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Tommy John extended his personal winning streak to five games by pitching the White Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Royals. The lefthander also continued his mastery of the Royals, beating the expansion club for the fifth straight time, including three in a row in 1969. The Royals' run in the fourth inning was unearned. The White Sox tied the score on two walks and a single by Duane Josephson in their half of the fourth and added the winning run on a homer by Syd O'Brien in the fifth. [The Sporting News] Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Tuesday, August 4, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IRoyals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .239 O'Brien 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .265 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Aparicio ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .316 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .294 May lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .293 Piniella lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .319 Melton rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Josephson c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .313 Schaal 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .258 Spence 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .205 Severson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 Berry cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Knoop 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .221 Hernandez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 John p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Butler p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .051 Taylor ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .178 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Campanis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Kirkpatrick pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Totals 33 1 6 1 4 8 Totals 30 2 7 2 4 1 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 4,533 Left on Base: Royals 9, White Sox 8 DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1 Errors: O'Brien Home Runs: O'Brien (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler L(3-10) 6 5 2 2 4 1 1 27 3.84 Fitzmorris 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.64 Totals 8 7 2 2 4 1 1 34 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(10-12) 9 6 1 0 4 8 0 37 3.21 Totals 9 6 1 0 4 8 0 37 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar ROYALS 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien grounded out (second to first); Aparicio popped to catcher in foul territory; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella singled to center; Oliver struck out while Piniella was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Schaal singled to third; Severson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); Spence flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: Rodriguez struck out; Butler grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Berry flied out to center; On a bunt Knoop singled; On a bunt John forced Knoop (catcher to shortstop); O'Brien flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to center; Piniella flied out to right; Oliver reached on an error by O'Brien [Otis to second, Oliver to first]; Schaal singled to center [Otis scored (unearned), Oliver to second]; Severson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Aparicio walked; May flied out to center; Melton walked [Aparicio to second]; Josephson singled to left [Aparicio scored, Melton to second]; Spence popped to catcher in foul territory; Berry made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; Butler struck out; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Knoop lined to center; John made an out to second; O'Brien homered; Aparicio walked; May walked [Aparicio to second]; Melton made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas made an out to second; Otis struck out; Piniella singled to left; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Josephson grounded out (third to first); Spence grounded out (first unassisted); Berry singled to right; Knoop singled to center [Berry to third]; John forced Knoop (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 7TH: Schaal walked; Severson made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first) [Schaal to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR BUTLER; Taylor was walked intentionally; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); O'Brien singled to left; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first) [O'Brien to second]; May grounded out (second to first) [O'Brien to third]; Melton grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas flied out to left; Otis walked; Piniella walked [Otis to second]; Oliver lined to center; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); Spence singled to center; Berry lined into a double play (second to first) [Spence out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: Severson singled to left; Rodriguez forced Severson (shortstop to second); HERNANDEZ RAN FOR RODRIGUEZ; CAMPANIS BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Campanis forced Hernandez (pitcher to shortstop); KIRKPATRICK RAN FOR CAMPANIS; Kelly forced Kirkpatrick (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. |
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