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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

1970-08-04 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 4533 · night · 2:21

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Tommy John earned the win. Syd O'Brien went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
CHA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		2	7

W: Tommy John L: Bill Butler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou DiMuro · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: Emmett Ashford · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	5	0	0	0	0	1
Cookie Rojas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis	3	1	1	0	1	1
Lou Piniella	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bob Oliver	4	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Schaal	3	0	2	1	1	0
Rich Severson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ellie Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Butler	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hawk Taylor	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Campanis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Syd O'Brien	4	1	2	1	0	0
Luis Aparicio	2	1	0	0	2	0
Carlos May	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Melton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Duane Josephson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Spence	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Berry	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	3	0	2	0	0	0
Tommy John	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Butler	6.0	5	4	1
Al Fitzmorris	2.0	2	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy John	9.0	6	4	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pat Kelly: 43
Cookie Rojas: 63
Amos Otis: 53

Bot 1

Syd O'Brien: 43
Luis Aparicio: 2/FL
Carlos May: K

Top 2

Lou Piniella: S8
Bob Oliver: K+OA/DP.1X2(24)
Paul Schaal: S5
Rich Severson: K

Bot 2

Bill Melton: 63
Duane Josephson: 63
Bob Spence: 8

Top 3

Ellie Rodriguez: K
Bill Butler: 13
Pat Kelly: K/C

Bot 3

Ken Berry: 8
Bobby Knoop: S/BG
Tommy John: 26(1)/FO/BG
Syd O'Brien: 7

Top 4

Cookie Rojas: 63
Amos Otis: S8
Lou Piniella: 9
Bob Oliver: E5.1-2;B-1
Paul Schaal: S8.2-H(UR);1-2#
Rich Severson: K

Bot 4

Luis Aparicio: W
Carlos May: 8
Bill Melton: W.1-2
Duane Josephson: S7.2-H;1-2
Bob Spence: 2/FL
Ken Berry: 3

Top 5

Ellie Rodriguez: 8
Bill Butler: K
Pat Kelly: 43

Bot 5

Bobby Knoop: 8/L
Tommy John: 4
Syd O'Brien: HR/7
Luis Aparicio: W
Carlos May: W.1-2
Bill Melton: 4

Top 6

Cookie Rojas: 4
Amos Otis: K
Lou Piniella: S7
Bob Oliver: K

Bot 6

Duane Josephson: 53
Bob Spence: 3/G
Ken Berry: S9
Bobby Knoop: S8.1-3
Tommy John: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Paul Schaal: W
Rich Severson: 6
Ellie Rodriguez: 53.1-2
Hawk Taylor: IW
Pat Kelly: 3/G

Bot 7

Syd O'Brien: S7
Luis Aparicio: 63.1-2
Carlos May: 43.2-3
Bill Melton: 23

Top 8

Cookie Rojas: 7
Amos Otis: W
Lou Piniella: W.1-2
Bob Oliver: 8/L
Paul Schaal: 43

Bot 8

Duane Josephson: 63
Bob Spence: S8
Ken Berry: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 9

Rich Severson: S7
Ellie Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO
Jim Campanis: 16(1)/FO
Pat Kelly: 46(1)/FO