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 3
Game Played on Tuesday, May       25, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       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.