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May 25, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 14 0
White Sox 3 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 8 14 0
White Sox 3 9 1

Carlos May Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .304
OBP 1.000 .373
At Bats 3 148
Hits 3 45
• Singles 3 34
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 21

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 8
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Comiskey Park - May 25, 1971
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Strikeout
Ted Abernathy
Jerry May
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Ed Kirkpatrick
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Carlos May

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 8 14 0 10
Chicago White Sox 3 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Jim York
Losing Pitcher Tom Bradley
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Ed Kirkpatrick
Attendance 2,241
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

May strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rich McKinney pinch hits for Joe Horlen. McKinney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Abernathy strikes out.
Top 9 Keough is walked intentionally.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Oliver scores. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores. Oliver moves to second.
Top 9 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores. Otis moves to second.
Top 9 Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Patek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Johnstone hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Richard. The throw from May and he is safe. Richard steals second.
Bottom 8 Richard bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Andrews hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Abernathy hits a popup towards short. Richard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jay Johnstone now playing right field. Joe Horlen now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Reichardt hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Melton takes first base on ball four. Stroud moves to third. May moves to second.
Bottom 7 May takes first base on ball four. Stroud moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Mike Hershberger pinch hits for Lee Maye. Hershberger hits a line drive into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stroud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Tommy John. Johnstone hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Bob Oliver now playing first base. Richard strikes out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick strikes out. There goes Otis. The throw from Herrmann and Otis is out.
Top 7 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to second.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Schaal hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 York strikes out.
Top 6 Tommy John now pitching. Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim York now pitching. Melton strikes out.
Bottom 5 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stroud moves to third.
Bottom 5 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richard tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Andrews scores. Richard moves to third.
Bottom 5 Walt Williams pinch hits for Tom Bradley. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins fields the ball and throws to Drago covering. Safe. Andrews moves to third. Richard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Richard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 May hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Herrmann and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hopkins hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Drago strikes out.
Top 4 Keough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keough throws the ball in to Rojas who relays the ball to Patek who tags May trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stroud strikes out.
Top 3 May strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Rojas moves to third.
Top 3 Rojas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. There goes Kirkpatrick trying to get to third. Maye throws the ball in to Melton, who tags Kirkpatrick for the out. Rojas moves to second.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Richard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Herrmann reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Patek goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Patek bunts towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Drago takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stroud for the out.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Rojas takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Otis scores. Hopkins moves to third.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley has Patek trapped. There's the throw to Herrmann and over to Melton, who tags Patek for the out. Otis moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek moves to third.
Top 1 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Patek reaches second base with a double.