Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
September 3, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1971 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 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 2 0 0
Valdespino lf 5 1 3 4
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b 4 1 3 1
  Martinez c 0 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick cf,lf 5 0 1 2
Keough rf 5 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 5 0 1 0
Floyd 2b 3 0 1 0
  Otis ph,cf 1 1 0 0
May c 4 1 2 0
  Knoop pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Clemons p 2 1 0 0
  York p 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 4 1 3 0
Hershberger cf 1 1 0 1
  Johnstone ph,cf 1 0 0 0
McKinney 2b 3 0 0 1
Melton 3b 5 1 2 1
Reichardt lf 3 0 0 1
May 1b 3 2 2 2
Egan c 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 0 0 0 0
  Huntz ph 1 0 0 0
  Herrmann c 1 0 0 0
Morales ss 3 1 0 0
Horlen p 1 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Richard ph 1 0 0 0
  Kealey p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Kansas City 003 200 0308112
Chicago 400 200 000670
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Clemons   3.2 5 6 4 4 2
  York   3.0 1 0 0 4 0
  Burgmeier  W (7-7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy  SV (19) 2.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
6
4
10
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen   3.0 6 5 5 2 0
  Hinton   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Kealey  L (2-2) 3.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Johnson   0.1 1 1 0 1 1
  Forster   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Romo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
4
6

  E–Hopkins (5), Oliver (7).  PB–Herrmann 2 (9).  2B–Kansas City Valdespino (1,off Horlen), Chicago Williams (16,off York).  HR–Chicago May (5,1st inning off Clemons 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hopkins (4,by Johnson).  SH–McKinney (2,off Clemons).  SB–Otis (41,Home off Johnson/Herrmann); Knoop (1,2nd base off Johnson/Herrmann); Patek (47,2nd base off Johnson/Herrmann).  CS–Reichardt (7,3rd base by York/May).  HBP–Johnson (4,Hopkins).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–3:23.  A–21,138.
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