Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
May 26, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 3 2 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
McCraw lf,1b 4 0 2 1
Blanco 1b 4 0 1 1
  Berry cf 0 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 2b 4 0 1 0
  Knoop 2b 0 0 0 0
Bradford cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Janeski p 3 0 0 0
  Wood p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 2 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 2 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
Keough lf 4 0 1 0
Alcaraz 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Bunker p 0 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Chicago 101 010 000360
Kansas City 000 000 100171
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Janeski  W (4-2) 6.1 6 1 1 3 5
  Wood  SV (8) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (1-3) 7.0 5 3 2 1 8
  Bunker   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
8

  E–Keough (2).  PB–Herrmann (5).  2B–Chicago Williams (8,off Johnson); Aparicio (6,off Johnson), Kansas City Rodriguez (5,off Janeski).  IBB–Herrmann (3,by Bunker).  SB–McCraw (5,2nd base off Johnson/Rodriguez); Kelly (19,3rd base off Wood/Herrmann); Schaal (2,2nd base off Wood/Herrmann).  WP–Janeski (2).  IBB–Bunker (1,Herrmann).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–2:13.  A–7,270.
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