Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
April 20, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1974 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 7, Chicago White Sox 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 3
Wohlford lf 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 1
Healy c 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 3 2 1 0
Gonzalez 3b 4 0 2 1
Cowens rf 4 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bradford rf 4 1 1 2
Alvarado 2b 4 0 1 0
Allen 1b 3 1 1 1
Melton dh 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
May lf 4 0 3 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 0
Leon ss 3 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman c 3 1 1 0
  Muser ph 1 0 0 0
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Kansas City 001 141 000790
Chicago 000 030 0003101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (1-1) 6.2 8 3 3 3 1
  McDaniel   2.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L (1-4) 4.1 6 6 6 1 2
  Gossage   4.2 3 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
4
5

  E–Bradford (1).  DP–Kansas City 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Gonzalez (1,off Wood); McRae (4,off Gossage); Healy (6,off Gossage).  HR–Kansas City Rojas (1,5th inning off Wood 2 on, 1 out), Chicago Bradford (3,5th inning off Splittorff 1 on, 0 out); D Allen (3,5th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McRae (1,off Wood).  SB–Wohlford (3,2nd base off Wood/Brinkman); Patek (7,2nd base off Gossage/Brinkman).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:19.  A–30,472.
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