| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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