While getting three-hit pitching from Bruce Dal Canton, the Royals also were held to three hits by Kevin Kobel before they broke away with two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Brewers, 2-0. Dal Canton retired the last 17 batters in succession. Kobel weakened in the ninth and was removed after giving up singles to Amos Otis and Hal McRae. Tom Murphy relieved to face Orlando Cepeda, who singled to drive in Otis. McRae went to third and scored the second run when Pedro Garcia bobbled a grounder by Tony Solaita. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    25, 1974 (Day game) at County Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  6  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .218      Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
  Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .229      May rf                4   0   0   0     0   2   .229
Wohlford rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Briggs lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .294      Porter c              3   0   2   0     0   1   .260
McRae lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .311      D. Johnson dh         3   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Cepeda dh             4   0   1   1     0   2   .228      Hegan 1b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .237
  Bevacqua pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Berry cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Solaita 1b            4   0   0   1     0   2   .284      T. Johnson ss         2   0   0   0     1   0   .257
Rojas 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Healy c               2   0   0   0     2   0   .264      Kobel p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .267        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Dal Canton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     2   6             Totals               28   0   3   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 12,932
Left on Base: Royals 6, Brewers 3
DP: Royals 0, Brewers 1
Errors: T. Johnson, Garcia
Caught Stealing: White (4), Hegan (4), T. Johnson (1)
GIDP: White (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(8-6)       9     3   0   0   2   5   0  30   2.85
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   5   0  30

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kobel L(6-10)           8.1   5   2   2   2   5   0  31   3.58
Murphy                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.52
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   6   0  35

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Merle Anthony


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to second; White was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Wohlford
flied out to right; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Money grounded out (third to first); May struck
out; Briggs singled to center; Porter singled to center [Briggs
to second]; D. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae grounded out (third to first); Cepeda grounded
out (third to first); Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hegan walked; Hegan was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Berry popped to third; T. Johnson walked;
T. Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas flied out to left; Healy lined to right; Brett
singled to center; White flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Garcia lined to shortstop; Money grounded out
(third to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford struck out; Otis flied out to right; McRae
flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs lined to left; Porter singled to center; D.
Johnson flied out to center; Hegan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Cepeda struck out; Solaita was called out on
strikes; Rojas singled to center; Healy walked [Rojas to
second]; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Berry flied out to left; T. Johnson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White popped to pitcher; Wohlford popped to first in
foul territory; Otis reached on an error by T. Johnson; McRae
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Money struck out; May popped to catcher in foul
territory; Briggs grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Cepeda struck out; Solaita grounded out (second to
first); Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Porter struck out; D. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hegan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Healy walked; Brett forced Healy (pitcher to
shortstop); White grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Brett out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Berry flied out to left; T. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garcia flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
singled to left; McRae singled to left [Otis to second]; MURPHY
REPLACED KOBEL (PITCHING); Cepeda singled to right [Otis scored,
McRae to third]; BEVACQUA RAN FOR CEPEDA; Solaita reached on an
error by Garcia [McRae scored, Bevacqua to second]; Rojas was
called out on strikes; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PATEK
REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); Money grounded out (shortstop to
first); May struck out; Briggs grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 0.