Wednesday August 15, 1979
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A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Royals. The score was 5-5 when Cecil Cooper lined a two-out single off Royal reliever Dan Quisenberry. A single by Sixto Lezcano sent Cooper to third and brought on Al Hrabosky in relief of Quisenberry.

Hrabosky walked Ben Oglivie to load the bases and was removed after a 3-1 count on Gorman Thomas. Marty Pattin came in, threw one strike and then served up a fourth ball, forcing the winning run home. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Wednesday, August 15, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 - 6 12 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .295 Gantner 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 White 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254 Money dh 5 1 2 2 0 0 .248 Brett 3b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .330 Cooper 1b 5 2 1 1 0 1 .308 Otis cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .291 Lezcano rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .325 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Oglivie lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .253 Porter dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .290 Thomas cf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .231 Scott 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Bando 3b 3 0 1 2 0 2 .248 LaCock ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Yount ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Wathan c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 Martinez c 3 1 3 0 0 0 .266 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Moore pr,c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .332 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Travers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 9 5 1 2 Totals 37 6 12 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 17,175 Left on Base: Royals 4, Brewers 10 DP: Royals 0, Brewers 1 Errors: Patek, Gantner Doubles: Wilson (11), Brett (36) Home Runs: Brett (15), Otis (16), White (9) Stolen Bases: Wathan (2) Caught Stealing: Patek (12) Sacrifice Hits: Gantner (5), Bando (5) GIDP: Wathan (5) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 6.1 8 5 3 1 4 0 29 5.23 Mingori 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.19 Quisenberry L(2-2) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 2.05 Hrabosky 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4.34 Pattin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.18 Totals 8.2 12 6 4 3 5 0 42 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Travers 5 6 5 5 1 1 3 21 3.78 Mitchell 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.82 Augustine W(5-5) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.09 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 2 3 36 Wild Pitches: Gale (4) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Al Clark ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; White grounded out (second to first); Brett homered; Otis popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Gantner lined to third; Money grounded out (third to first); Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens flied out to left; Porter walked; Scott singled to center [Porter to second]; Wathan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano flied out to right; Oglivie was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to third; Wilson doubled to right; White popped to shortstop; Brett doubled to left [Wilson scored]; Otis homered [Brett scored]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Bando struck out; Yount singled to center; Martinez singled to left [Yount to second]; Gantner flied out to left; Money flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to right; Scott flied out to center; Wathan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper flied out to left; Lezcano flied out to center; Oglivie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to center; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); White homered; Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Bando struck out; Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 0. ROYALS 6TH: MITCHELL REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Martinez singled to left; Gale threw a wild pitch [Martinez to second]; Gantner singled to left [Martinez to third]; Money singled [Martinez scored, Gantner to third]; Cooper reached on an error by Patek [Gantner scored, Money to third, Cooper to second]; Lezcano lined to second; Oglivie struck out; Thomas walked; Bando singled to left [Money scored (unearned), Cooper scored (unearned), Thomas to second]; Yount forced Bando (shortstop to second); 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. ROYALS 7TH: LACOCK BATTED FOR SCOTT; LaCock flied out to center; Wathan grounded out (third to first); Patek reached on an error by Gantner; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. BREWERS 7TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Martinez singled to right; MOORE RAN FOR MARTINEZ; Gantner out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Moore to second]; Money singled to center [Moore scored]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Cooper struck out; Lezcano singled to center [Money to second]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 5. ROYALS 8TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Wilson grounded out (second to first); On a bunt White singled to third; Brett popped to shortstop; Otis singled to left [White to second]; Cowens forced Otis (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 5. BREWERS 8TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Thomas singled to left; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; Yount flied out to right; Moore lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 5. ROYALS 9TH: AUGUSTINE REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Porter popped to shortstop; LaCock grounded out (third to first); Wathan singled to left; Wathan stole second; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 5. BREWERS 9TH: Gantner grounded out (second to first); Money grounded out (third to first); Cooper singled to left; Lezcano singled to center [Cooper to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED QUISENBERRY (PITCHING); Oglivie walked [Lezcano to second]; PATTIN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Thomas walked (walk was charged to Hrabosky) [Cooper scored, Lezcano to third, Oglivie to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 6.

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