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After taking the lead with the aid of homers by Gail Hopkins and Paul Schaal, the Royals exploded for four runs in the ninth inning to clinch an 8-3 victory over the White Sox. In their outburst, the Royals had a double by Freddie Patek, singles by Amos Otis, Bob Oliver and Ed Kirkpatrick and a double by Cookie Rojas. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 3Game Played on Tuesday, May 25, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IRoyals 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 - 8 14 0
White Sox 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 1
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .262 Stroud cf 4 0 0 1 1 1 .154
Schaal 3b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .291 Maye rf 2 0 0 1 0 1 .357
Otis cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .289 Hershberger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .348
Hopkins 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Oliver 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .233 McKinney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .365
Kirkpatrick lf 4 1 3 2 1 1 .242 May 1b 4 0 3 0 1 1 .302
Rojas 2b 3 0 2 2 2 0 .318 Melton 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .281
May c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Reichardt lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317
Keough rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .223 Herrmann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286
Drago p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .067 Andrews 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .270
York p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Richard ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .252
Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Bradley p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Abernathy p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Williams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
John p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnstone ph,rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .245
Totals 39 8 14 8 6 7 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 5
Time of Game: 3:02 Attendance: 2,241
Left on Base: Royals 10, White Sox 9
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Herrmann
Doubles: Patek 2 (8), Schaal (6), Rojas (9), Herrmann (4)
Home Runs: Hopkins (3), Schaal (3), Johnstone (4)
Stolen Bases: Otis (11), Kirkpatrick (1), Richard (7)
Caught Stealing: Otis (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Maye (1)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Drago 4.2 7 2 2 1 2 0 21 2.40
York W(2-2) 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 4.03
Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.48
Abernathy SV(9) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 1.90
Totals 9 9 3 3 4 5 1 39
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bradley L(5-3) 5 6 3 3 5 4 1 25 1.52
John 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 7 6.08
Horlen 2 6 4 4 1 1 0 13 3.95
Totals 9 14 8 8 6 7 2 45
Wild Pitches: Bradley (4)
Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick
ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to left; Schaal walked; Otis forced
Schaal (third to second) [Patek to third]; Otis stole second;
Hopkins reached on a fielder's choice [Patek out at home
(pitcher to catcher to third), Otis to third]; Kirkpatrick
singled [Hopkins to third, Otis scored]; Rojas walked
[Kirkpatrick to second]; May forced Rojas (shortstop to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Stroud grounded out (first unassisted); Maye
struck out; May singled to center; Melton flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Keough grounded out (second to first); Drago walked;
On a bunt Patek forced Drago (third to second); Schaal doubled
to right [Patek scored]; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Herrmann doubled to left; Andrews walked; Richard made an out to
second; Bradley forced Andrews (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
singled to center; Rojas singled [Kirkpatrick out at third
(right to third), Rojas to second (on throw)]; Bradley threw a
wild pitch [Rojas to third]; May struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Stroud struck out; Maye grounded out (second to
first); May singled to right [May out at second (right to second
to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Keough was called out on strikes; Drago struck out;
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton grounded out (third to first); Reichardt
flied out to left; Herrmann made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Otis was
called out on strikes; Hopkins homered; Kirkpatrick walked;
Kirkpatrick stole second [Kirkpatrick to third (error by
Herrmann)]; Rojas walked; May flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Andrews singled to center; Richard singled to
center [Andrews to second]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR BRADLEY;
Williams singled to first [Richard to second, Andrews to third];
Stroud forced Williams (second to shortstop) [Richard to third,
Andrews scored]; Maye hit a sacrifice fly to center [Richard
scored]; May singled to left [Stroud to third]; YORK REPLACED
DRAGO (PITCHING); Melton struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 6TH: JOHN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Keough grounded
out (second to first); York struck out; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox
2.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Reichardt made an out to second; Herrmann flied
out to right; Andrews lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Schaal homered; Otis singled to shortstop; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first) [Otis to second]; Kirkpatrick
struck out while Otis was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 7TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Richard
struck out; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR JOHN; Johnstone homered; Stroud
walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); HERSHBERGER BATTED
FOR MAYE; Hershberger lined to left; May walked [Stroud to
second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Melton walked
[Stroud to third, May to second]; Reichardt lined to shortstop;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 3.
ROYALS 8TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORLEN
REPLACED HERSHBERGER (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out (second to
first); May grounded out (third to first); Keough singled to
right; Abernathy made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, White Sox 3.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Herrmann grounded out (pitcher to first); Andrews
made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Richard singled; Richard
stole second; Johnstone flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 3.
ROYALS 9TH: Patek doubled to left; Schaal popped to first in
foul territory; Otis singled to center [Patek scored, Otis to
second (on throw)]; Oliver singled to left [Otis to third];
Kirkpatrick singled to left [Oliver to second, Otis scored];
Rojas doubled to right [Kirkpatrick scored, Oliver scored]; May
grounded out (third to first); Keough was walked intentionally;
Abernathy struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox
3.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Stroud grounded out (second to first); MCKINNEY
BATTED FOR HORLEN; McKinney popped to catcher in foul territory;
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 3.
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