Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
July 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1972 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 0, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hovley cf 2 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Drago p 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
  Bradford rf 1 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 3 2 2 0
Allen 1b 3 2 1 2
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
May lf 3 0 2 0
Spiezio 3b 4 0 2 2
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
Morales ss 4 1 2 0
Bradley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 4
Kansas City 000 000 000041
Chicago 200 000 30x5110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (7-12) 6.2 9 4 4 1 5
  Wright   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Angelini   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Abernathy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  W (11-9) 9.0 4 0 0 4 7
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
7

  E–Patek (15).  2B–Kansas City Piniella (22,off Bradley), Chicago Johnstone 2 (4,off Drago 2); May (13,off Drago); Spiezio (4,off Angelini).  3B–Chicago Morales (1,off Abernathy).  HR–Chicago D Allen (25,1st inning off Drago 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bradley (5,off Drago).  WP–Wright (2).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:33.  A–18,902.
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