Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
September 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Otis cf 5 1 2 0
Spriggs rf 5 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 1 2 1
Sorrell 1b 2 1 1 0
  Oliver 1b 2 1 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 2 2 2
Rodriguez c 2 1 0 1
Matchick 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rojas ph,2b 0 1 0 1
Floyd ss 4 0 2 3
Butler p 2 0 0 0
  York p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ortiz cf 5 0 2 0
Williams rf 5 0 2 0
May lf 5 0 2 0
Melton 3b 3 1 1 0
McKinney ss 4 1 2 2
  Aparicio ss 0 0 0 0
Kusnyer c 4 0 0 0
Spence 1b 1 0 0 0
  Matias ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Morales 2b 4 0 1 0
Weaver p 2 0 0 0
  Crider p 0 0 0 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  O'Toole p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Kansas City 100 003 040890
Chicago 000 100 0102100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   4.1 7 1 1 2 3
  York  W (1-0) 4.2 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Weaver  L (1-2) 5.1 7 4 4 2 5
  Crider   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Murphy   1.2 0 3 3 3 0
  Hamilton   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  O'Toole   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Floyd (1,off Hamilton), Chicago Melton (15,off Butler); Morales (2,off Butler).  3B–Kansas City Schaal (3,off Weaver).  HR–Chicago McKinney (1,8th inning off York 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Otis 2 (32,2nd base off Weaver/Kusnyer,3rd base off Weaver/Kusnyer); Rodriguez (2,2nd base off Weaver/Kusnyer).  CS–McKinney (1,2nd base by Butler/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:45.  A–672.
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