Friday September 3, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 3, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 - 8 11 2 White Sox 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 2 2 0 0 3 0 .284 Williams rf 4 1 3 0 1 0 .296 Valdespino lf 5 1 3 4 0 0 .556 Hershberger cf 1 1 0 1 2 0 .245 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Johnstone ph,cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Hopkins 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .286 McKinney 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .298 Martinez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Melton 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .281 Kirkpatrick cf,lf 5 0 1 2 0 3 .211 Reichardt lf 3 0 0 1 2 2 .296 Keough rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .256 May 1b 3 2 2 2 2 0 .286 Schaal 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Egan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Floyd 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Kelly ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Otis ph,cf 1 1 0 0 1 1 .303 Huntz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 May c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .261 Herrmann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Knoop pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240 Morales ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .232 Clemons p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .286 Horlen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 York p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Richard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Oliver ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Kealey p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spence ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Totals 38 8 11 7 4 6 Totals 32 6 7 6 10 5 Time of Game: 3:23 Attendance: 21,138 Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 10 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Hopkins, Oliver Doubles: Valdespino (1), Williams (16) Home Runs: May (5) Stolen Bases: Otis (41), Knoop (1), Patek (47) Caught Stealing: Reichardt (7) Sacrifice Hits: McKinney (2) Hit by Pitch: Hopkins (4,by Johnson) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clemons 3.2 5 6 4 4 2 1 20 3.93 York 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 2.67 Burgmeier W(7-7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.85 Abernathy SV(19) 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 9 2.48 Totals 9 7 6 4 10 5 1 43 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Horlen 3 6 5 5 2 0 0 17 4.29 Hinton 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.61 Kealey L(2-2) 3.1 2 2 2 1 2 0 13 3.99 Johnson 0.1 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 3.09 Forster 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.17 Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.54 Totals 9 11 8 7 4 6 0 43 Passed Balls: Herrmann 2 (9) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (4) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Valdespino popped to catcher in foul territory; Hopkins singled to left [Patek to second]; Kirkpatrick forced Patek (shortstop to third) [Hopkins to second]; Keough flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams walked; Hershberger walked [Williams to second]; McKinney out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Williams to third, Hershberger to second]; Melton singled to right [Williams scored, Hershberger to third]; Reichardt popped to second [Hershberger scored]; May homered [Melton scored]; Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 2ND: Schaal flied out to right; Floyd grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 2ND: Morales flied out to center; Horlen flied out to center; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 3RD: Clemons grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek walked; Valdespino doubled to left [Patek to third]; Hopkins singled to right [Patek scored, Valdespino to third, Hopkins to second (on throw)]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Valdespino scored, Hopkins scored]; Keough flied out to center; Schaal forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Hershberger grounded out (third to first); McKinney made an out to second; Melton singled to left; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 4. ROYALS 4TH: Floyd singled to left; May singled to center [Floyd to third]; HINTON REPLACED HORLEN (PITCHING); Clemons reached on a fielder's choice [Floyd out at home (third to catcher to third), May to second]; Patek grounded out (third to first) [May to third, Clemons to second]; Valdespino singled to center [May scored, Clemons scored]; Hopkins singled to center [Valdespino to second]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: May singled to center; Egan flied out to center; Morales walked [May to second]; RICHARD BATTED FOR HINTON; Richard struck out; Hopkins dropped a foul fly hit by Williams for an error; Williams singled to right [May to third, Morales to second]; Hershberger walked [May scored (unearned), Morales to third, Williams to second]; YORK REPLACED CLEMONS (PITCHING); McKinney walked [Morales scored (unearned), Williams to third, Hershberger to second]; Melton made an out to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. ROYALS 5TH: KEALEY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Keough made an out to shortstop; Schaal singled to center; Floyd made an out to first; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: Reichardt walked; May grounded out (shortstop to first) [Reichardt to second]; Reichardt was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. ROYALS 6TH: York grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Valdespino flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: Morales flied out to left; Kealey made an out to first; Williams doubled to left; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR HERSHBERGER; Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. ROYALS 7TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick struck out; Keough flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: McKinney flied out to left; Melton flied out to center; Reichardt walked; May walked [Reichardt to second]; KELLY BATTED FOR EGAN; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); HUNTZ BATTED FOR KELLY; Huntz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 6. ROYALS 8TH: HERRMANN REPLACED HUNTZ (PLAYING C ); Schaal lined to center; OTIS BATTED FOR FLOYD; Otis walked; May singled to right [Otis to third]; KNOOP RAN FOR MAY; OLIVER BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; JOHNSON REPLACED KEALEY (PITCHING); Oliver struck out while Otis stole home and Knoop stole second; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Knoop to third]; Patek walked; Patek stole second; Valdespino singled to right [Knoop scored, Patek scored (unearned)]; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Valdespino to second]; Hopkins was hit by a pitch; FORSTER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MARTINEZ REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING C ); KNOOP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ABERNATHY REPLACED VALDESPINO (PITCHING); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Oliver dropped a foul fly hit by Morales for an error; Morales struck out; SPENCE BATTED FOR FORSTER; Spence struck out; Williams singled to center; Johnstone walked [Williams to second]; McKinney forced Johnstone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 6. ROYALS 9TH: ROMO REPLACED SPENCE (PITCHING); Keough flied out to right; Schaal flied out to left; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 9TH: Melton popped to catcher in foul territory; Reichardt struck out; May walked; Herrmann made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 6.

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