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Friday June 15, 1979
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Capping a game that produced a total of 35 hits, the Royals erupted for eight runs in the ninth inning, including three on an inside-the-park homer by Willie Wilson, to defeat the Brewers, 14-11. Wilson also had another homer in the game, plus two singles, and drove in a total of six runs.

Dick Davis belted the first grand-slam of his major league career, Sal Bando homered with two men on base, Charlie Moore connected with one aboard and Paul Molitor singled in each of the first four innings as the Brewers slugged their way to an 11-2 lead. Their attack then stalled while the Royals battled back to gain their victory. In the ninth-inning rally, the Royals bunched seven singles, one double and a sacrifice fly, in addition to Wilson's third inside-the-park homer of the season. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 14, Milwaukee Brewers 11

Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    2  1  3    0  0  8  -  14 21  1
Brewers      3  1  2    5  0  0    0  0  0  -  11 14  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             6   4   4   6     0   0   .354      Molitor 2b            6   2   4   0     0   0   .312
Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .330      Cooper 1b             6   1   2   0     0   1   .296
  Quirk c             3   1   3   0     0   0   .556      Bando 3b              5   2   2   3     1   0   .233
Otis cf               6   1   2   1     0   0   .299      Thomas cf             4   0   1   1     1   0   .236
Cowens rf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .325      Oglivie lf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .227
Scott 1b,3b           5   2   2   2     0   0   .230      Lezcano rf            3   2   2   1     2   0   .326
Porter c              2   0   1   1     0   0   .298      Yount ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .232
  Terrell 3b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .385      Davis dh              4   1   1   4     1   0   .266
  LaCock ph,1b        0   0   0   1     0   0   .271      Moore c               5   1   1   2     0   1   .355
Wathan dh             5   2   1   0     0   0   .242      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .289        Mitchell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz pr,ss          0   1   0   0     0   0   .185        Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .327
  Washington ss       1   1   1   1     0   0   .261
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47  14  21  13     0   0             Totals               41  11  14  11     7   2

Time of Game: 3:21   Attendance: 32,812
Left on Base: Royals 7, Brewers 10
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Patek, Molitor
Doubles: Quirk (1)
Home Runs: Wilson 2 (4), Bando (5), Moore (2), Davis (5)
Stolen Bases: Molitor 2 (15)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (3)
GIDP: Oglivie (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              2.2   7   6   6   3   1   2  18   4.13
Rodriguez               3.1   7   5   5   3   1   1  21   5.48
Mingori W(1-1)          2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   4.22
Pattin SV(3)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.42
Totals                  9    14  11  11   7   2   3  48

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                6    12   6   5   0   0   1  30   3.18
Mitchell                2.1   4   4   4   0   0   0  11   5.79
Cleveland L(1-4)        0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.65
Castro                  0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   4   2.77
Totals                  9    21  14  13   0   0   2  48

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Dallas Parks


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson flied out to left; Brett lined to right; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to left; Cooper singled to right
[Molitor to third]; Bando homered [Molitor scored, Cooper
scored]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie flied
out to center; Lezcano walked; Yount singled to center [Lezcano
to third]; Davis grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to center; Scott flied out to center;
Porter forced Cowens (second to shortstop); Wathan forced Porter
(pitcher to second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Moore was called out on strikes; Molitor singled to
center; Cooper flied out to right; Molitor stole second; Molitor
stole third; Bando walked; Thomas singled to right [Molitor
scored, Bando to second]; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 4.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Patek singled
to left; Wilson flied out to center; Brett grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 3RD: Lezcano walked; Yount grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Lezcano to second]; Davis flied out to center; Moore
homered [Lezcano scored]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); Molitor singled to third; Cooper flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 6.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to left; Cowens popped to second; Scott
singled to right [Otis to second]; Porter singled to center
[Otis scored, Scott to second]; Wathan forced Porter (third to
second) [Scott scored (error by Molitor) (unearned) (no RBI),
Wathan to second]; White grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando singled to left; Thomas flied out to left;
Oglivie walked [Bando to second]; Lezcano singled to right
[Bando scored, Oglivie to third]; Yount walked [Lezcano to
second]; Davis homered [Oglivie scored, Lezcano scored, Yount
scored]; Moore grounded out (second to shortstop to first);
Molitor singled to right; Cooper struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 11.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to right; Wilson singled to right;
Brett singled to center [Wilson to second]; Otis singled to left
[Wilson scored, Brett to second]; Cowens flied out to left;
Scott forced Otis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 5TH: QUIRK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING C ); TERRELL REPLACED
PORTER (PLAYING 3B); Bando popped to second; Thomas reached on
an error by Patek; Oglivie flied out to right; Lezcano singled
to center [Thomas to third]; Yount flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 11.

ROYALS 6TH: Terrell singled to left; Wathan forced Terrell
(second unassisted); White singled to center [Wathan to second];
Patek forced White (shortstop to second) [Wathan to third]; CRUZ
RAN FOR PATEK; Wilson homered [Wathan scored, Cruz scored];
Quirk singled to right; Otis flied to right in foul territory; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 6TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Davis walked;
Moore flied out to center; Molitor flied out to center; Cooper
singled to right [Davis to second]; Bando forced Cooper
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers
11.

ROYALS 7TH: MITCHELL REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Cowens flied
out to right; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Thomas
walked; Oglivie grounded into a double play (first to shortstop)
[Thomas out at second]; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 11.

ROYALS 8TH: Wathan flied out to right; White popped to catcher
in foul territory; BRAUN BATTED FOR CRUZ; Braun flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 8TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING SS); Yount
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (third to
first); Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
6, Brewers 11.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson singled to right; Quirk singled to right
[Wilson to second]; Otis lined to center; Cowens singled to left
[Wilson to third, Quirk to second]; Scott singled to left
[Wilson scored, Quirk scored, Cowens to third]; CLEVELAND
REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); LACOCK BATTED FOR TERRELL; LaCock
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cowens scored]; Wathan singled to
center [Scott to second]; White singled to left [Scott scored,
Wathan to second]; CASTRO REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING);
Washington singled to left [Wathan scored, White to second];
Wilson hit an inside the park homer to right [White scored,
Washington scored]; Quirk doubled to right; Otis lined to
center; 8 R, 9 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 14, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 9TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SCOTT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING);
Molitor flied out to right; Cooper grounded out (catcher to
first); Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
14, Brewers 11.



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