The White Sox scored their sixth straight victory, a 4-3 come-from-behind triumph over the Royals with two runs, the last one unearned, in the bottom of the ninth. The winning rally began when Ken Henderson singled. One out later, pinch-runner Lee Richard moved to third on Bob Coluccio's bouncing single to right. Bucky Dent's sacrifice fly scored Richard with the tying run. Coluccio then stole second and Brian Downing was given an intentional walk.

Steve Mingori replaced Doug Bird on the mound for the Royals and Bill Stein batted for Pat Kelly. He hit a weak grounder that was fielded by first baseman Tony Solaita about 15 feet from the bag. Mingori raced over to take the throw but it went past his outstretched glove, permitting Coluccio to score the game-winning marker. The Sox had fallen behind early as Hal McRae gave the Royals a 3-0 lead with a fifth-inning run-scoring double and seventh-inning two-run triple. But the Sox got two in the eighth when Carlos May hit a two-run triple. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Friday, June      27, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  1
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  2  -   4 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson cf             5   1   0   0     0   0   .233      Kelly rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .283
Wohlford rf           2   1   0   0     3   0   .290        Stein ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .293      Orta 2b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .295
McRae lf              4   0   2   3     0   1   .313      May 1b                4   0   3   2     0   0   .309
Solaita 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .289      D. Johnson dh         4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Mayberry dh           3   0   1   0     1   1   .225      Henderson cf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .249
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Richard pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .273
Healy c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Patek ss              2   1   1   0     2   1   .218      Coluccio lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .222
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .295
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Downing c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .245
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     6   6             Totals               33   4  10   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 12,191
Left on Base: Royals 9, White Sox 7
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Mingori, Jefferson
Doubles: Brett (15), McRae (17), Healy (4), Kelly 2 (9), Dent (15)
Triples: McRae (3), May (2)
Stolen Bases: Coluccio (4)
Caught Stealing: Solaita (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (2)
GIDP: Pinson (1), D. Johnson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Brett (1,by Jefferson)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris              6     5   0   0   0   1   0  20   3.57
Bird L(5-3)             2.2   5   4   3   3   2   0  16   3.55
Mingori                 0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.63
Totals                  8.2  10   4   3   3   3   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               6.2   6   3   3   6   3   0  31   2.70
Hamilton W(2-3)         2.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   8   3.97
Totals                  9     7   3   3   6   6   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Jefferson (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson flied out to left; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett doubled to right; McRae struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly doubled to right [Kelly out at third (right
to second to third)]; Orta singled; May singled [Orta to third];
D. Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Solaita singled; Solaita was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Mayberry walked; Rojas lined to right;
Healy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); Melton
struck out; Coluccio flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled; Pinson grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Patek out at second]; Wohlford walked; Brett
was hit by a pitch [Wohlford to second]; McRae flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Downing
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Solaita popped to shortstop; Mayberry singled; Rojas
forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); Healy flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled; May popped to third in foul
territory; Orta was picked off first (pitcher to first); D.
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek walked; Pinson forced Patek (second to
shortstop); Pinson was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Jefferson [Pinson to second]; Wohlford walked; Brett flied
out to left; McRae doubled [Pinson scored, Wohlford to third];
Solaita struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Henderson flied out to center; Melton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Coluccio flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Rojas lined to
first; Healy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Dent doubled; Downing grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Dent to third]; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first);
Orta grounded out (second to first); White Sox Coach Joe
Lonnett ejected by HP umpire Dave Phillips; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek walked; Pinson grounded out (second to first)
[Patek to second]; Wohlford walked; Brett lined to right [Patek
to third]; McRae tripled [Patek scored, Wohlford scored];
HAMILTON REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Solaita was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BIRD REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); May singled;
D. Johnson was called out on strikes; Henderson walked [May to
second]; Melton popped to third; Coluccio struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry popped to second; Rojas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Healy doubled; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent popped to first; Downing grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kelly doubled; Orta walked; May tripled
[Kelly scored, Orta scored]; D. Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Pinson lined to right; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Henderson singled to right; RICHARD RAN FOR
HENDERSON; Melton popped to shortstop; Coluccio singled to right
[Richard to third]; Dent lined out on a sacrifice fly to left
[Richard scored]; Coluccio stole second; Downing was walked
intentionally; MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); STEIN BATTED
FOR KELLY; Stein reached on an error by Mingori (assist by
Solaita) [Coluccio scored (unearned) (no RBI), Downing to
second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.