Friday July 10, 1970
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The hitting of Pat Kelly and Ed Kirkpatrick, who drove in seven of Kansas City's total of 10 runs, led the Royals to an 8-6 and 2-0 sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the White Sox. The Royals started their scoring with five runs in the third inning of the lidlifter, three counting on a homer by Kelly and one on a double by Kirkpatrick. Kelly added his fourth RBI of the game with a single in fourth and Kirkpatrick homered in the seventh.

Jim Rooker pitched the Royals' shutout in the nightcap and got the only run that he needed when Kirkpatrick hit for the circuit in the fourth. However, Rooker helped clinch his verdict, hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth after a triple by Tom Matchick. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 6 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, July 10, 1970 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

White Sox 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 6 9 1 Royals 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 x - 8 11 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Berry cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Kelly rf 5 1 2 4 0 1 .263 Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227 Williams rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .256 Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 May lf 4 3 3 1 1 0 .295 Otis cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .311 Herrmann c 3 0 1 0 2 1 .275 Kirkpatrick c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .235 Morales pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Piniella lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .309 Spence 1b 2 0 0 0 1 2 .200 Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .276 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Sorrell 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Stange p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schaal ph,3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Hopkins ph,1b 1 0 0 1 1 0 .310 Matchick ss,2b 3 2 2 0 0 0 .222 McKinney 3b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .146 Johnson p 1 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Josephson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Wright p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knoop 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .213 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Janeski p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .093 McCraw ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 9 6 7 9 Totals 33 8 11 8 2 5 Time of Game: 2:32 Left on Base: White Sox 10, Royals 6 DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1 Errors: McKinney, Kirkpatrick 2 Doubles: Kirkpatrick (12) Triples: Matchick (1), Rojas (1) Home Runs: Kelly (6), Kirkpatrick (10) Stolen Bases: May (5), McKinney (2) Caught Stealing: Aparicio (3) Sacrifice Hits: Johnson (3) Sacrifice Flies: McKinney (1), Otis (3) Hit by Pitch: Berry (4,by Johnson), Matchick (1,by Moore) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Janeski L(7-8) 5 7 6 6 1 2 1 23 4.28 Moore 1.1 4 2 2 1 1 1 10 5.63 Stange 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.14 Weaver 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.05 Totals 8 11 8 8 2 5 2 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson W(3-5) 7 7 4 4 4 6 0 32 3.45 Wright 1.1 1 2 2 2 2 0 7 5.27 Abernathy SV(2) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.39 Totals 9 9 6 6 7 9 0 43 Hit by Pitch: Moore (6), Johnson (7) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger WHITE SOX 1ST: Berry struck out; Aparicio singled to shortstop; Williams struck out while Aparicio was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Herrmann struck out; May stole second [May to third (error by Kirkpatrick)]; Spence struck out; McKinney singled to right [May scored]; McKinney stole second [McKinney to third (error by Kirkpatrick)]; Knoop walked; Janeski singled to right [McKinney scored, Knoop to second]; Berry was hit by a pitch [Knoop to third, Janeski to second]; Aparicio popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Piniella flied to right; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (third to first); Herrmann flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Sorrell popped to second; Matchick tripled to center; Johnson walked; Kelly homered [Matchick scored, Johnson scored]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to right; Kirkpatrick doubled to right [Otis scored]; Piniella singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; Oliver struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 5. WHITE SOX 4TH: Spence walked; McKinney flied to center; Knoop flied to right; Janeski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 4TH: Sorrell flied to left; Matchick singled to center; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Matchick to second]; Kelly singled to center [Matchick scored]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: Berry popped to shortstop; Aparicio popped to third in foul territory; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: Otis lined to shortstop; Kirkpatrick popped to shortstop; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: May singled to right; Herrmann singled to right [May to second]; Spence struck out; McKinney forced Herrmann (third to second) [May to third, McKinney to first]; Knoop singled to center [May scored, McKinney to second]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR JANESKI; McCraw struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOORE REPLACED SPENCE (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); SCHAAL BATTED FOR SORRELL; Schaal singled to center; Matchick was hit by a pitch [Schaal to second]; On a bunt Johnson struck out; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: SCHAAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio lined to left; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Royals 6. ROYALS 7TH: Rojas tripled to left; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rojas scored]; Kirkpatrick homered; Piniella singled to third [Piniella to second (error by McKinney)]; Oliver walked; STANGE REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Schaal forced Oliver (third to second) [Piniella to third, Schaal to first]; Matchick grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING SS); MATCHICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); May singled to right; Herrmann walked [May to second]; WRIGHT REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); HOPKINS BATTED FOR STANGE; Hopkins walked [May to third, Herrmann to second]; McKinney hit a sacrifice fly to right [May scored, Herrmann to third]; Knoop struck out; McCraw struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WEAVER REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Wright flied to center; Kelly struck out; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 9TH: Berry flied to left; Aparicio singled to center; Williams walked [Aparicio to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); May singled to right [Aparicio scored, Williams to second]; Herrmann walked [Williams to third, May to second]; MORALES RAN FOR HERRMANN; Hopkins grounded out (second to first) [Williams scored, May to third, Morales to second]; JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR MCKINNEY; Josephson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Royals 8.

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