Monday September 21, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 21, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 - 8 9 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Ortiz cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .333 Spriggs rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Williams rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .259 Piniella lf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .299 May lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Sorrell 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .269 Melton 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .266 Oliver 1b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .259 McKinney ss 4 1 2 2 0 2 .135 Schaal 3b 3 2 2 2 1 0 .273 Aparicio ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Rodriguez c 2 1 0 1 2 1 .236 Kusnyer c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Matchick 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Spence 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .220 Rojas ph,2b 0 1 0 1 1 0 .230 Matias ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .181 Floyd ss 4 0 2 3 0 0 .125 Morales 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .174 Butler p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .045 Weaver p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 York p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Crider p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Toole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Totals 34 8 9 8 6 7 Totals 36 2 10 2 3 8 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 672 Left on Base: Royals 5, White Sox 10 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1 Doubles: Floyd (1), Melton (15), Morales (2) Triples: Schaal (3) Home Runs: McKinney (1) Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (32), Rodriguez (2) Caught Stealing: McKinney (1) GIDP: Piniella (14) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler 4.1 7 1 1 2 3 0 21 3.77 York W(1-0) 4.2 3 1 1 1 5 1 18 1.93 Totals 9 10 2 2 3 8 1 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Weaver L(1-2) 5.1 7 4 4 2 5 0 23 4.11 Crider 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.27 Murphy 1.2 0 3 3 3 0 0 8 5.66 Hamilton 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2.96 O'Toole 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 9 8 8 6 7 0 40 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ed Runge, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: this doubleheader is a makeup of games rained out in Kansas City earlier in September; Otis singled to left; Otis stole second; Spriggs struck out (catcher to first); Otis stole third; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Otis scored]; Sorrell walked; Schaal singled to center [Sorrell out at home (center to second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Ortiz flied to left; Williams popped to shortstop; May singled to center; Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Rodriguez walked; Rodriguez stole second; Matchick flied to left; Floyd grounded out (third to first); Butler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: McKinney was called out on strikes; Kusnyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Art Kusnyer; Spence walked; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: Otis singled to center; Spriggs forced Otis (second to shortstop); Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Spriggs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Weaver grounded out (first to pitcher); Ortiz singled to left; Williams forced Ortiz (shortstop to second); May flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: Sorrell lined to right; Schaal flied to right; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton doubled to left; McKinney singled to right [Melton scored]; Kusnyer flied to center; McKinney was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Spence walked; Morales doubled to left [Spence to third]; Weaver struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: Matchick was called out on strikes; Jim Campanis ejected by 1B umpire Ed Runge; Floyd singled to center; On a bunt Butler struck out; Otis flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Ortiz flied to right; Williams singled to left; May singled to right [Williams to third]; YORK REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Melton walked [May to second]; Debut game for Jim York; McKinney was called out on strikes; Kusnyer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. ROYALS 6TH: Spriggs grounded out (second to first); Piniella singled to center; Sorrell singled to third [Piniella to second]; Schaal tripled to center [Piniella scored, Sorrell scored]; CRIDER REPLACED WEAVER (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Schaal scored]; Matchick popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: OLIVER REPLACED SORRELL (PLAYING 1B); Spence grounded out (first unassisted); Morales flied to right; MCCRAW BATTED FOR CRIDER; McCraw flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Floyd popped to catcher in foul territory; York grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Ortiz singled to left; Williams flied to center; May flied to center; Melton popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 8TH: Spriggs flied to center; Piniella walked; Oliver forced Piniella (second unassisted) [Oliver to first]; Schaal walked [Oliver to second]; Rodriguez walked [Oliver to third, Schaal to second]; ROJAS BATTED FOR MATCHICK; HAMILTON REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Rojas walked [Oliver scored, Schaal to third, Rodriguez to second]; Floyd doubled to right [Schaal scored, Rodriguez scored, Rojas scored]; York was called out on strikes; 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); McKinney homered; Kusnyer was called out on strikes; MATIAS BATTED FOR SPENCE; Matias flied to left; Morales struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: MATIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); APARICIO REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING SS); O'TOOLE REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Otis grounded out (third to first); Spriggs struck out; Piniella singled to center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: MAYE BATTED FOR O'TOOLE; Maye grounded out (second to first); Ortiz struck out; Williams singled to center; May flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us