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Friday July 10, 1970
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Kansas City Royals 2, Chicago White Sox 0 (Game 2)

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

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   2  4  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCraw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Kelly rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Aparicio ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .309      Rojas 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Williams rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .308
May lf                2   0   1   0     2   1   .297      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   1   1     0   1   .236
Josephson c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Piniella lf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .307
O'Brien 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Oliver 1b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Berry cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .252      Sorrell 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .210        Schaal 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Miller p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Matchick ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .227
  McKinney ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Rooker p              2   0   0   1     0   1   .186
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               33   0   7   0     3   4             Totals               25   2   4   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 12,463
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Royals 2
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 1
Triples: Matchick (2)
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (11)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rooker (1)
GIDP: Williams (5), Rojas (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Miller L(3-5)           7     4   2   2   2   3   1  25   5.33
Wood                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.92
Totals                  8     4   2   2   2   4   1  28

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker W(5-8)           9     7   0   0   3   4   0  36   3.24
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw flied to center; Aparicio singled to
center; Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first);
Rojas grounded out (second 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; Josephson forced May (second to
shortstop) [Josephson to first]; O'Brien flied to center; Berry
singled to left [Josephson to second]; Knoop forced Berry
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied to center; Piniella walked; Oliver
walked [Piniella to second]; Sorrell grounded out (second to
first) [Piniella to third, Oliver to second]; Matchick lined to
pitcher (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw
struck out; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rooker grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly
singled to center; Rojas grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
May singled to first; Josephson forced May (shortstop to
second); O'Brien forced Josephson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied to center; Kirkpatrick homered; Piniella
grounded out (second to first); Oliver was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Berry grounded out (third to first); Knoop
walked; Miller flied to left; McCraw lined to pitcher (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Sorrell grounded out (first to pitcher); Matchick
tripled to left; Rooker lined out on a sacrifice fly to center
[Matchick scored]; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Williams grounded out (second to first); May walked; Josephson
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas singled to left; Rojas was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Otis grounded out (third to first);
Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: O'Brien flied to right; Berry was called out on
strikes; Knoop flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella popped to second; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sorrell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SCHAAL REPLACED SORRELL (PLAYING 3B); MCKINNEY
BATTED FOR MILLER; McKinney struck out; On a bunt McCraw
grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio singled to center;
Williams singled to right [Aparicio to second]; May struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: WOOD REPLACED MCKINNEY (PITCHING); Matchick popped
to first in foul territory; Rooker struck out; Kelly popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Josephson singled to right; O'Brien popped to
first in foul territory; Berry singled to left [Josephson to
second]; Knoop lined to center; MORALES BATTED FOR WOOD; Morales
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 2.



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