Milwaukee In Funk. Lose 2 to Royals

Brewers have now lost 8 of their last 10 games to sink to the bottom of the AL East with a 6-16 record.  With Milwaukee only hitting .254 with 8 HRs on the season the offensive punch of the magical 1983 season seems to be decades away.  The '83 World Series champs may be fighting to NOT finish last in the AL EAST let alone trying to battle for a pennant.

Game 1:
GWRBI-Balboni
Game MVP:Steve Balboni

County Stadium     Time 2:59, 62ø, Wind: 16 MPH In from RCF     Night Game
May 1, 1984            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1984 Kansas City       2 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 1      5 10  1
1984 Milwaukee         3 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      3 10  0

Recap

KC  1st: Scored 2 runs on a hit and 2 walks.
KC       Pat Sheridan scored on a WP by Cocanower to take the lead.  KC   1 Mil 0.
KC       Frank White hit a grounder scoring 1.  KC   2 Mil 0.
Mil 1st: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits, one walk and an error.
Mil      Robin Yount hit a fly ball scoring 1.  KC   2 Mil 1.
Mil      Mark Brouhard hit a 2 run HR(2) to take the lead.  KC   2 Mil 3.
KC  3rd: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.
KC       Hal McRae singled scoring Motley to tie the score.  KC   3 Mil 3.
KC  4th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.
KC       Steve Balboni hit a solo HR(2) to take the lead.  KC   4 Mil 3.
KC  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
KC       Steve Balboni hit a 405 foot solo HR(3).  KC   5 Mil 3.

KC   Steve Balboni: 2 for 5, HR.
KC   Darryl Motley: 3 for 5, double.
KC   Don Slaught: 3 for 4, 2 doubles.
Mil  Ben Oglivie: 2 for 4, HR, 2runs

KC   Larry Gura pitched 6 innings and picked up the win: 6 IP, 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 1-4 on the year.
KC   Dan Quisenberry pitched the 9th to earn his 5th save.

Mil  Jaime Cocanower pitched 7 innings and took the loss: 7 IP, 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He drops to 2-1 on the season.

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GAME 2:

GWRBI-White, F

Game MVP:Steve Balboni

County Stadium     Time 3:08, 63ø, Wind: 1 MPH In from LF     Day Game

May 3, 1984            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1984 Kansas City       0 1 1   0 0 1   0 0 1      4 13  1

1984 Milwaukee         0 1 0   0 1 0   1 0 0      3  7  1

Recap

KC  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Steve Balboni hit a solo HR(4) to take the lead.  KC   1 Mil 0.

Mil 2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Mil      Ben Oglivie hit a solo HR(3) to tie the score.  KC   1 Mil 1.

KC  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Pat Sheridan singled scoring Motley to take the lead.  KC   2 Mil 1.

KC  5th: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk.

Mil 5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Randy Ready singled scoring Gantner to tie the score.  KC   2 Mil 2.

KC  6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Greg Pryor singled scoring Slaught to take the lead.  KC   3 Mil 2.

KC  7th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.

Mil 7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, one walk and an error.

Mil      Jim Gantner singled scoring Oglivie, E9 to tie the score.  KC   3 Mil 3.

KC  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Frank White hit a solo HR(3) to take the lead.  KC   4 Mil 3.

KC Steve Balboni: 2 for 3,2 HRs, 2 RBIs, 2 runs.

KC   Mark Huismann picked up the win: .2 IP, 2 K. He's 1-0 on the year.

KC   Dan Quisenberry pitched the 9th to record his 6th save of the season.

Mil  Tom Tellmann pitched 2.1 innings and took the loss: 2.1 IP, 1 earned run, 2 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.