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Paul Molitor hits 3 homeruns in Brewers loss to Royals

3 Home Run Games, 3 homerun game

 

May 12, 1982 – At Royal Stadium, Milwaukee Brewers Paul Molitor hits 3 solo home runs, 2 off Dennis Leonard, including a leadoff home run, and his third off Dan Quisenberry in the 9th. But Milwaukee loses 9-7 to Kansas City as Hal McRae and Greg Pryor drive in three runs each,

Molitor will say, “I am not a home run hitter” he added,”I just happened to hit them where the wind was blowing. I never hit 3 in a game in the sandlot, little league, minor leagues or anywhere,”Ā Molitor, describing theĀ  4-for-5, three-home-run performance, ā€œThe first one was a fastball up,ā€ he told the press. ā€œIn the fifth, I hit a pretty good pitch, slider down. The last one was a knuckleball up.ā€

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BREWERS 1ST: Molitor homered; Yount struck out; Cooper singled
to center; Oglivie flied out to left; Simmons popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan
grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to left; Otis
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas struck out; Gantner struck out; Moore
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Martin flied out to center; Aikens flied out to
center; White tripled to left; Pryor tripled to left [White
scored]; Concepcion flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Brewers 1, Royals 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Edwards singled to right; Edwards stole second;
Molitor struck out; Yount struck out; Cooper singled to right
[Edwards scored]; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson flied out to right; Wathan singled to center;
Wathan stole second; Wathan safe on a pick-off error by Lerch
[Wathan to third]; McRae doubled to left [Wathan scored
(unearned)]; Otis struck out; Martin grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Simmons struck out; Thomas was called out on
strikes; Gantner singled to right; Moore lined to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Aikens walked; White singled to center [Aikens to
second]; Pryor doubled to left [Aikens scored, White scored];
Concepcion grounded out (second to first) [Pryor to third];
Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; Wathan singled to
center [Pryor scored]; McRae forced Wathan (third to second); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 5.

BREWERS 5TH: Edwards homered; Molitor homered; Yount grounded
out (third to first); Cooper flied out to center; Oglivie made
an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Martin grounded
out (third to first); Aikens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Thomas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gantner flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: BERNARD REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); White flied out
to center; Pryor walked; Pryor stole second; Concepcion reached
on an error by Gantner [Pryor to third]; Wilson hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Pryor scored (unearned)]; Concepcion stole second
[Concepcion to third (error by Moore)]; Wathan walked; SLATON
REPLACED BERNARD (PITCHING); McRae doubled to right [Concepcion
scored (unearned), Wathan scored (unearned)]; Otis grounded out
(third to first); 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Royals 8.

BREWERS 7TH: Moore singled to left; Edwards made an out to
second; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Moore to second]; Molitor
singled to left [Moore scored]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED LEONARD
(PITCHING); Yount grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Molitor out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Brewers 5, Royals 8.

ROYALS 7TH: Martin was called out on strikes; Aikens grounded
out (second to first); White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 8.

BREWERS 8TH: Cooper singled to left; Oglivie flied to right;
Simmons reached on an error by Pryor [Cooper to second]; Thomas
singled to second [Cooper to third, Simmons to second]; BASS RAN
FOR THOMAS; Gantner grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cooper
scored (unearned), Simmons to third, Bass to second]; Moore
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: BASS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HAAS REPLACED
SLATON (PITCHING); Pryor singled to center; Concepcion out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Pryor to second]; Wilson
singled [Pryor scored]; Wilson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Wathan flied out to right; rewers
coach McLish ejected by 1B umpire Ford for bench jockeying while
Wathan was batting; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals
9.

BREWERS 9TH: WERTH REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); Edwards flied
out to center; Molitor homered; Yount struck out; Cooper made an
out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, Royals 9.

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