After being held hitless for 7 2/3 innings, the Royals broke the mastery of Stan Bahnsen and gained a 3-0 victory to split a doubleheader with the White Sox, who won the first game, 7-3. In the lidlifter, Dick Allen smashed two homers for the White Sox, driving in three runs, and Wilbur Wood gained his 16th victory with help from Terry Forster in the eighth inning. Steve Hovley hit a two-run homer for the Royals.

Roger Nelson, who triumphed over Bahnsen in the nightcap, also broke his rival's no-hit streak. After Paul Schaal walked with one out in the eighth and was forced by Freddie Patek, Nelson singled for the Royals' first hit. Cookie Rojas followed with a single to score Patek and Hovley also singled to drive in Nelson. The Royals added another run off reliever Steve Kealey in the ninth on a double by John Mayberry and single by Schaal. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      27, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 10  3
White Sox    0  2  2    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   7 13  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Williams rf           5   2   3   0     0   1   .245
Hovley cf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .266      Andrews 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Scheinblum rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .319      D. Allen 1b           3   2   3   3     2   0   .307
Piniella lf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .317        Muser pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   3   0     0   0   .319      Reichardt cf          1   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Johnstone ph,cf     3   0   0   1     0   0   .164
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .281      May lf                5   1   2   1     0   0   .288
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .217      Spiezio 3b            5   1   2   0     0   1   .239
Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Herrmann c            3   0   3   2     1   0   .212
  Fitzmorris p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Alvarado ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Wood p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .135
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Forster p           1   1   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               34   3  10   3     1   3             Totals               38   7  13   7     4   6

Time of Game: 2:36
Left on Base: Royals 5, White Sox 11
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Patek 2, Schaal
Doubles: Hovley (3), Spiezio (3), Williams (6)
Home Runs: Hovley (2), D. Allen 2 (24)
Stolen Bases: D. Allen (11)
Caught Stealing: Williams (1)
GIDP: Schaal (6), Rojas (13)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(9-6)       2.1   7   4   4   2   2   1  14   3.19
Fitzmorris              4.2   5   1   1   1   3   1  21   3.30
Burgmeier               1     1   2   0   1   1   0   7   2.49
Totals                  8    13   7   5   4   6   2  42

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(16-10)           7.2   9   2   2   0   2   1  29   2.49
Forster SV(15)          1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   1.86
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   3   1  35

Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to right; Hovley homered [Patek
scored]; Scheinblum popped to first in foul territory; Piniella
struck out; Kirkpatrick singled to right; Rojas lined to center;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to right; Andrews lined to
center; Williams was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); D. Allen walked; D. Allen stole
second; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry lined to center; Schaal flied to right;
Splittorff grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to center; Spiezio doubled to center
[May to third]; Herrmann singled to right [May scored, Spiezio
scored, Herrmann out at first (right to first)]; Alvarado flied
to right; Wood was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied to right; Hovley doubled to center;
Scheinblum lined into a double play (third to second) [Hovley
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams singled to left; Andrews flied to
center; D. Allen homered [Williams scored]; Reichardt walked;
May singled to right [Reichardt to third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Spiezio reached on a fielder's choice
[Reichardt out at home (third to catcher), May to second];
Fitzmorris threw a wild pitch [May to third, Spiezio to second];
Herrmann was walked intentionally; Alvarado forced Herrmann
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, White
Sox 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(first to pitcher); Rojas grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Wood was called out on strikes; Williams was
called out on strikes; Andrews reached on an error by Schaal
[Andrews to first]; D. Allen singled to shortstop [Andrews to
second]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR REICHARDT; Johnstone lined to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 5TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Mayberry
singled to right; Schaal grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; Fitzmorris grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Spiezio
struck out; Herrmann singled to right; Alvarado lined to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Hovley grounded
out (second to first); Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Wood grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews popped to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick singled to
right [Piniella to third]; Rojas grounded into a double play
(third to second to catcher) [Rojas to first, Piniella out at
home, Kirkpatrick out at second]; Mayberry popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: D. Allen homered; Johnstone grounded out (second
to first); May grounded out (second to first); Spiezio singled
to left; Herrmann singled to center [Spiezio to third]; Alvarado
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Schaal singled to left; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Taylor struck out; Patek forced Schaal (pitcher to
shortstop); Hovley singled to right [Patek to third]; FORSTER
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Scheinblum flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Forster
reached on an error by Patek [Forster to first]; Williams
doubled to left [Forster to third]; Andrews struck out; D. Allen
was walked intentionally; MUSER RAN FOR D. ALLEN; Johnstone
reached on an error by Patek (assist by Rojas) [Forster scored
(unearned) (RBI), Williams to third, Muser to second, Johnstone
to first]; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Williams scored
(unearned), Muser to third, Johnstone to second]; Spiezio
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 9TH: MUSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Piniella walked;
Kirkpatrick singled to right [Piniella to second]; Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Piniella to third,
Kirkpatrick to second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first)
[Piniella scored]; Schaal struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, White Sox 7.