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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 23, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on June 23, 1971 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Wood |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 5,910 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Jim Odom 2B: Marty Springstead 3B: Jim Honochick |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Harrison | First Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Dennis Paepke | Right Fielder |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Center Fielder |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| Paul Splittorff | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Richard | Center Fielder |
| Walt Williams | Right Fielder |
| Rich McKinney | Second Baseman |
| Bill Melton | Third Baseman |
| Rick Reichardt | Left Fielder |
| Carlos May | First Baseman |
| Tom Egan | Catcher |
| Luis Alvarado | Shortstop |
| Wilbur Wood | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
June 23, 1971
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrison vs. Wood
Harrison hits a fly ball towards center. Richard catches it and throws to first to double up Schaal. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Splittorff
Richard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Wood
Paepke strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Splittorff
Melton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a line drive into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Egan vs. Splittorff
Egan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paepke. Egan reaches second base with a double. Reichardt goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alvarado vs. Splittorff
Alvarado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Egan scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Splittorff
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Wood
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Splittorff vs. Wood
Splittorff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wood
There goes Patek. The throw from Egan and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Patek scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal takes first base on ball four. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrison vs. Wood
Harrison hits a fly ball into center field. Richard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Splittorff
Richard hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kirkpatrick. Richard reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams bunts towards first. Harrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richard scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Splittorff
Melton takes first base on ball four. McKinney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
There's a wild pitch. McKinney moves to third. Melton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKinney scores. Melton scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Egan vs. Splittorff
Egan hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado misplays the ball. That's an error on Alvarado. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Wood
Paepke strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKinney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvarado vs. Splittorff
Alvarado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Splittorff
Wood bunts towards first. Harrison scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Alvarado moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richard vs. Splittorff
Richard is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Williams reaches second base with a double. Alvarado scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a fly ball into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Wood
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Savage vs. Wood
Ted Savage pinch hits for Paul Splittorff.
Savage takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Egan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Drago
Dick Drago now pitching.
Melton hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reichardt vs. Drago
Reichardt hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Drago
May takes first base on ball four. Reichardt moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Egan vs. Drago
Egan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Egan reaches second base with a double. Reichardt scores. May goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alvarado vs. Drago
Alvarado hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Egan scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Drago
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richard vs. Drago
Richard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alvarado moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Fitzmorris
Al Fitzmorris now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Alvarado scores. Richard moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Fitzmorris
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Williams reaches second base with a double. Richard scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKinney vs. Fitzmorris
There goes Williams. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Schaal applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Fitzmorris
McKinney hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Fitzmorris
There's a wild pitch. McKinney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melton vs. Fitzmorris
Melton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reichardt vs. Fitzmorris
Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wood
Bob Oliver pinch hits for Paul Schaal.
Oliver hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrison vs. Wood
Harrison hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Wood
Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Burgmeier
Bob Oliver now playing third base. Rich Severson now playing shortstop. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Bobby Knoop now playing second base.
May hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Egan vs. Burgmeier
Egan strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvarado vs. Burgmeier
Alvarado strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Wood
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knoop vs. Wood
Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Burgmeier
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richard vs. Burgmeier
Richard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oliver juggles the ball. That's an error on Oliver. Richard moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Burgmeier
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out. Richard moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McKinney vs. Burgmeier
McKinney hits a fly ball into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Wood
Severson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Wood
Amos Otis pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier.
Otis hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKinney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Melton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stroud vs. Abernathy
Ed Stroud pinch hits for Rick Reichardt.
Stroud is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Abernathy
May hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Egan vs. Abernathy
Egan hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrison vs. Wood
Ed Stroud now playing left field.
Harrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Richard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Wood
Paepke hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1971 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Patek F, ss 3 1 1 0 Richard L, cf 5 2 2 0
Severson R, ss 1 0 0 0 Williams W, rf 5 0 2 2
Rojas C, 2b 3 1 2 2 McKinney R, 2b 5 1 2 1
Burgmeier T, p 0 0 0 0 Melton B, 3b 2 2 2 1
Otis A, ph 1 0 0 0 Reichardt R, lf 4 2 1 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 Stroud E, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 1 0 1 0 May C, 1b 4 1 1 2
Oliver B, ph-3b 2 1 1 1 Egan T, c 5 2 2 3
Harrison C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Alvarado L, ss 4 2 3 2
Piniella L, lf 4 0 0 0 Wood W, p 3 0 0 0
Paepke D, rf 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick E, cf 3 0 1 0
Martinez B, c 3 0 0 0
Splittorff P, p 1 0 0 0
Savage T, ph 0 0 0 0
Drago D, p 0 0 0 0
Fitzmorris A, p 0 0 0 0
Knoop B, 2b 1 0 0 0
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31 3 6 3 38 12 15 11
Kansas City 101 001 000 -- 3
Chicago 023 160 00x -- 12
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L) 4.0 8 6 6 1 3
Drago D 0.1 5 6 6 1 1
Fitzmorris A 0.2 2 0 0 1 0
Burgmeier T 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Abernathy T 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wood W (W) 9.0 6 3 3 2 5
E -- Alvarado L, Oliver B
DP -- Chicago 3
LOB -- Kansas City 3, Chicago 7
2B -- Egan T 2, Richard L, Williams W 2
HR -- Rojas C, Melton B, Oliver B
SB -- Patek F
SH -- Wood W
WP -- Splittorff P, Fitzmorris A 2
T -- 2:16
A -- 5910
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