While Steve Busby was pitching a five-hitter, the Royals came up with an oddity when Harmon Killebrew stole his first base since 1971 to figure in a 4-0 victory over the Brewers. Hal McRae doubled with two out in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Killebrew, who then surprised the Brewers with his theft of second.

Cookie Rojas drove in Killebrew with a single, took second on the throw home and scored on a single by Frank White. The Royals added their last run in the seventh on singles by White and George Brett around a sacrifice by Buck Martinez. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       11, 1975 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Royals       0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  9  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Money 3b,ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .204      Wohlford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .321
Sharp cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Mitchell lf           4   0   2   0     0   2   .333        Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Scott 1b,3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .267      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Aaron dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Porter c              3   0   0   0     1   2   .211      McRae lf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .301
Lezcano rf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .269      Killebrew dh          3   1   2   1     1   1   .205
Johnson ss,2b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Rojas 2b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .325
Garcia 2b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .218      White ss,3b           3   1   2   1     0   0   .175
  Bevacqua ph,2b      2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Martinez c            2   0   1   0     0   1   .260
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Champion p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     2   9             Totals               30   4   9   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 11,163
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Royals 5
DP: Brewers 1, Royals 0
Doubles: Sharp (1), Mitchell (5), McRae (9)
Stolen Bases: Killebrew (1)
Caught Stealing: Porter (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Martinez (2)
GIDP: Otis (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Champion L(4-2)         6.1   9   4   4   2   4   0  29   3.79
Rodriguez               1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.62
Totals                  8     9   4   4   2   5   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(5-2)            9     5   0   0   2   9   0  33   2.58
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   9   0  33

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Nestor Chylak


BREWERS 1ST: Money popped to catcher in foul territory; Sharp
doubled; Mitchell singled [Sharp to third]; Scott struck out;
Aaron forced Mitchell (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford struck out; Brett flied out to center; Otis
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Porter struck out; Lezcano singled; Johnson
grounded out (third to first) [Lezcano to second]; Garcia struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
struck out; Killebrew walked; Rojas lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Money singled; Sharp grounded out (second to first)
[Money to second]; Mitchell was called out on strikes; Scott
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Martinez singled; Wohlford
flied out to right; Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Aaron grounded out (third to first); Porter walked;
Porter was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lezcano
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Mayberry flied
out to center; McRae doubled; Killebrew singled [McRae scored];
Killebrew stole second; Rojas singled [Killebrew scored, Rojas
to second (on throw to home)]; White singled [Rojas scored];
Martinez struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); BEVACQUA
BATTED FOR GARCIA; Bevacqua struck out; Money grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Wohlford flied
out to right; Brett flied out to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Sharp popped to shortstop; Mitchell doubled; Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); Aaron flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to center; McRae singled to right
[McRae out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Killebrew
singled; Rojas forced Killebrew (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); Lezcano
walked; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lezcano to
second]; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: White singled; Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [White to second]; Wohlford walked; Brett
singled [White scored, Wohlford to third]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED
CHAMPION (PITCHING); Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Brett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: PATEK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING SS); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Money grounded out (third to first);
both benches cleared; Brett and Bevacqua ejected by HP umpire
Larry McCoy; Sharp popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Mitchell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 1B); MONEY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
JOHNSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry flied out to
left; McRae flied out to left; Killebrew was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Scott flied out to center; Aaron flied out to
center; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 4.