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Sandy Valdespino, who had been on a batting streak since his recall from Omaha (American Association), drove in four runs to lead the Royals to a 6-1 victory over the White Sox. Valdespino homered with two men on base in the third inning, singled another run across in the sixth and added a double in the eighth, giving him 14 hits in 29 times at bat. Paul Splittorff held the White Sox to four hits but lost his shutout bid when Bill Melton homered in the fourth. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 1Game Played on Friday, September 10, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumWhite Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Royals 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 x - 6 9 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Williams rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 0 3 .278 Hershberger cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Valdespino lf 4 2 3 4 0 0 .483 McKinney 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Otis cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .309 Melton 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Reichardt lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Oliver rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Schaal 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .266 Egan c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Morales ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Knoop 2b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .216 Bradley p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .151 Splittorff p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .109 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Eddy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kealey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Totals 31 1 4 1 1 3 Totals 32 6 9 6 1 7 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 7,158 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Royals 3 DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1 Errors: Hershberger, Schaal Doubles: Patek (20), Otis (24), Valdespino (5) Home Runs: Melton (29), Valdespino (1) GIDP: Morales (4) Hit by Pitch: Reichardt (6,by Splittorff) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bradley L(13-13) 5 6 6 6 0 5 1 21 2.97 Forster 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.75 Eddy 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.61 Kealey 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.93 Totals 8 9 6 6 1 7 1 33 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(8-7) 9 4 1 1 1 3 1 33 2.19 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 3 1 33 Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (2) Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jake O'Donnell WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Hershberger singled to center; McKinney reached on an error by Schaal [Hershberger to second, McKinney to first]; Melton flied out to center [Hershberger to third]; Reichardt walked [McKinney to second]; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Valdespino flied out to right; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Egan struck out; Morales was called out on strikes; Bradley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (third to first); Schaal was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams grounded out (third to first); Hershberger grounded out (third to first); McKinney grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Knoop singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second]; Splittorff flied out to right; Patek struck out; Valdespino homered [Kirkpatrick scored, Knoop scored]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton homered; Reichardt was hit by a pitch; May flied out to center; Egan grounded out (third to first) [Reichardt to second]; Morales made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins flied out to center; Oliver struck out; Schaal grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bradley grounded out (first to pitcher); Williams grounded out (third to first); Hershberger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Knoop was called out on strikes; Splittorff grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: McKinney flied out to center; Melton singled to center; Reichardt forced Melton (shortstop to second); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Patek doubled to left; Valdespino singled to center [Patek scored]; Otis doubled to center [Valdespino scored, Otis to third (error by Hershberger)]; FORSTER REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Hopkins made an out to shortstop; Oliver grounded out (third to first); Schaal singled to center [Otis scored]; Schaal was picked off first (catcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Egan singled to center; Morales grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Egan out at second]; RICHARD BATTED FOR FORSTER; Richard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 7TH: EDDY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Knoop singled to left; On a bunt Splittorff struck out; Patek was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Hershberger flied out to center; McKinney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 8TH: Valdespino doubled to left; Otis walked; Hopkins popped to third in foul territory; KEALEY REPLACED EDDY (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (third to first) [Valdespino to third, Otis to second]; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 9TH: Melton popped to catcher in foul territory; Reichardt grounded out (pitcher to first); May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 6. |
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