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Thursday July 27, 1972
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Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, July 27, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  5  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rojas 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .295      Kelly rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Hovley cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .265      Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .225
Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .316      Muser 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .313
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   0   0     0   1   .313        Lyttle cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .313      May lf                3   0   0   0     0   2   .286
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .281      Johnstone cf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .162
Schaal 3b             2   0   1   1     2   1   .220        D. Allen ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .306
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .222      Spiezio 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Nelson p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
                                                          Morales ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Alvarado ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Bahnsen p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .193
                                                            Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
                                                            Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   5   3     5   2             Totals               29   0   4   0     1   7

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 23,079
Left on Base: Royals 5, White Sox 3
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 2
Doubles: Mayberry (17)
Stolen Bases: Muser (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (3)
GIDP: Scheinblum (8), Patek (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson W(3-4)           9     4   0   0   1   7   0  30   2.18
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   7   0  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(12-11)        7.2   3   2   2   5   2   0  29   4.30
Acosta                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.70
Kealey                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.07
Totals                  9     5   3   3   5   2   0  35

Wild Pitches: Nelson 2 (4)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Rojas walked; Hovley lined to right; Scheinblum
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Rojas
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly lined to center; Andrews popped to catcher
in foul territory; Muser grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella flied to center;
Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May was called out on strikes; Johnstone flied to
right; Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal struck out; Patek walked; Nelson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Patek to second]; Rojas
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann flied to center; Morales popped to
first; Bahnsen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum
walked; Kirkpatrick flied to left; Piniella flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly flied to center; Andrews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Muser grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry flied to right; Schaal walked; Patek
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Schaal out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Johnstone
popped to first in foul territory; Spiezio singled to center;
Nelson threw a wild pitch [Spiezio to second]; Herrmann flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Rojas lined to
right; Hovley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Morales singled to center; Bahnsen struck out;
Kelly singled to left [Morales to second]; Nelson threw a wild
pitch [Kelly out at third (catcher to first to shortstop),
Morales out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Rich Morales
went to 3B on the WP; Pat Kelly started for 2B but was trapped;
as Kelly was tagged, Morales tried to score and was out at HP;
Morales ejected by HP umpire Red Flaherty; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 7TH: ALVARADO REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING SS); Scheinblum
flied to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first);
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Andrews walked; Muser singled to center [Andrews
to third]; May struck out; D. ALLEN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Muser
stole second; D. Allen struck out; Spiezio flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 8TH: D. ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LYTTLE
REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING CF); Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); Schaal walked; Patek forced Schaal (third to second)
[Patek to first]; Nelson singled to left [Patek to third]; Rojas
singled to left [Patek scored, Nelson to second]; Hovley singled
to center [Nelson scored, Rojas to third (on throw), Hovley to
second]; ACOSTA REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Scheinblum flied to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Herrmann lined to right; Alvarado flied to left;
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 9TH: KEALEY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
flied to left; Piniella popped to first in foul territory;
Mayberry doubled to left; Schaal singled to right [Mayberry
scored]; Patek lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews
struck out; Lyttle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 0.



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