Continuing his slugging spree, John Mayberry smashed a homer, double and two singles to lead the Royals to a 6-4 victory over the White Sox. Mayberry doubled and scored in the second inning, singled a run across in the fourth and homered in the sixth to bring his RBI total to 20 in the Royals' last 11 games. Richie Scheinblum also hit a homer for the Royals. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Tuesday, June      27, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   4  9  0
Royals       0  1  0    1  1  2    1  0  x  -   6 15  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .238      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Alvarado ss           4   1   1   1     0   2   .232      Otis cf               3   0   2   0     1   0   .301
  Johnstone ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .155      Piniella lf           3   0   0   1     0   1   .307
  Bradley pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Scheinblum rf         4   2   2   1     0   0   .324
May lf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Mayberry 1b           4   2   4   2     0   0   .288
D. Allen 1b           5   1   0   0     0   1   .295      Kirkpatrick c         4   1   2   1     0   0   .302
Reichardt cf          3   0   1   2     1   2   .264      Rojas 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .282
Andrews 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .248      Floyd 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .170
Egan c                4   0   2   0     0   1   .228      Splittorff p          3   1   2   0     0   0   .243
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .375
Morales 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .215        Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Bahnsen p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Regan p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Brinkman ph,c       2   0   0   0     0   0   .190

Totals               37   4   9   4     2   9             Totals               33   6  15   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  8,623
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Royals 6
DP: White Sox 3, Royals 1
Errors: Patek, Rojas
Doubles: Morales 2 (4), Mayberry (8), Scheinblum (3), Kirkpatrick (7)
Triples: Williams (1), Reichardt (1), Splittorff (1)
Home Runs: Mayberry (8), Scheinblum (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (2)
GIDP: Morales (8), Floyd 2 (3), Piniella (14)
Hit by Pitch: May (5,by Splittorff)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(10-8)         5    11   5   5   0   2   1  24   4.28
Regan                   2     4   1   1   1   0   1   9   2.92
Kealey                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.38
Totals                  8    15   6   6   1   3   2  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(7-4)       7.2   7   3   1   2   8   0  33   2.47
Burgmeier               1     2   1   1   0   0   0   6   2.03
Nelson SV(2)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.95
Totals                  9     9   4   2   2   9   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (2)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams flied to center; Alvarado struck out;
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied to right; Otis singled to center;
Piniella struck out; Scheinblum grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Allen popped to third in foul territory;
Reichardt walked; Andrews flied to right; Egan singled to center
[Reichardt to second]; Morales forced Egan (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry doubled to right; Kirkpatrick singled to
right [Mayberry scored, Kirkpatrick out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Rojas struck out; Floyd singled to left; Splittorff
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bahnsen was called out on strikes; Williams
grounded out (third to first); Alvarado struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May popped to third in foul territory; D. Allen
flied to center; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum doubled to right; Mayberry singled to
right [Scheinblum scored]; Kirkpatrick popped to second in foul
territory; Rojas singled to second [Mayberry to second]; Floyd
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rojas
out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Andrews lined to second; Egan struck out; Morales
doubled to center; Bahnsen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Splittorff singled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Splittorff to second]; Otis singled to
right [Splittorff to third]; Piniella lined out on a sacrifice
fly to left [Splittorff scored]; Scheinblum lined to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Williams struck out; Alvarado lined to shortstop;
May was hit by a pitch; D. Allen grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry homered; Kirkpatrick doubled to center;
REGAN REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Rojas singled to right
[Kirkpatrick to third]; Floyd grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Kirkpatrick scored, Rojas out at
second]; Splittorff tripled to right; Patek flied to right; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Reichardt struck out; Andrews singled to right;
Egan singled to shortstop [Andrews to second]; Morales grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Egan out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis walked; Piniella grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Otis out at second]; Scheinblum
homered; Mayberry singled to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BRINKMAN BATTED FOR REGAN; Brinkman grounded out
(second to first); Williams tripled to left; Alvarado singled to
right [Williams scored]; May reached on an error by Rojas
[Alvarado to second, May to first]; D. Allen forced May
(shortstop to second) [Alvarado to third, D. Allen to first];
Reichardt tripled to right [Alvarado scored (unearned), D. Allen
scored (unearned)]; Andrews walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: BRINKMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); KEALEY
REPLACED EGAN (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out (second to first);
Floyd flied to left; Burgmeier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 3, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Morales doubled to center; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Williams reached on an error by Patek
[Morales to third, Williams to first]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
ALVARADO; Johnstone singled to center [Morales scored, Williams
to second]; BRADLEY RAN FOR JOHNSTONE; May forced Bradley
(second to shortstop) [Williams to third, May to first]; NELSON
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); D. Allen struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 6.