Ken Henderson drove in two runs with sacrifice flies to back up Claude Osteen's six-hit pitching as the White Sox scored their seventh consecutive victory by defeating the Royals, 5-3. The Sox scoring began in the opening inning on a walk to Jorge Orta, Bucky Dent's single, Deron Johnson's double and Henderson's first sacrifice fly.

After K.C. tied the count in the second, Pat Kelly's triple and Orta's double gave the Sox a 3-2 lead in the third. Singles by Bill Melton, Carlos May and Bob Coluccio produced another score in the fourth and Henderson's second sacrifice fly drove in the final Sox marker in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      28, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
White Sox    2  0  1    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   5  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Kelly rf              3   1   1   0     1   2   .284
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Orta 2b               3   1   1   1     1   1   .295
McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .312      Dent ss               2   2   1   0     1   1   .296
Killebrew dh          3   1   0   0     1   0   .215      D. Johnson 1b         4   0   2   1     0   0   .243
Mayberry 1b           4   2   3   1     0   1   .234      Henderson cf          2   0   0   2     0   0   .247
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Melton 3b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .239
Cowens cf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .225      May dh                4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Healy c               3   0   1   2     0   0   .258      Coluccio lf           3   0   1   1     1   1   .224
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Downing c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Osteen p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     2   2             Totals               27   5   8   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 14,361
Left on Base: Royals 3, White Sox 7
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 2
Doubles: Mayberry (13), D. Johnson (11), Orta (15)
Triples: Kelly (3)
Home Runs: Mayberry (9)
Stolen Bases: Coluccio (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (11), Downing (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson 2 (4)
GIDP: McRae (12), Rojas (10), Orta (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(3-4)          3.1   7   4   4   2   1   0  19   4.26
McDaniel                4.2   1   1   1   3   6   0  17   4.03
Totals                  8     8   5   5   5   7   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(3-6)           9     6   3   3   2   2   1  33   3.97
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   2   1  33

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford singled; Brett struck out; McRae grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wohlford out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly was called out on strikes; Orta walked;
Dent singled [Orta to third]; D. Johnson doubled [Orta scored,
Dent to third]; Henderson lined out on a sacrifice fly to left
[Dent scored]; Melton flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Mayberry doubled [Killebrew to
third]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens grounded
out (second to first); Healy singled [Killebrew scored, Mayberry
scored, Healy to second (on throw to home)]; Patek flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May lined to left; Coluccio grounded out (second
to first); Downing flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Brett lined
to center; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kelly tripled; Orta doubled [Kelly scored]; Dent
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Orta to third]; D.
Johnson popped to second; Henderson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry singled; Rojas grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton singled; May singled [Melton to third];
Coluccio singled [Melton scored, May to second]; Downing out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [May to third, Coluccio to
second]; Kelly was walked intentionally; MCDANIEL REPLACED
LEONARD (PITCHING); Orta grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Kelly out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 2, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens flied out to center; Healy lined to right;
Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent walked; D. Johnson singled [Dent to third];
Henderson lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Dent scored];
Melton was called out on strikes; May flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford lined to left; Brett grounded out (second
to first); McRae singled; Killebrew popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Coluccio walked; Coluccio stole second; Downing
grounded out (second to first) [Coluccio to third]; Kelly struck
out; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox
5.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; Rojas lined to third; Cowens
walked; Healy lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent struck out; D. Johnson grounded out (third
to first); Henderson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton walked; May struck out; Coluccio was
called out on strikes; Downing forced Melton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Killebrew flied
out to center; Mayberry homered; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.