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Amos Otis celebrated his 28th birthday with a homer, double and single as the Royals defeated the White Sox, 8-6. Vada Pinson also had a homer for the Royals and scored four times. The Royals bunched five hits, including triples by Pinson and George Brett and a double by Tony Solaita, for three runs in the first inning. Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 6Game Played on Saturday, April 26, 1975 (Day game) at Royals StadiumWhite Sox 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 6 8 0 Royals 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 x - 8 12 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nyman lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .197 Pinson rf 3 4 2 1 1 0 .194 Orta 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .262 Cowens rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Kelly rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .310 Otis cf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .316 Melton 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .241 Mayberry dh 3 0 1 2 1 0 .204 Henderson cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .344 McRae lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 May 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .379 Solaita 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .231 D. Johnson dh 1 0 0 1 2 0 .273 Brett 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .310 Dent ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .220 White 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .190 Sharp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .213 Richard ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Downing c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .149 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Muser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Osborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 8 6 4 4 Totals 34 8 12 7 4 5 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 8,749 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Royals 6 DP: White Sox 2, Royals 1 Doubles: Melton (3), Henderson (3), Orta (4), Solaita (2), Otis (3), Brett (3) Triples: Nyman (2), Pinson (1), Brett (1) Home Runs: Pinson (1), Otis (3) Sacrifice Flies: D. Johnson (1) GIDP: Dent (3), Mayberry (1), Martinez (2) Hit by Pitch: Nyman (2,by Briles) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen L(0-3) 4 8 6 6 3 2 2 21 11.74 Osborn 4 4 2 2 1 3 0 17 4.50 Totals 8 12 8 8 4 5 2 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles W(2-0) 7.1 6 6 6 4 4 0 32 3.09 Mingori 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.80 Bird SV(3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 8 6 6 4 4 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Briles (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney WHITE SOX 1ST: Nyman lined to first; Orta walked; Kelly singled [Orta to third]; Melton was called out on strikes; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Pinson tripled; Otis singled [Pinson stayed at third]; Mayberry grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Pinson scored, Otis out at second]; McRae singled; Solaita doubled [McRae scored]; Brett tripled [Solaita scored]; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 3. WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 2ND: Patek singled; Martinez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Patek out at second]; Pinson homered; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Nyman was hit by a pitch; Orta grounded out (first unassisted) [Nyman to second]; Kelly walked; Melton doubled [Nyman scored, Kelly scored]; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 3RD: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: May was called out on strikes; D. Johnson walked; Dent grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [D. Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); White walked; Patek was called out on strikes; Martinez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing was called out on strikes; Nyman lined to right; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Pinson walked; Otis homered [Pinson scored]; Mayberry walked; OSBORN REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); McRae walked [Mayberry to second]; Debut game for Ozzie Osborn; Solaita was called out on strikes; Brett struck out; White flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly flied out to center; Melton flied out to right; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez singled; Pinson forced Martinez (second to shortstop); Otis doubled [Pinson to third]; Mayberry singled [Pinson scored, Otis scored]; McRae forced Mayberry (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 7TH: COWENS REPLACED PINSON (PLAYING RF); May flied out to right; D. Johnson walked; Dent forced D. Johnson (shortstop to second); Downing singled [Dent to second]; Nyman tripled [Dent scored, Downing scored]; Orta flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett doubled; White reached on a fielder's choice [Brett out at third (pitcher to third to shortstop to third), White to second (on throw to 3b)]; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly singled; Melton flied out to right; Henderson doubled [Kelly scored]; MINGORI REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); May singled [Henderson to third]; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); D. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Henderson scored]; SHARP BATTED FOR DENT; Sharp flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: RICHARD REPLACED SHARP (PLAYING SS); Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens struck out; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 9TH: MUSER BATTED FOR DOWNING; Muser lined to center; Nyman grounded out (first unassisted); Orta doubled; Kelly lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Royals 8. |
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