The relief work of Dave Hamilton, who pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings, enabled the White Sox to extend their winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 victory over the Royals. A double by Bucky Dent and homer by Bill Melton supplied two runs for the White Sox in the third and their other tally followed in the fourth on a single by Jorge Orta, a stolen base, wild throw and squeeze bunt by Brian Downing.

With two out in the seventh, the Royals staged a threat when Al Cowens singled and Buck Martinez walked to force the exit of Jim Kaat. Rich Gossage, in relief, gave up a run-scoring single by Harmon Killebrew and passed Jim Wohlford to load the bases before Hamilton came in to retire Tony Solaita on a fly ball. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      29, 1975 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  1
White Sox    0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford rf,lf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Coluccio lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .219
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Dent ss               3   1   2   0     1   0   .300
  Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Henderson cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
  Pinson rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      D. Johnson 1b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Brett 3b,ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .288      Melton 3b             2   1   1   2     2   0   .241
McRae lf,3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Stein dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .235        Kelly ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Healy dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Bradford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .155
Cowens cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .227      Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     0   1   .295
Martinez c            2   0   0   0     2   0   .260      Downing c             1   0   0   1     1   0   .240
Patek ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Killebrew ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .219        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rojas pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .268        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   4   1     4   5             Totals               27   3   5   3     6   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  9,271
Left on Base: Royals 7, White Sox 8
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Martinez
Doubles: Mayberry (14), Dent (16)
Home Runs: Melton (6)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (4), Orta (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (8), Orta (2), Downing (9)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(1-6)       6.2   5   3   2   6   3   1  31   4.61
Bird                    1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.45
Totals                  8     5   3   2   6   4   1  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(12-4)            6.2   3   1   1   3   3   0  26   2.82
Gossage                 0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.82
Hamilton SV(2)          2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.78
Totals                  9     4   1   1   4   5   0  35

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford grounded out (third to first); White was
called out on strikes; Brett popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio was called out on strikes; Dent flied
out to center; Henderson singled; Henderson stole second; D.
Johnson walked; Melton walked [Henderson to third, D. Johnson to
second]; Stein lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae flied out to right; Mayberry doubled; Healy
struck out; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bradford walked; Orta out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Bradford to second]; Downing lined to right;
Coluccio popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Martinez walked; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Martinez to second]; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent doubled; Henderson grounded out (shortstop
to first); D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Melton
homered [Dent scored]; Stein grounded out (third to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mayberry walked; Healy grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bradford lined to shortstop; Orta singled; Orta
stole second [Orta to third (error by Martinez)]; Downing out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Orta scored (unearned)];
Coluccio struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens flied out to center; Martinez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent singled; Henderson flied out to center; D.
Johnson flied out to center; Melton walked [Dent to second];
Stein flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford flied out to right; White flied out to
center; Brett singled; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bradford flied out to right; Orta was called out
on strikes; Downing walked; Coluccio grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Healy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens singled; Martinez
walked [Cowens to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING);
KILLEBREW BATTED FOR PATEK; Killebrew singled [Cowens scored,
Martinez to second]; ROJAS RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Wohlford walked
[Martinez to third, Rojas to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED GOSSAGE
(PITCHING); SOLAITA BATTED FOR WHITE; Solaita flied out to left;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PINSON
REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING RF); BRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); MCRAE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ROJAS STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); Dent walked; Henderson forced Dent (shortstop to
second); D. Johnson forced Henderson (right to shortstop); BIRD
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Melton popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett struck out; McRae flied out to center;
Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR STEIN; Kelly lined to center;
Bradford struck out; Orta popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy lined to shortstop; Cowens grounded out (third
to first); Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.