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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 27, 1972
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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 July 27, 1972 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 27, 1972 |
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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 | July 27, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
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 | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Kunkel 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Bill Haller 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Steve Hovley | Center Fielder |
Richie Scheinblum | Right Fielder |
Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
Ed Kirkpatrick | Catcher |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
John Mayberry | First Baseman |
Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
Paul Splittorff | Pitcher |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Walt Williams | Right Fielder |
Mike Andrews | Second Baseman |
Dick Allen | First Baseman |
Rick Reichardt | Center Fielder |
Carlos May | Left Fielder |
Ed Spiezio | Third Baseman |
Ed Herrmann | Catcher |
Luis Alvarado | Shortstop |
Wilbur Wood | Pitcher |
Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 27, 1972
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hovley vs. Wood
Hovley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Wood
Scheinblum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a line drive into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Splittorff
Splittorff fires to first and has Williams trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Williams for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
There goes Allen. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Allen steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wood
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Splittorff vs. Wood
Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Splittorff for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Splittorff
Spiezio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hovley. Spiezio reaches second base with a double. May moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Herrmann vs. Splittorff
Herrmann hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Scheinblum throws the ball in to Mayberry who tags Herrmann trying to return to first, for the out. May scores. Spiezio scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvarado vs. Splittorff
Alvarado hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Splittorff
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Wood
Hovley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Hovley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scheinblum vs. Wood
Scheinblum hits a line drive towards third. Spiezio catches it and throws to second to double up Hovley. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reichardt moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spiezio vs. Fitzmorris
Al Fitzmorris now pitching.
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to home to get Reichardt. May moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Herrmann vs. Fitzmorris
There's a wild pitch. May moves to third. Spiezio moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Herrmann vs. Fitzmorris
Herrmann is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alvarado vs. Fitzmorris
Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wood, and towards Andrews, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Fitzmorris
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Fitzmorris
Williams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Fitzmorris
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Fitzmorris
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Andrews moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnstone vs. Fitzmorris
Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Rick Reichardt.
Johnstone hits a line drive towards the mound. Fitzmorris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wood
Jay Johnstone now playing center field.
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fitzmorris vs. Wood
Fitzmorris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Fitzmorris
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Fitzmorris
Spiezio strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Fitzmorris
Herrmann hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alvarado vs. Fitzmorris
Alvarado hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Wood
Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Wood
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Fitzmorris
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Fitzmorris
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Fitzmorris
Andrews hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Wood
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Wood
Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Fitzmorris
Allen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnstone vs. Fitzmorris
Johnstone 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, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Fitzmorris
May 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, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Fitzmorris
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herrmann vs. Fitzmorris
Herrmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alvarado vs. Fitzmorris
Alvarado 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
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Wood
Carl Taylor pinch hits for Al Fitzmorris.
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Wood
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hovley vs. Wood
Hovley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scheinblum vs. Forster
Terry Forster now pitching.
Scheinblum hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Forster vs. Burgmeier
Tom Burgmeier now pitching.
Forster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Burgmeier
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Williams reaches second base with a double. Forster moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Andrews vs. Burgmeier
Andrews strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Allen vs. Burgmeier
Allen is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnstone vs. Burgmeier
Tony Muser pinch runs for Dick Allen.
Johnstone hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Forster scores. Williams moves to third. Muser moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
May vs. Burgmeier
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. Williams scores. Muser moves to third. Johnstone moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Spiezio vs. Burgmeier
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Forster
Tony Muser now playing first base.
Piniella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Forster
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Forster
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mayberry vs. Forster
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piniella scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaal vs. Forster
Schaal strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/27/1972, game 1 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Patek F, ss 4 1 1 0 Williams W, rf 5 2 3 0 Hovley S, cf 4 1 3 2 Andrews M, 2b 5 0 0 0 Scheinblum R, rf 4 0 0 0 Allen D, 1b 3 2 3 3 Piniella L, lf 3 1 1 0 Muser T, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, c 4 0 3 0 Reichardt R, cf 1 0 0 0 Rojas C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Johnstone J, ph-cf 3 0 0 1 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 1 1 May C, lf 5 1 2 1 Schaal P, 3b 4 0 1 0 Spiezio E, 3b 5 1 2 0 Splittorff P, p 1 0 0 0 Herrmann E, c 3 0 3 2 Fitzmorris A, p 1 0 0 0 Alvarado L, ss 4 0 0 0 Taylor C, ph 1 0 0 0 Wood W, p 3 0 0 0 Burgmeier T, p 0 0 0 0 Forster T, p 1 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 10 3 38 7 13 7 Kansas City 200 000 001 -- 3 Chicago 022 000 12x -- 7 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Splittorff P (L) 2.1 7 4 4 2 2 Fitzmorris A 4.2 5 1 1 1 3 Burgmeier T 1.0 1 2 0 1 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Wood W (W) 7.2 9 2 2 0 2 Forster T (S) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 E -- Schaal P, Patek F 2 DP -- Chicago 3 LOB -- Kansas City 5, Chicago 11 2B -- Spiezio E, Hovley S, Williams W HR -- Hovley S, Allen D 2 SB -- Allen D CS -- Williams W WP -- Fitzmorris A T -- 2:36 A -- 0
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