Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
May 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1970 at Comiskey Park I. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 1 0
Fiore 1b 5 1 2 0
Otis cf 5 1 2 0
Oliver 3b 5 0 0 0
Keough lf 5 1 4 2
Severson 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Schaal ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 2 1
Drago p 2 0 1 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Alcaraz pr 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 13 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
McCraw rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
May lf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 3b 4 0 0 0
Herrmann c 5 2 2 2
Berry cf 4 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
Janeski p 3 0 0 0
  Matias ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 3 2
Kansas City 000 100 001 13132
Chicago 000 010 100 0231
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago   7.0 2 2 2 4 7
  Wright   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Hedlund   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris  W (3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
3
2
2
8
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Janeski   9.0 11 2 2 1 2
  Wood  L (2-2) 1.0 2 1 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
13
3
2
1
5

  E–Fiore (2), Oliver (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Kansas City Otis (7,off Wood); Keough (1,off Wood).  HR–Chicago Herrmann 2 (4,5th inning off Drago 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Drago 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Severson (2,off Janeski).  IBB–Matias (1,by Fitzmorris); Aparicio (1,by Fitzmorris).  CS–Kelly (8,2nd base by Janeski/Herrmann).  IBB–Fitzmorris 2 (3,Matias,Aparicio).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:45.
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