A five-run outburst in the first inning carried the Royals to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. Paul Splittorff, who started for the Royals, gave up a leadoff homer by Ken Berry, but his teammates quickly got that back against Clyde Wright in their half.

Fred Patek tripled and scored on one-out double by Amos Otis. After Orlando Cepeda was retired for the second out, the Royals ripped off five straight hits -- singles by Jim Wohiford and Kurt Bevacqua, a double by Fran Healy and singles by George Brett and Al Cowens -- for four more runs. Lindy McDaniel replaced Splittorff in the ninth and was chased when three Brewer pinch-hitters, Dave May, Mike Hegan and Bob Hansen, all singled to produce a run, but Doug Bird took over and nailed down the victory. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    11, 1974 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 11  1
Royals       5  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Berry cf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .200      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .231
  Porter ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Money 3b              5   0   3   0     0   0   .288      Otis cf               4   1   3   1     0   0   .301
Scott 1b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .300      Cepeda dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .323
D. Johnson dh         4   0   0   0     1   1   .188      Wohlford lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .292
Moore c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .263      Bevacqua 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .208
Briggs lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Healy c               1   1   1   2     0   0   .263
Coluccio rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Martinez c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .157
  May ph              1   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .264
Vukovich ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .185      Cowens rf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .209
  Hegan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garcia 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .202        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hansen ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .290        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kobel p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   2  11   2     3   6             Totals               34   5  11   5     1   1

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 26,483
Left on Base: Brewers 11, Royals 6
DP: Brewers 2, Royals 1
Errors: Vukovich, Otis
Doubles: Otis (25), Healy (23)
Triples: Patek (6)
Home Runs: Berry (1)
Stolen Bases: Money (12)
GIDP: Money (8), Cepeda 2 (3)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(8-17)          0.2   6   5   5   0   0   0   8   4.24
Kobel                   7.1   5   0   0   1   1   0  27   3.75
Totals                  8    11   5   5   1   1   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(12-12)     8     7   1   1   3   4   1  33   3.56
McDaniel                0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.58
Bird SV(9)              1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.61
Totals                  9    11   2   2   3   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


BREWERS 1ST: Berry homered; Money singled to center; Money stole
second; Scott struck out; D. Johnson struck out; Moore grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek tripled to right; White popped to shortstop;
Otis doubled to left [Patek scored]; Cepeda popped to catcher in
foul territory; Wohlford singled to center [Otis scored];
Bevacqua singled to left [Wohlford to second]; Healy doubled to
center [Wohlford scored, Bevacqua scored]; Brett singled to
center [Healy to third]; KOBEL REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING);
Cowens singled to right [Healy scored, Brett to third]; Patek
forced Cowens (shortstop to second); 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs singled to center [Briggs to second (error
by Otis)]; Coluccio grounded out (pitcher to first); Vukovich
struck out; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 2ND: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis popped
to first in foul territory; Cepeda singled to left; Wohlford
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 3RD: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Berry
grounded out (second to first); Fran Healy jarred knee
stepping on 2B in first; he had hurt it on Saturday night and
was taken out as precaution; Money grounded out (second to
first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Bevacqua walked; Martinez flied out to right; Brett
reached on an error by Vukovich [Bevacqua to second]; Cowens
flied out to left [Bevacqua to third]; Patek flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 4TH: D. Johnson walked; Moore singled to center [D.
Johnson to second]; Briggs lined to center; Coluccio popped to
second; Vukovich lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
singled to third; Cepeda grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 5TH: Garcia popped to second; Berry walked; Money
singled to left [Berry to second]; Scott grounded out (first
unassisted) [Berry to third, Money to second]; D. Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford flied out to center; Bevacqua flied out to
center; Martinez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (third to first); Briggs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Coluccio flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center; Cowens struck out; Patek
popped to shortstop; On a bunt White grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

BREWERS 7TH: Vukovich lined to shortstop; Garcia singled to
left; Berry singled to right [Garcia to second]; Money grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Berry out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to third; Cepeda grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second];
Wohlford flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); D. Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Moore walked; Briggs popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Martinez popped to
second; Brett lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 5.

BREWERS 9TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); MAY BATTED
FOR COLUCCIO; May singled to right; HEGAN BATTED FOR VUKOVICH;
Hegan singled to right [May to second]; HANSEN BATTED FOR
GARCIA; Hansen singled to right [May scored, Hegan to second];
BIRD REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); PORTER BATTED FOR BERRY; T.
JOHNSON RAN FOR HANSEN; Porter struck out; Money singled to
center [Hegan to third, T. Johnson to second]; Scott struck out;
D. Johnson flied out to center; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers
2, Royals 5.