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Friday July 28, 1972
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Dick Allen rapped his 25th homer of the season, connecting after a double by Jay Johnstone in the first inning, to start the White Sox off to a 5-0 victory over the Royals behind the four-hit hurling of Tom Bradley. The White Sox added their other runs in the seventh on three walks, two hits and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   5 11  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hovley cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .260      Williams rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .292        Bradford rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Scheinblum rf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Johnstone cf          3   2   2   0     1   0   .172
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     1   0   .309      D. Allen 1b           3   2   1   2     1   2   .306
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .312        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   0     0   2   .284      May lf                3   0   2   0     1   0   .289
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .216      Spiezio 3b            4   0   2   2     0   1   .253
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .226
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .209
  Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .187      Morales ss            4   1   2   0     0   1   .233
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Bradley p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .167
Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .043
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Angelini p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     4   7             Totals               33   5  11   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 18,902
Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 8
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Piniella (22), Johnstone 2 (4), May (13), Spiezio (4)
Triples: Morales (1)
Home Runs: D. Allen (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Bradley (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(7-12)           6.2   9   4   4   1   5   1  29   2.82
Wright                  0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   4.63
Angelini                0.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   3   5.40
Abernathy               1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.15
Totals                  8    11   5   5   3   7   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley W(11-9)         9     4   0   0   4   7   0  35   3.34
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   7   0  35

Wild Pitches: Wright (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
walked; Scheinblum singled to second [Rojas to third];
Kirkpatrick flied to right; Piniella was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams lined to pitcher (pitcher to first);
Johnstone doubled to center; D. Allen homered [Johnstone
scored]; May singled to right; Spiezio struck out; Andrews flied
to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Schaal struck out; Patek
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann singled to center; Morales was called
out on strikes; Bradley struck out; Williams popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago was called out on strikes; Hovley popped to
second; Rojas lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; D.
Allen struck out; May doubled to left; Spiezio flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum flied to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(pitcher to first); Piniella doubled to center; Mayberry struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Andrews popped to catcher in foul territory;
Herrmann lined to right; Morales lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal struck out; Patek popped to catcher in foul
territory; Drago flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bradley grounded out (third to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone doubled to right;
D. Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox
2.

ROYALS 6TH: Hovley walked; Rojas grounded out (third to first)
[Hovley to second]; Scheinblum reached on a fielder's choice
[Hovley out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third)];
Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Spiezio singled to shortstop [Spiezio to second (error by
Patek)]; Spiezio was picked off second (pitcher to second);
Andrews singled to right; Herrmann grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
singled to center; Schaal popped to second; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
PATEK; Hopkins popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: FLOYD REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING SS); Morales
singled to right; Bradley out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
unassisted) [Morales to second]; Williams flied to right;
Johnstone walked; WRIGHT REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); D. Allen
walked [Morales scored on a wild pitch, Johnstone to second];
ANGELINI REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); May walked [Johnstone to
third, D. Allen to second]; Spiezio doubled to center [Johnstone
scored, D. Allen scored, May to third]; Andrews struck out; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 8TH: BRADFORD REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING RF); MUSER
REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); KEOUGH BATTED FOR ANGELINI;
Keough grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley walked; Rojas
struck out; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Herrmann
grounded out (first unassisted); Morales tripled to right;
Bradley struck out; Bradford grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick walked; Piniella forced Kirkpatrick
(third to second); Mayberry singled to third [Piniella to
second]; Schaal forced Piniella (pitcher to third) [Mayberry to
second, Schaal to first]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR FLOYD; Taylor popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 5.



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