The White Sox scored in the 12th inning without the benefit of a hit and defeated the Royals, 5-4, to end their season at the .500 mark with 80 victories against 80 losses. In the 12th, Bruce Dal Canton walked Jerry Hairston, who was forced by Bill Stein. Lee Richard ran for Stein and on a run-and-hit play raced around to third on an infield out by Carlos May. Pat Kelly walked. Pitching to Bucky Dent, Dal Canton uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Richard to cross the plate with the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Wednesday, October 2, 1974 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 12 2 White Sox 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Kelly dh 4 0 2 0 2 0 .281 Pinson rf 4 1 2 0 2 0 .276 Dent ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Brett 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Orta 2b 4 0 0 1 1 0 .316 McRae dh 6 2 2 1 0 2 .310 K. Henderson cf 4 1 1 0 2 1 .292 Cowens cf 5 1 1 0 1 2 .242 Muser 1b 6 1 2 0 0 0 .291 Rojas 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .271 Sharp rf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .253 White 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Hairston lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .229 Healy ph,c 0 0 0 0 2 0 .252 Stein 3b 5 0 1 2 1 0 .279 Martinez c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .215 Richard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .164 Wohlford lf 4 0 3 3 2 0 .271 Varney c 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Bevacqua 1b,2b 6 0 0 0 0 4 .184 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Paepke c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 4 12 4 9 9 Totals 41 5 11 4 9 5 Time of Game: 3:33 Attendance: 1,969 Left on Base: Royals 13, White Sox 15 DP: Royals 2, White Sox 4 Errors: Patek, Lopez, Orta, Varney Doubles: McRae (36), Wohlford (16), Hairston (7) Stolen Bases: Wohlford (16), Orta 2 (9) Caught Stealing: Healy (8), Sharp (3) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (9), Sharp (8), Dent (23), Hairston (3) Sacrifice Flies: Orta (4) GIDP: Pinson (6), Bevacqua (3), Brett 2 (9), Orta (8), Stein (3) Hit by Pitch: Kelly (2,by Hoerner) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lopez 4 5 3 3 3 1 0 20 5.63 Mingori 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 2.81 McDaniel 1.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 9 3.54 Hoerner 2.2 0 0 0 3 3 0 13 3.82 Dal Canton L(8-10) 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 3.14 Totals 11.2 11 5 5 9 5 0 55 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen 7 6 1 1 3 4 0 28 4.70 Forster 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 6 3.62 Gossage W(4-6) 4.2 2 0 0 5 5 0 19 4.13 Totals 12 12 4 4 9 9 0 53 Hit by Pitch: Hoerner (4) Wild Pitches: Dal Canton (16), Bahnsen (8) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (second to first); Pinson walked; Brett was called out on strikes; McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Dent popped to first; Orta grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas singled to left; Wohlford lined to second; Bahnsen threw a wild pitch [Rojas to second]; Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: K. Henderson walked; Muser singled to shortstop [K. Henderson to second]; Sharp out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [K. Henderson to third, Muser to second]; Hairston reached on a fielder's choice [K. Henderson out at home (first unassisted), Muser to third, Hairston to second]; Stein singled to center [Muser scored, Hairston scored]; Varney struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. ROYALS 3RD: Paepke flied out to right; Patek flied out to center; Pinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: On a bunt Kelly grounded out (third to first); Dent flied out to right; Orta walked; Orta stole second; K. Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae singled to right; Cowens walked [McRae to second]; Rojas singled to center [McRae to third, Cowens to second]; Wohlford walked [McRae scored, Cowens to third, Rojas to second]; Bevacqua flied out to right; Paepke grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Muser grounded out (pitcher to first); Sharp grounded out (shortstop to first); Hairston doubled to left; Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to right; Pinson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Varney singled to left; Kelly singled to left [Varney to second]; Dent reached on an error by Lopez on a sacrifice bunt [Varney to third, Kelly to second]; MINGORI REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Orta hit a sacrifice fly to center [Varney scored]; K. Henderson flied out to center [Kelly to third, Dent to second]; Muser grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 3. ROYALS 6TH: McRae popped to first in foul territory; Cowens was called out on strikes; Rojas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Sharp singled to right; Sharp was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Hairston walked; Stein grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hairston out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 3. ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford singled to center; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wohlford out at second]; Paepke singled to center; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: WHITE REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Varney struck out; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Dent grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 3. ROYALS 8TH: FORSTER REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Pinson singled to pitcher; Brett flied out to left; McRae doubled to right [Pinson scored]; Cowens singled to right [McRae to third]; HEALY BATTED FOR WHITE; Healy walked [Cowens to second]; Wohlford doubled to left [McRae scored, Cowens scored, Healy to third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Bevacqua was called out on strikes; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: HEALY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BEVACQUA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCDANIEL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); K. Henderson singled to right; Muser singled to right [K. Henderson to third]; Sharp singled to center [K. Henderson scored, Muser to second]; Hairston forced Muser (left to third) [Sharp to second]; Stein forced Hairston (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. ROYALS 9TH: Pinson singled to right; Brett grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Pinson out at second]; McRae grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: Varney flied out to right; Kelly singled to left; On a bunt Dent singled to pitcher [Kelly to second]; HOERNER REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Orta flied out to left; K. Henderson walked [Kelly to third, Dent to second]; Muser popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. ROYALS 10TH: Cowens struck out; Healy walked; Healy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Fran Healy ejected by 2B umpire George Maloney; Wohlford singled to center; Wohlford stole second [Wohlford to third (error by Varney)]; Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 10TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Sharp walked; Hairston out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sharp to second]; Stein was walked intentionally; Varney flied out to center; Kelly was hit by a pitch [Sharp to third, Stein to second]; Dent struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. ROYALS 11TH: Mayberry reached on an error by Orta; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; Pinson was walked intentionally; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 11TH: Orta reached on an error by Patek; Orta stole second; K. Henderson struck out; Muser popped to third; Sharp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. ROYALS 12TH: McRae struck out; Cowens flied out to right; Martinez walked; Wohlford walked [Martinez to second]; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 12TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Hairston walked; Stein forced Hairston (second to shortstop); RICHARD RAN FOR STEIN; MAY BATTED FOR VARNEY; May grounded out (third to first) [Richard to third]; Kelly walked; Dal Canton threw a wild pitch [Richard scored, Kelly to second]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 5.

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