A five-run outburst in the first inning carried the Royals to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. Paul Splittorff, who started for the Royals, gave up a leadoff homer by Ken Berry, but his teammates quickly got that back against Clyde Wright in their half. Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2Game Played on Sunday, August 11, 1974 (Day game) at Royals StadiumBrewers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 11 1 Royals 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 11 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Berry cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .200 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .231 Porter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Money 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .288 Otis cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .301 Scott 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .300 Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .323 D. Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .188 Wohlford lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .292 Moore c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .263 Bevacqua 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .208 Briggs lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Healy c 1 1 1 2 0 0 .263 Coluccio rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .157 May ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Vukovich ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Cowens rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .209 Hegan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .202 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hansen ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 2 11 2 3 6 Totals 34 5 11 5 1 1 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 26,483 Left on Base: Brewers 11, Royals 6 DP: Brewers 2, Royals 1 Errors: Vukovich, Otis Doubles: Otis (25), Healy (23) Triples: Patek (6) Home Runs: Berry (1) Stolen Bases: Money (12) GIDP: Money (8), Cepeda 2 (3) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright L(8-17) 0.2 6 5 5 0 0 0 8 4.24 Kobel 7.1 5 0 0 1 1 0 27 3.75 Totals 8 11 5 5 1 1 0 35 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(12-12) 8 7 1 1 3 4 1 33 3.56 McDaniel 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.58 Bird SV(9) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.61 Totals 9 11 2 2 3 6 1 40 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp BREWERS 1ST: Berry homered; Money singled to center; Money stole second; Scott struck out; D. Johnson struck out; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek tripled to right; White popped to shortstop; Otis doubled to left [Patek scored]; Cepeda popped to catcher in foul territory; Wohlford singled to center [Otis scored]; Bevacqua singled to left [Wohlford to second]; Healy doubled to center [Wohlford scored, Bevacqua scored]; Brett singled to center [Healy to third]; KOBEL REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Cowens singled to right [Healy scored, Brett to third]; Patek forced Cowens (shortstop to second); 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 2ND: Briggs singled to center [Briggs to second (error by Otis)]; Coluccio grounded out (pitcher to first); Vukovich struck out; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 2ND: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis popped to first in foul territory; Cepeda singled to left; Wohlford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 3RD: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Berry grounded out (second to first); Fran Healy jarred knee stepping on 2B in first; he had hurt it on Saturday night and was taken out as precaution; Money grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: Bevacqua walked; Martinez flied out to right; Brett reached on an error by Vukovich [Bevacqua to second]; Cowens flied out to left [Bevacqua to third]; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 4TH: D. Johnson walked; Moore singled to center [D. Johnson to second]; Briggs lined to center; Coluccio popped to second; Vukovich lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to third; Cepeda grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 5TH: Garcia popped to second; Berry walked; Money singled to left [Berry to second]; Scott grounded out (first unassisted) [Berry to third, Money to second]; D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford flied out to center; Bevacqua flied out to center; Martinez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (third to first); Briggs grounded out (shortstop to first); Coluccio flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center; Cowens struck out; Patek popped to shortstop; On a bunt White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 7TH: Vukovich lined to shortstop; Garcia singled to left; Berry singled to right [Garcia to second]; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Berry out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to third; Cepeda grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second]; Wohlford flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 8TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Moore walked; Briggs popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Martinez popped to second; Brett lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Royals 5. BREWERS 9TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR COLUCCIO; May singled to right; HEGAN BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; Hegan singled to right [May to second]; HANSEN BATTED FOR GARCIA; Hansen singled to right [May scored, Hegan to second]; BIRD REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); PORTER BATTED FOR BERRY; T. JOHNSON RAN FOR HANSEN; Porter struck out; Money singled to center [Hegan to third, T. Johnson to second]; Scott struck out; D. Johnson flied out to center; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 2, Royals 5. |
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