With two out in the ninth inning, Amos Otis capitalized on an error and smashed a three-run homer to carry the Royals to a 7-5 victory over the Brewers. Fran Healy singled with one away and was forced by Steve Hovley. Don Money, who had hit two homers for the Brewers, then fumbled a grounder by Cookie Rojas for what should have been the third out before Otis came up to bat. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Sunday, July      22, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      1  1  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   5 12  1
Royals       0  0  1    1  0  0    2  0  3  -   7 14  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Coluccio rf           4   1   1   0     1   2   .221      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Money 3b              5   2   3   3     0   1   .257        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
May cf                5   0   4   0     0   0   .330        Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .360
Briggs lf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Hovley ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .259
Lahoud dh             3   2   1   0     1   1   .185      Rojas 2b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .263
Porter c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .257      Otis cf               5   1   3   4     0   0   .291
Garcia 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .248      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
Johnson ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Reichardt dh          4   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Vukovich 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .101      Kirkpatrick rf        4   1   1   0     0   0   .297
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Piniella lf           4   1   3   1     0   1   .249
  Eduardo Rodriguez p 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
                                                            Bevacqua pr,3b      2   1   0   0     0   1   .277
                                                          Healy c               4   1   3   1     0   0   .265
                                                          Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   4     2   8             Totals               38   7  14   7     0   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 15,021
Left on Base: Brewers 8, Royals 6
DP: Brewers 2, Royals 1
Errors: Money, Mayberry
Doubles: Rojas (16), Piniella 2 (17)
Home Runs: Money 2 (8), Otis (20)
Caught Stealing: May (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Bevacqua (3)
GIDP: Briggs (5), Kirkpatrick (8)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn                 6.2  11   4   4   0   2   0  29   2.88
Eduardo Rodriguez L(2-1 2     3   3   0   0   2   1  10   1.38
Totals                  8.2  14   7   4   0   4   1  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   7.1   9   5   4   2   6   2  32   4.73
Hoerner                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.52
Bird W(2-3)             1.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.06
Totals                  9    12   5   4   2   8   2  40

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Honochick


BREWERS 1ST: Coluccio struck out; Money homered; May singled to
right; Briggs grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [May out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (third to
first); Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud singled to center; Porter singled to left
[Lahoud to third]; On a bunt Garcia popped to catcher in foul
territory; Johnson reached on an error by Mayberry [Lahoud
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to second]; Vukovich struck
out; Coluccio popped to first in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to first in foul territory;
Reichardt struck out; Kirkpatrick popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Money struck out; May singled to first; Briggs
grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to second]; Lahoud flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Piniella singled to center; Schaal forced Piniella
(shortstop to second); BEVACQUA RAN FOR SCHAAL; Healy lined to
third; Patek singled [Bevacqua to second]; Rojas doubled to
right [Bevacqua scored, Patek to third]; Otis grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

BREWERS 4TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Porter popped
to third; Garcia struck out; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Reichardt grounded out
(second to first); Kirkpatrick singled to right; Piniella
doubled [Kirkpatrick scored]; Bevacqua flied out to left; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Vukovich lined to third; Coluccio walked; Money
homered [Coluccio scored]; May singled; May was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Briggs flied out to left; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Healy singled; Patek lined to shortstop; Rojas hit
into a double play (center to first) [Healy out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Lahoud struck out; Porter grounded out (second to
first); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: On a bunt Otis singled to third; Mayberry popped to
second; Reichardt singled to left [Otis to second]; Kirkpatrick
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Reichardt out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Royals 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Vukovich
was called out on strikes; Coluccio singled to third; Money
singled to left [Coluccio to second]; May flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella doubled to center; Bevacqua out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Piniella to third]; Healy
singled to center [Piniella scored]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR PATEK;
Hopkins flied out to right; Rojas singled to center [Healy to
second]; EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Otis
singled to center [Healy scored, Rojas to second]; Mayberry
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 4, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING SS); Briggs popped
to third in foul territory; Lahoud walked; HOERNER REPLACED
BUSBY (PITCHING); Porter singled to center [Lahoud to second];
BIRD REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Garcia singled to left [Lahoud
scored, Porter to third]; Johnson struck out; Vukovich flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Reichardt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Coluccio was called out on strikes; Money flied out
to right; May singled; Briggs grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Bevacqua struck out; Healy singled to center; HOVLEY
BATTED FOR FLOYD; Hovley forced Healy (third to second); Rojas
reached on an error by Money [Hovley to second]; Otis homered
(unearned) [Hovley scored (unearned), Rojas scored (unearned)];
3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 7.