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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

1970-09-21 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 672 · 2:45

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 8–2. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 8th. Jim York earned the win. Rich McKinney went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	8	9
CHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	10

W: Jim York L: Floyd Weaver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kunkel · 1B: Ed Runge · 2B: Jim Odom · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Amos Otis	5	1	2	0	0	0
George Spriggs	5	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Piniella	4	1	2	1	1	0
Billy Sorrell	2	1	1	0	1	0
Paul Schaal	3	2	2	2	1	0
Ellie Rodriguez	2	1	0	1	2	1
Tommy Matchick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Floyd	4	0	2	3	0	0
Bill Butler	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim York	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Oliver	2	1	0	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	0	1	0	1	1	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Ortiz	5	0	2	0	0	1
Walt Williams	5	0	2	0	0	0
Carlos May	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Melton	3	1	1	0	1	1
Rich McKinney	4	1	2	2	0	2
Art Kusnyer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Spence	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rich Morales	4	0	1	0	0	1
Floyd Weaver	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy McCraw	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Matias	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Maye	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Butler	4.1	7	2	3
Jim York	4.2	3	1	5

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Floyd Weaver	5.1	7	2	5
Jerry Crider	0.2	0	0	0
Danny Murphy	1.2	0	3	0
Steve Hamilton	0.1	1	1	1
Denny O'Toole	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Amos Otis: S7
George Spriggs: SB2
George Spriggs: K23
Lou Piniella: SB3
Lou Piniella: 43/G.3-H
Billy Sorrell: W
Paul Schaal: S8/P.1XH(842)

Bot 1

Jose Ortiz: 7/F
Walt Williams: 6/P
Carlos May: S8
Bill Melton: K/C

Top 2

Ellie Rodriguez: W
Tommy Matchick: SB2
Tommy Matchick: 7/F
Bobby Floyd: 53/G
Bill Butler: K

Bot 2

Rich McKinney: K/C
Art Kusnyer: 63/G
Bob Spence: W
Rich Morales: 63/G

Top 3

Amos Otis: S8
George Spriggs: 46(1)/FO/G
Lou Piniella: 54(1)3/GDP/G

Bot 3

Floyd Weaver: 31/G
Jose Ortiz: S7
Walt Williams: 64(1)/FO/G
Carlos May: 7/F

Top 4

Billy Sorrell: 9/L
Paul Schaal: 9/F
Ellie Rodriguez: K

Bot 4

Bill Melton: D7
Rich McKinney: S9.2-H
Art Kusnyer: 8/F
Bob Spence: CS2(26)
Bob Spence: W
Rich Morales: D7.1-3
Floyd Weaver: K

Top 5

Tommy Matchick: K/C
Bobby Floyd: S8/P
Bill Butler: K/BF
Amos Otis: 7/F

Bot 5

Jose Ortiz: 9/F
Walt Williams: S7
Carlos May: S9.1-3
Bill Melton: W.1-2
Rich McKinney: K/C
Art Kusnyer: K

Top 6

George Spriggs: 43/G
Lou Piniella: S8
Billy Sorrell: S5.1-2
Paul Schaal: T8.2-H;1-H
Ellie Rodriguez: 63/G.3-H
Tommy Matchick: 6/P

Bot 6

Bob Spence: 3/G
Rich Morales: 9/F
Tommy McCraw: 7/F

Top 7

Bobby Floyd: 2/FL
Jim York: 31/G
Amos Otis: 63/G

Bot 7

Jose Ortiz: S7
Walt Williams: 8/F
Carlos May: 8/F
Bill Melton: 2/P

Top 8

George Spriggs: 8/F
Lou Piniella: W
Bob Oliver: 4(1)/FO/G.B-1
Paul Schaal: W.1-2
Ellie Rodriguez: W.2-3;1-2
Cookie Rojas: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Floyd: D9/P.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jim York: K/C

Bot 8

Rich McKinney: HR/7
Art Kusnyer: K/C
John Matias: 7/F
Rich Morales: K

Top 9

Amos Otis: 53/G
George Spriggs: K
Lou Piniella: S8/G
Bob Oliver: 43/G

Bot 9

Lee Maye: 43/G
Jose Ortiz: K
Walt Williams: S8
Carlos May: 8/F

Notes & reviews

this doubleheader is a makeup of games rained out in Kansas City earlier in September
Debut game for Art Kusnyer
Jim Campanis ejected by 1B umpire Ed Runge
Debut game for Jim York

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