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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

1971-09-04 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 21092 · night · 2:56

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 3–1. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 3rd. Al Fitzmorris earned the win and Ted Abernathy picked up the save. Gail Hopkins 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	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
CHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Al Fitzmorris L: Tom Bradley SV: Ted Abernathy

Umpires — HP: George Maloney · 1B: Hank Soar · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	5	0	0	0	0	1
Sandy Valdespino	4	1	2	0	0	0
Amos Otis	3	0	1	1	0	0
Gail Hopkins	4	1	2	2	0	0
Paul Schaal	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Keough	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jerry May	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Fitzmorris	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Walt Williams	5	0	1	1	0	1
Pat Kelly	5	0	0	0	0	2
Rich McKinney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Melton	3	0	1	0	1	0
Carlos May	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Herrmann	3	0	0	0	1	2
Rich Morales	1	1	0	0	2	0
Tom Bradley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Spence	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Huntz	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Fitzmorris	6.2	5	4	4
Ted Abernathy	2.1	1	2	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Bradley	7.0	7	2	1
Terry Forster	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: K/C
Sandy Valdespino: 43
Amos Otis: 53

Bot 1

Walt Williams: K
Pat Kelly: K/C
Rich McKinney: 63

Top 2

Gail Hopkins: S8
Paul Schaal: 43.1-2
Joe Keough: 43.2-3
Bobby Knoop: W
Jerry May: 53

Bot 2

Bill Melton: 8
Carlos May: D8
Jay Johnstone: K/C
Ed Herrmann: W
Rich Morales: 4

Top 3

Al Fitzmorris: S9
Freddie Patek: 13.1-2
Sandy Valdespino: S6.2-3
Amos Otis: 9/SF.3-H
Gail Hopkins: HR/9.1-H
Paul Schaal: W
Joe Keough: 9

Bot 3

Tom Bradley: 4
Walt Williams: 53
Pat Kelly: 6

Top 4

Bobby Knoop: 63
Jerry May: 3/G
Al Fitzmorris: 7

Bot 4

Rich McKinney: 53
Bill Melton: 5/L
Carlos May: S8
Jay Johnstone: S8.1-3
Ed Herrmann: K

Top 5

Freddie Patek: 43
Sandy Valdespino: 43
Amos Otis: S9
Gail Hopkins: SB2
Gail Hopkins: 7

Bot 5

Rich Morales: W
Tom Bradley: 24/SH.1-2
Walt Williams: S7.2-H;BX2(54)#
Pat Kelly: 8/8D/L

Top 6

Paul Schaal: 63
Joe Keough: S7
Bobby Knoop: PO1(E1).1-3
Bobby Knoop: 63
Jerry May: 8

Bot 6

Rich McKinney: 53
Bill Melton: S7
Carlos May: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Al Fitzmorris: 7
Freddie Patek: 43
Sandy Valdespino: S7
Amos Otis: 7

Bot 7

Jay Johnstone: 4
Ed Herrmann: 6
Rich Morales: W
Bob Spence: WP.1-2
Bob Spence: W
Walt Williams: 53

Top 8

Gail Hopkins: 43
Paul Schaal: S9
Joe Keough: 46(1)/FO
Bobby Knoop: 8

Bot 8

Pat Kelly: K/C
Rich McKinney: D8
Bill Melton: W
Carlos May: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Jay Johnstone: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Jerry May: K/C
Ted Abernathy: 9
Freddie Patek: 63

Bot 9

Ed Herrmann: K
Rich Morales: HP
Steve Huntz: W.1-2
Walt Williams: 2/FL
Pat Kelly: 13