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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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