The White Sox won a game by a one-run margin for the 26th time this season when Ed Spiezio singled with two out in the ninth inning to score Carlos May and beat the Royals, 4-3. May was hit by a pitch, stole second and reached third on a throwing error by catcher Ed Kirkpatrick. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      29, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  7  1
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4 12  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .221      Kelly rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Otis cf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .311      Johnstone cf          5   1   1   0     0   0   .173
Scheinblum rf         3   0   1   0     1   0   .315      D. Allen 1b           4   1   2   1     1   2   .308
Piniella lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .314      May lf                3   1   2   1     1   1   .293
Kirkpatrick c         4   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Spiezio 3b            4   0   2   1     1   0   .263
Rojas 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .291      Andrews 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .226
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .283        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Herrmann c            3   0   2   1     0   0   .216
Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .115        Bradley pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .364        Brinkman c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morales ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
                                                          Lemonds p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .056
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .242
                                                            Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alvarado 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .219

Totals               33   3   7   3     2   4             Totals               37   4  12   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  7,115
Left on Base: Royals 5, White Sox 11
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Kirkpatrick, Andrews
Doubles: Rojas (17), D. Allen (14), Morales (6)
Stolen Bases: Kirkpatrick (1), D. Allen (12), May (17)
GIDP: Otis (4), Morales (9)
Hit by Pitch: May (6,by Abernathy)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton              5     9   3   3   1   4   0  25   3.63
Burgmeier               1.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   7   2.40
Abernathy L(2-2)        2     2   1   1   0   2   0   9   1.35
Totals                  8.2  12   4   4   3   7   0  41

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemonds                 6     6   3   1   2   3   0  25   2.83
Romo                    1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.50
Forster W(3-3)          1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.81
Totals                  9     7   3   1   2   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Abernathy (2)
Wild Pitches: Dal Canton 3 (5)
Balks: Dal Canton (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Otis walked; Scheinblum walked
[Otis to second]; Piniella singled to right [Otis scored,
Scheinblum to second]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first
unassisted) [Scheinblum to third, Piniella to second]; Rojas
flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied to right; Johnstone grounded out
(first unassisted); D. Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied to center; Schaal struck out; Dal
Canton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to center; Spiezio singled to
shortstop [May to second]; Andrews flied to left; Herrmann flied
to center; Morales popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (second to first); Otis struck
out; Scheinblum singled to left; Piniella forced Scheinblum
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemonds was called out on strikes; Kelly was
called out on strikes; Johnstone singled to right; D. Allen
doubled to right [Johnstone scored]; Dal Canton balked [D. Allen
to third]; May singled to right [D. Allen scored]; Dal Canton
threw a wild pitch [May to second]; Spiezio grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox
2.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Rojas flied to right;
Kirkpatrick stole second; Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Kirkpatrick to third]; Schaal lined to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Andrews flied to left; Herrmann singled to right;
Morales popped to third in foul territory; Lemonds struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Dal Canton popped to shortstop; Patek singled to
left; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
grounded out (pitcher to first); D. Allen singled to left; May
walked [D. Allen to second]; Dal Canton threw a wild pitch [D.
Allen to third, May to second]; Spiezio lined to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to first);
Piniella flied to center; Kirkpatrick reached on an error by
Andrews [Kirkpatrick to first]; Rojas doubled to center
[Kirkpatrick scored (unearned)]; Mayberry singled to right
[Rojas scored (unearned), Mayberry out at second (right to
shortstop)]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Andrews singled to left; Dal Canton threw a wild
pitch [Andrews to third]; Herrmann singled to right [Andrews
scored]; BRADLEY RAN FOR HERRMANN; BURGMEIER REPLACED DAL CANTON
(PITCHING); Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Bradley out at second]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
LEMONDS; Williams singled to left; Kelly forced Williams
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White
Sox 3.

ROYALS 7TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED BRADLEY (PLAYING C ); ROMO
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Schaal flied to left; Burgmeier
grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); D.
Allen walked; May struck out; D. Allen stole second; Spiezio
walked; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Andrews struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 8TH: On a bunt Otis grounded out (pitcher to first);
Scheinblum flied to right; Piniella singled to center; FORSTER
REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); ALVARADO REPLACED ROMO (PLAYING
2B); Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Morales
doubled to left; Alvarado reached on a fielder's choice [Morales
out at third (shortstop to third)]; Kelly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Rojas flied to right; Mayberry lined to shortstop;
Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Johnstone flied to center; D. Allen struck out;
May was hit by a pitch; May stole second [May to third (error by
Kirkpatrick)]; Spiezio singled to left [May scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.