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.

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