Tuesday September 22, 1970
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Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, September 22, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 - 6 13 0 White Sox 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .284 Williams rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Rojas 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .236 McCraw cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Piniella lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .299 May lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .286 Oliver 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .260 Melton 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Schaal 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .272 Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Rodriguez c 4 1 0 0 0 1 .232 Herrmann c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .290 Spriggs rf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .227 Spence 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .228 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .164 McKinney ss 1 1 1 2 1 0 .144 Kelly rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Aparicio ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Floyd ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .217 Morales 2b,3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .177 Fitzmorris p 4 0 1 1 0 1 .290 Magnuson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Crider p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Totals 37 6 13 6 1 4 Totals 34 2 8 2 3 6 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 2,369 Left on Base: Royals 7, White Sox 8 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 0 Errors: McCraw Doubles: Otis (33), Oliver 2 (23), Williams (18), Spence (4) Home Runs: McKinney (2) Sacrifice Hits: Rojas (4) Hit by Pitch: Kelly (2,by Crider) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fitzmorris W(8-5) 9 8 2 2 3 6 1 37 4.44 Totals 9 8 2 2 3 6 1 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Magnuson L(1-4) 5.1 7 3 0 1 1 0 23 4.46 Wood 0.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 2.87 Crider 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 13 4.33 Totals 9 13 6 2 1 4 0 40 Passed Balls: Rodriguez (7), Herrmann (14) Hit by Pitch: Crider (2) Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris (12) Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ed Runge ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied to right; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Piniella singled to center; Oliver forced Piniella (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw popped to shortstop; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to center; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Schaal to third]; Rodriguez struck out; Spriggs grounded out (second to first) [Schaal scored (unearned)]; Floyd popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton popped to first; Herrmann singled to right; Fitzmorris threw a wild pitch [Herrmann to second]; Spence struck out; McKinney homered [Herrmann scored]; Morales grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 3RD: Fitzmorris popped to second; Otis grounded out (third to first); Rojas singled to center; Piniella singled to left [Rojas to second]; Oliver forced Piniella (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Magnuson flied to right; Williams doubled to right; McCraw grounded out (first to pitcher) [Williams to third]; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 4TH: Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Spriggs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton lined to left; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Spence walked; McKinney walked [Spence to second]; Morales grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 5TH: APARICIO REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING SS); Floyd singled to left; Fitzmorris forced Floyd (shortstop to second) [Fitzmorris to first]; Otis forced Fitzmorris (second to shortstop) [Otis to first]; Rojas singled to right [Otis to third, Rojas out at second (right to first to shortstop to first)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Magnuson grounded out (third to first); Williams singled to right; Rodriguez allowed a passed ball [Williams to second]; McCraw popped to catcher in foul territory; May walked; Melton popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 6TH: KNOOP REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 2B); MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Piniella popped to shortstop; Oliver walked; Schaal singled to center [Oliver to second]; WOOD REPLACED MAGNUSON (PITCHING); Rodriguez reached on an error by McCraw [Oliver to third, Schaal to second, Rodriguez to first]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR SPRIGGS; Taylor was called out on strikes; Floyd singled to right [Oliver scored (unearned), Schaal scored (unearned), Rodriguez to third]; Fitzmorris singled to left [Rodriguez scored (unearned), Floyd out at third (left to third)]; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: KELLY REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING RF); Herrmann lined to center; Spence flied to left; Aparicio singled to center; Morales singled to right [Aparicio to second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR WOOD; Hopkins struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2. ROYALS 7TH: CRIDER REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Otis doubled to left; Rojas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Otis to third]; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Otis scored]; Oliver doubled to left; Schaal popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); McCraw was called out on strikes; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. ROYALS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly was hit by a pitch; Floyd popped to shortstop; Fitzmorris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Knoop flied to left; Herrmann singled to right [Herrmann out at second (right to shortstop)]; Spence doubled to center; Aparicio popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: Otis struck out; Rojas singled to center; Piniella flied to right; Oliver doubled to center [Rojas scored, Oliver out at third (center to second to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); MAYE BATTED FOR CRIDER; Maye struck out; Williams popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 2.

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