| A homer and triple by John Mayberry, who also collected two other hits, paced the Royals to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox. Wilbur Wood, a winner of 24 games for the Pale Hose, failed for the sixth straight time in his bid for No. 25. Mayberry hit his homer after a pass to Paul Schaal in the first inning. Mayberry tripled in the third and scored when Lou Piniella singled. Piniella then stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Carl Taylor. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .228 Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Otis cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Lyttle cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .262 Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .306 D. Allen 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .308 Hovley pr,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 May lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .307 Mayberry 1b 4 2 4 2 0 0 .299 Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .220 Piniella lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .305 Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Taylor c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Herrmann c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .251 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Alvarado ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .217 Orta ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Nelson p 3 0 0 0 1 1 .098 Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Muser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 35 4 9 4 3 5 Totals 32 2 7 2 0 8 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 4,752 Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 4 DP: Royals 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Rojas, Spiezio Doubles: Patek (25), Rojas (25), D. Allen (28), May (26) Triples: Mayberry (2), Lyttle (1) Home Runs: Mayberry (24) Stolen Bases: Piniella (7) Sacrifice Hits: Scheinblum (3) GIDP: Taylor (3), Alvarado (12), Wood (3) Hit by Pitch: May (9,by Nelson) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nelson W(10-6) 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 33 2.19 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 33 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(24-16) 8 9 4 4 3 4 1 36 2.54 Forster 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.27 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 5 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Nelson (1) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Art Frantz ROYALS 1ST: Schaal walked; Otis flied out to right; Scheinblum out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Schaal to second]; Mayberry homered [Schaal scored]; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to center; Lyttle singled to center; D. Allen doubled to right [Lyttle scored]; May was hit by a pitch; Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first) [D. Allen to third, May to second]; Spiezio grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 1. ROYALS 2ND: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out (third to first); Patek doubled to left; Nelson walked; Schaal forced Nelson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann singled to right; Alvarado grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Herrmann out at second]; Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 1. ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry tripled to right; Piniella singled to right [Mayberry scored]; Piniella stole second; Taylor singled to center [Piniella scored]; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Lyttle made an out to second; D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: Patek struck out (catcher to first); Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal walked; Otis lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Andrews struck out; Spiezio was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry singled to center; Piniella made an out to shortstop; Taylor forced Mayberry (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann singled to right; ORTA BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Orta lined to left; On a bunt Wood grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to second) [Herrmann out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 6TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Rojas doubled to left; Patek grounded out (third to first) [Rojas to third]; Nelson struck out; On a bunt Schaal singled to third [Rojas stayed at third]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly was called out on strikes; Lyttle flied out to left; D. Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 7TH: Scheinblum reached on an error by Spiezio; HOVLEY RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM; Mayberry singled to center [Hovley to second]; Piniella flied out to left; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May singled to center; Andrews was called out on strikes; Spiezio forced May (third to second) [Spiezio to second (error by Rojas)]; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Patek flied out to center; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta struck out; MUSER BATTED FOR WOOD; Muser flied out to right; Kelly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 9TH: FORSTER REPLACED MUSER (PITCHING); Schaal was called out on strikes; Otis grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Hovley popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Lyttle tripled to center; D. Allen struck out; May doubled to right [Lyttle scored]; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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