Wilbur Wood became the first White Sox pitcher to win 20 games since Gary Peters in 1964 when the knuckleballer defeated the Royals, 3-0. The White Sox gave Wood enough runs to win by scoring twice in the fifth inning on a single by Walt Williams, a stolen base, single by Pat Kelly and triple by Carlos May. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams lf,rf        5   2   2   0     0   0   .293      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Kelly rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .302      Schaal 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .270
  Hershberger ph,cf   1   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .309
May 1b                3   0   1   1     2   0   .291      Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .267
Melton 3b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .273      Oliver rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Reichardt cf,lf       3   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Harrison 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Huntz 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Floyd 2b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .171
Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Martinez c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .152
Alvarado ss           3   0   2   0     1   0   .212      Drago p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Wood p                3   0   0   0     1   3   .047        Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
                                                            Clemons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               31   3   6   3     6   4             Totals               31   0   5   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 10,880
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Royals 7
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 0
Errors: Patek, Martinez
Doubles: Alvarado (12)
Triples: May (6)
Stolen Bases: May (14), Williams (4), Patek (49), Otis (48)
Caught Stealing: May (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Huntz (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (5)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (11,by Drago)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(20-11)           9     5   0   0   3   9   0  34   1.97
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   9   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(16-9)           5.2   5   2   2   4   3   0  28   3.01
Butler                  1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.69
Clemons                 1.1   1   1   1   2   1   0   7   4.50
Abernathy               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.53
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Drago (9)
Wild Pitches: Clemons (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly
was called out on strikes; May walked; Melton made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Schaal singled to center;
Otis singled to right [Schaal to second]; Piniella struck out;
Oliver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt walked; Huntz out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Reichardt to second]; Herrmann popped to third
in foul territory; Alvarado singled to third [Reichardt to
third]; Wood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Harrison singled to center; Floyd struck out;
Martinez lined into a double play (third to first) [Harrison out
at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly
grounded out (second to first); May walked; May stole second;
Melton made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago singled to center; Patek forced Drago (pitcher
to shortstop); Patek stole second; Schaal flied out to right
[Patek to third]; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Piniella
walked; Oliver forced Piniella (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Reichardt grounded out (third to first); Huntz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Herrmann lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Harrison struck out; Floyd was called out on
strikes; Martinez walked; Drago grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Alvarado flied out to left; Wood struck out;
Williams singled to center; Williams stole second [Williams to
third (error by Martinez)]; Kelly singled to center [Williams
scored]; May tripled to left [Kelly scored]; Melton was hit by a
pitch; Reichardt flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek lined to first; Schaal singled to center; Otis
struck out; Piniella forced Schaal (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Huntz flied out to left; Herrmann grounded out
(second to first); Alvarado doubled to left; Wood walked;
Williams reached on an error by Patek [Alvarado to third, Wood
to second, Williams to first]; BUTLER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING);
HERSHBERGER BATTED FOR KELLY; Hershberger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals
0.

ROYALS 6TH: HERSHBERGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); REICHARDT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Oliver was called out on strikes; Harrison flied
out to right; Floyd struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Melton flied
out to center; Reichardt made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); KNOOP
BATTED FOR BUTLER; Knoop grounded out (third to first); Patek
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: CLEMONS REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING); Huntz grounded
out (third to first); Herrmann popped to first in foul
territory; Alvarado walked; Wood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Schaal grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Williams singled to center; Clemons threw a wild
pitch [Williams to second]; Hershberger walked; May forced
Hershberger (second to shortstop) [Williams to third]; ABERNATHY
REPLACED CLEMONS (PITCHING); Melton hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Williams scored]; May was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Oliver flied out to right; Harrison grounded out
(pitcher to first); Floyd flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.