Saturday July 11, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Following the example of Jim Rooker in the windup of the previous night's doubleheader, Bill Butler pitched the Royals' second straight shutout and beat the White Sox, 4-0. Rooker, who won, 1-0, and Butler turned in the first back-to-back complete games to the credit of Royals' staff this season.

The Royals scored two of their runs in the second inning on doubles by Lou Piniella and Tom Matchick and a single by Butler. The other pair followed in the third on a single by Amos Otis, double by Ed Kirkpatrick and single by Piniella. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Saturday, July 11, 1970 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Royals 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 9 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Williams rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 O'Brien 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Otis cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .310 May lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .295 Kirkpatrick c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .241 Josephson c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Piniella lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .310 Hopkins 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Berry cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Sorrell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Matchick ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .244 Horlen p 1 0 1 0 1 0 .114 Butler p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .059 McKinney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 3 0 5 1 Totals 31 4 9 4 0 4 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 10,494 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Royals 4 DP: White Sox 1, Royals 2 Doubles: Otis (18), Piniella (12), Matchick (2), Kirkpatrick (13) Sacrifice Hits: Butler (1) GIDP: Berry (11), Josephson (7) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Horlen L(6-12) 6 7 4 4 0 3 0 24 4.50 Weaver 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.77 Totals 8 9 4 4 0 4 0 32 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler W(3-8) 9 3 0 0 5 1 0 33 3.57 Totals 9 3 0 0 5 1 0 33 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams flied to right; Aparicio popped to catcher in foul territory; O'Brien grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Kelly lined to center; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Josephson walked [May to second]; Hopkins popped to first; Berry popped to shortstop; Knoop grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella doubled to center; Oliver flied to right [Piniella to third]; Sorrell popped to third in foul territory; Matchick doubled to left [Piniella scored]; Butler singled to center [Matchick scored]; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Horlen walked; On a bunt Williams struck out; Aparicio flied to right; O'Brien walked [Horlen to second]; May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Rojas flied to center; Otis singled to shortstop; Kirkpatrick doubled to left [Otis scored]; Piniella singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; Oliver lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Piniella out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Josephson flied to left; Hopkins singled to left; Berry grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hopkins out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: Sorrell grounded out (first to pitcher); Matchick popped to second; Butler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Knoop flied to center; Horlen singled to right; Williams forced Horlen (pitcher to second) [Williams to first]; Aparicio singled to right [Williams to second]; O'Brien popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: May walked; Josephson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; Hopkins flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella grounded out (second to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Knoop flied to right; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR HORLEN; McKinney popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: WEAVER REPLACED MCKINNEY (PITCHING); Sorrell flied to left in foul territory; Matchick singled to center; Butler out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Matchick to second]; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: Williams flied to right; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); O'Brien grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick singled to center; Piniella flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Josephson lined to center; Hopkins lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4.

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