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 8, Chicago White Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 1 3 3
Fiore 1b 5 0 1 0
Otis cf 6 0 1 0
Oliver 3b 5 0 2 0
Keough lf 4 0 0 0
Severson 2b 2 1 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Alcaraz 2b 1 1 1 0
Hernandez ss 5 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 2 2 0 0
Rooker p 5 2 2 5
Totals 41 8 12 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 6 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 0 0
O'Brien 2b 4 1 1 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Melton 3b 5 2 3 0
McCraw 1b 3 1 1 0
Berry cf 5 0 1 2
Herrmann c 5 0 2 1
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Bradford ph 1 0 0 0
  Crider p 0 0 0 0
  Christian ph 1 0 1 1
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 9 4
Kansas City 040 000 000 048121
Chicago 000 301 000 00490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (2-2) 11.0 9 4 4 4 9
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
4
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   4.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Crider   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sisk   1.2 1 0 0 2 3
  Wood  L (2-3) 3.1 5 4 4 2 3
Totals
11.0
12
8
8
7
10

  E–Hernandez (4).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Herrmann (4).  2B–Kansas City Rooker 2 (2,off Johnson,off Wood); Oliver (8,off Johnson).  HR–Kansas City Kelly (2,11th inning off Wood 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Keough (1,by Sisk); Rodriguez (1,by Wood).  SB–Otis (8,2nd base off Sisk/Herrmann); Kelly (15,3rd base off Wood/Herrmann).  CS–Fiore (1,2nd base by Johnson/Herrmann).  IBB–Sisk (3,Keough); Wood (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:16.  A–18,145.
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