Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 2, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1971 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 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hershberger cf 3 0 0 0
McKinney 2b 4 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 0 2 0
Reichardt lf 3 1 0 0
May 1b 3 1 1 0
Egan c 4 0 0 0
Morales ss 3 0 1 0
Magnuson p 2 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 0 0 0 1
  Bradley p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Schaal 3b 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Paepke c 3 0 1 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 0
Savage rf 2 0 1 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Floyd 2b 0 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier pr 0 0 0 0
Butler p 2 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Chicago 000 000 200251
Kansas City 001 000 000181
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Magnuson  W (1-0) 6.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Bradley   2.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Forster   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Johnson  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler  L (1-1) 6.2 4 2 0 3 3
  York   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
4
4

  E–Egan (4), Knoop (1).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Piniella (9,off Magnuson).  SH–Reichardt (2,off Fitzmorris); Fitzmorris (1,off Bradley).  IBB–May (2,by Fitzmorris).  SB–Patek (27,2nd base off Magnuson/Egan).  IBB–Fitzmorris (2,May).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:00.  A–11,050.
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