The hitting of Bill Melton and Jorge Orta helped the White Sox win the first game of a doubleheader, 10-8, before a pinch-homer by Harmon Killebrew gave the Royals a 3-1 victory in the second game. Melton drove in four runs with a homer and sacrifice fly, while Orta accounted for three RBIs with a double and two singles. Rich Gossage relieved Wilbur Wood with one out in the fifth inning and pitched the rest of the way, holding the Royals to three hits and one unearned run.

In the nightcap, Hal McRae hurt himself batting in the eighth inning. Killebrew stepped in and smashed his homer with John Mayberry on base to break a 1-1 tie. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 10, Kansas City Royals 8 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1975 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       3  1  1    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   8 13  1
White Sox    0  2  5    1  2  0    0  0  x  -  10 12  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              6   1   2   0     0   2   .245      Kelly rf              2   1   1   0     2   1   .271
Otis cf               6   0   1   1     0   2   .257      Orta 2b               5   1   3   3     0   1   .308
Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .295      May 1b                4   1   1   1     1   0   .269
Mayberry 1b           3   1   0   0     2   1   .282      D. Johnson dh         5   1   1   0     0   2   .240
  Wohlford pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Henderson cf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .258
McRae lf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .306      Melton 3b             2   1   1   4     1   0   .224
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nyman lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .206
Cowens rf             4   3   3   2     1   0   .274      Dent ss               3   1   1   0     1   0   .276
Killebrew dh          3   1   0   0     0   1   .205      Downing c             0   1   0   0     1   0   .243
  Pinson ph,dh,1b     2   0   1   0     0   0   .230        Varney c            2   1   2   0     1   0   .305
Martinez c            3   0   2   1     0   1   .251      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stinson ph,c        1   0   0   0     1   1   .276        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              3   1   3   1     0   0   .233
  Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .268
  Scott 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   8  13   5     5  10             Totals               30  10  12  10     8   4

Time of Game: 3:04
Left on Base: Royals 12, White Sox 7
DP: Royals 2, White Sox 0
Errors: Mayberry, Melton, Nyman
Doubles: Cowens (11), White (7), Orta (23)
Triples: Cowens (4)
Home Runs: Melton (13)
Stolen Bases: Patek (27), Cowens (8)
Caught Stealing: Melton (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Scott (1), Kelly (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (5), Henderson (5)
GIDP: May (11)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(15-11)          2.2   7   7   6   2   2   1  15   2.89
McDaniel                2     3   3   1   2   1   0  12   3.99
McClure                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Littell                 3     1   0   0   3   1   0  11   6.75
Totals                  8    12  10   7   8   4   1  41

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    4.1  10   7   5   3   4   0  27   4.15
Gossage W(8-7)          4.2   3   1   0   2   6   0  20   1.85
Totals                  9    13   8   5   5  10   0  47

Passed Balls: Martinez (9), Downing (10)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; Otis
struck out; Brett lined to left; Mayberry walked; McRae walked
[Patek to third, Mayberry to second]; Cowens doubled to left
[Patek scored, Mayberry scored, McRae to third]; Downing allowed
a passed ball [McRae scored (unearned), Cowens to third];
Killebrew struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 0.

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

ROYALS 2ND: Martinez struck out; On a bunt White singled to
third; Patek singled to left [White to second]; Otis singled to
left [White scored, Patek to second]; Brett flied out to left;
Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Johnson singled to left; Henderson singled to
left [D. Johnson to second]; Martinez allowed a passed ball [D.
Johnson to third, Henderson to second]; Melton hit a sacrifice
fly to right [D. Johnson scored]; Nyman singled to right
[Henderson scored (unearned)]; Dent lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Nyman out at first]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
walked; Cowens stole second; Killebrew popped to second;
Martinez singled to center [Cowens scored]; White singled
[Martinez to second]; Patek flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing walked; Kelly walked [Downing to second];
Orta singled to first [Downing to third, Kelly to second]; May
singled to right [Downing scored, Kelly to third, Orta to
second]; D. Johnson struck out; Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kelly scored, Orta to third]; Melton homered [Orta
scored, May scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Nyman
popped to third in foul territory; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
5, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 4TH: VARNEY REPLACED DOWNING (PLAYING C ); Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (first unassisted);
Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox
7.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Dent singled to center; Varney singled to left
[Dent to second]; Kelly out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Dent to third, Varney to second]; Orta doubled to left
[Dent scored, Varney to third]; May was walked intentionally; D.
Johnson struck out; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae flied out to center; Cowens tripled to left;
Killebrew reached on an error by Melton [Cowens scored (no
RBI)]; Martinez singled to left [Killebrew to second]; White
doubled to left [Killebrew scored (unearned), Martinez to
third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Patek struck out; Otis
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); Nyman
reached on an error by Mayberry [Nyman to second]; Dent popped
to third in foul territory; Varney walked; MCCLURE REPLACED
MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Kelly walked [Nyman to third, Varney to
second]; Orta singled to center [Nyman scored (unearned), Varney
scored (unearned), Kelly to third]; May grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, White Sox 10.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); McRae was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LITTELL REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); D. Johnson
popped to second; Henderson popped to third in foul territory;
Melton walked; Melton was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, White Sox 10.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens singled; PINSON BATTED FOR KILLEBREW; Pinson
reached on an error by Nyman [Cowens scored (unearned), Pinson
to second]; STINSON BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Stinson was called out
on strikes; SOLAITA BATTED FOR WHITE; Solaita struck out; Patek
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8,
White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STINSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SCOTT REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING
2B); Nyman popped to second; Dent walked; Varney singled to
center [Dent to second]; Kelly was called out on strikes; Orta
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
8, White Sox 10.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Brett singled
to center; Mayberry walked [Brett to second]; WOHLFORD RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; McRae flied out to center; Cowens popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LITTELL REPLACED MCRAE
(PITCHING); May grounded out (third to first); D. Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Henderson walked; Henderson was
picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 8, White Sox 10.

ROYALS 9TH: Pinson singled to center; Stinson walked [Pinson to
second]; Scott out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Pinson to third, Stinson to second]; Patek struck out; Otis
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, White Sox 10.