The White Sox erupted for six runs in the sixth inning in their biggest offensive outburst of the season and Wilbur Wood pitched his second straight complete game to defeat the Royals, 7-2. The White Sox sent 11 men to bat in the big inning and accomplished their scoring on four hits, three walks, two errors and a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       26, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  2
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  6    1  0  x  -   7 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Richard ss            4   1   2   1     0   1   .259
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Johnstone rf          4   1   1   0     1   0   .245
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .288      May 1b                4   2   2   0     1   1   .307
Oliver 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .241      Melton 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .281
Rojas 2b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .310      Reichardt lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .323
Paepke lf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .261      Herrmann c            2   1   0   0     2   0   .280
Savage rf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .156      Andrews 2b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .278
May c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Hershberger cf        4   0   1   1     0   1   .333
Hedlund p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .050      Wood p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .184
  Bunker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     0   6             Totals               33   7  11   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  2,605
Left on Base: Royals 4, White Sox 8
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Schaal, York, Richard, Melton
Doubles: May (5), Melton (9), Richard (4)
Home Runs: Paepke (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (12), Johnstone (2), May (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Wood (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Richard (2)
GIDP: Paepke (3), Herrmann (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund L(4-3)          5.1   6   6   4   3   3   0  25   2.58
York                    1     4   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.20
Fitzmorris              0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   5.61
Bunker                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.01
Totals                  8    11   7   5   4   5   0  39

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(3-2)             9     6   2   2   0   6   1  33   1.99
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   6   1  33

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Jim Odom


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Schaal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard was called out on strikes; Johnstone
walked; May was called out on strikes; Johnstone stole second;
Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver singled to shortstop; Rojas made an out to
first; Paepke grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt singled; Herrmann grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Reichardt out at
second]; Andrews flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Savage struck out; May doubled to left; Hedlund
struck out; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Hershberger grounded out (first to pitcher); Wood
was called out on strikes; Richard made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis
singled to third; Otis stole second; Oliver struck out; Rojas
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone made an out to third; May singled to
right; Melton grounded out (pitcher to first) [May to second];
Reichardt singled to third [May stayed at second]; Herrmann
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); Savage
struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first);
Hershberger grounded out (second to first); Wood made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Hedlund popped to first in foul territory; Patek
grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal singled to center; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Richard singled to left; Johnstone singled to
center [Richard to third]; May walked [Johnstone to second];
Melton popped to catcher in foul territory; Reichardt reached on
an error by Schaal [Richard scored (no RBI), Johnstone scored
(no RBI), May to third, Reichardt to second]; Herrmann was
walked intentionally; Andrews singled [Herrmann to third,
Reichardt scored (unearned), May scored]; YORK REPLACED HEDLUND
(PITCHING); Hershberger singled to right [Andrews to second,
Herrmann scored]; Wood reached on an error by York on a
sacrifice bunt [Hershberger to second, Andrews to third];
Richard hit a sacrifice fly to left [Andrews scored (unearned)];
Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); 6 R (4 ER), 4 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver singled to left; Rojas forced Oliver (pitcher
to shortstop) [Rojas to second (error by Richard)]; Paepke
homered [Rojas scored]; Savage struck out; May grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May singled to center; May stole second; Melton
doubled to right [May scored]; Reichardt grounded out (shortstop
to first); Herrmann walked; Andrews singled to left [Herrmann to
second, Melton to third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED YORK (PITCHING);
Hershberger struck out; Wood struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 8TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Taylor reached on an
error by Melton [Taylor to second]; Patek grounded out (second
to first) [Taylor to third]; Schaal popped to catcher in foul
territory; Otis lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BUNKER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Richard
doubled [Richard out at second (center to shortstop to third)];
Johnstone flied out to center; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 9TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Paepke grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 7.