     2   0   .324      Mayberry 1b           4   2   2   0     0   0   .302
Briggs lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .245      Reichardt dh          4   2   2   1     0   0   .264
Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Piniella lf           2   1   1   0     2   0   .245
Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .251      McRae rf              2   0   1   2     1   0   .186
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Hovley pr,rf        1   0   1   2     0   0   .260
  Champion p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               2   0   1   0     2   0   .254
Ellie Rodriguez dh,c  3   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .229        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .252
Short p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Velazquez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     5   6             Totals               32   6  13   6     5   0

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 16,129
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Royals 7
DP: Brewers 1, Royals 0
Errors: McRae
Doubles: Money (19), May (13), Scott (19), Mayberry (13), Otis (15), Reichardt (9)
Stolen Bases: Ellie Rodriguez (4), Healy (2)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (3), Patek (9)
GIDP: Schaal (11)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Short L(3-3)            1     4   3   3   1   0   0   7   4.47
Velazquez               5.2   5   0   0   2   0   0  21   0.00
Champion                0.1   3   3   3   0   0   0   4   4.43
Linzy                   1     1   0   0   2   0   0   5   4.36
Totals                  8    13   6   6   5   0   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(11-9)           7.1   6   1   1   5   5   0  32   3.64
Hoerner SV(1)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   5.65
Totals                  9     6   1   1   5   6   0  37

Wild Pitches: Linzy (2), Drago (4)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Lahoud singled to center; Drago threw a wild pitch
[Lahoud to second]; Money grounded out (pitcher to first); May
walked; Briggs walked [Lahoud to third, May to second]; Scott
was called out on strikes; Porter grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (second to first); Rojas singled
to third; Rojas was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Ellie Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Garcia struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry doubled to right; Reichardt singled to
center [Mayberry to third]; Piniella walked [Reichardt to
second]; McRae singled to left [Mayberry scored, Reichardt
scored, Piniella to third]; VELAZQUEZ REPLACED SHORT (PITCHING);
Schaal flied out to right; Debut game for Carlos
Velazquez; Healy walked [McRae to second]; Patek forced
Healy (shortstop to second) [Piniella scored, McRae to third];
Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Lahoud flied out to right; Money doubled to left;
May doubled to left [Money scored]; Briggs popped to shortstop;
Scott lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas singled to center; Otis singled to center
[Rojas to second]; Mayberry flied out to left; Reichardt flied
out to right; Piniella singled to second [Rojas out at home
(second to third to catcher), Otis to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter struck out; Ellie Rodriguez walked; Johnson
flied out to left; Ellie Rodriguez stole second; Garcia walked;
Garcia was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded
out (shortstop to first); Healy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Lahoud grounded out (first unassisted); Money
grounded out (second to first); May singled to right [May to
second (error by McRae)]; Briggs grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Scott lined to center; Porter grounded out (first
unassisted); Ellie Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Reichardt
flied out to right; Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Johnson struck out; Garcia struck out; Lahoud
singled to right; Money flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae walked; HOVLEY RAN FOR MCRAE; Schaal grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hovley out at
second]; Healy singled to shortstop; Patek singled to third
[Healy to second]; CHAMPION REPLACED VELAZQUEZ (PITCHING); Rojas
flied out to right; 1:38 rain delay; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 8TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May walked;
Briggs popped to second; Scott doubled to right [May to third];
HOERNER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR PORTER;
Brown struck out; Ellie Rodriguez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: CHAMPION REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); ELLIE RODRIGUEZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Otis doubled to right; Mayberry
singled to center [Otis to third]; Reichardt doubled to right
[Otis scored, Mayberry to third]; LINZY REPLACED CHAMPION
(PITCHING); Piniella was walked intentionally; Hovley singled to
center [Mayberry scored, Reichardt scored, Piniella out at third
(center to third to second to third), Hovley to second (on
throw)]; Schaal flied out to left; Linzy threw a wild pitch
[Hovley to third]; Healy walked; Healy stole second; Patek
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 6.

BREWERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia
flied out to right; COLUCCIO BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Coluccio flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 6.