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Royals 8 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
May 17, 1970

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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 May 17, 1970 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1970 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 8 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJim Rooker  
Losing PitcherWilbur Wood  
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Game Winning RBIJim Rooker 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1970 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Rooker  
Home Starting PitcherBart Johnson  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance18,145 
Time of Game3 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Art Frantz
1B: Nestor Chylak
2B: Russ Goetz
3B: Don Denkinger

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Mike Fiore  First Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Bob Oliver  Third Baseman 
Joe Keough  Left Fielder 
Rich Severson  Second Baseman 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Ellie Rodriguez  Catcher 
Jim Rooker  Pitcher 
Charlie Metro  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Walt Williams  Right Fielder 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Syd O'Brien  Second Baseman 
Carlos May  Left Fielder 
Bill Melton  Third Baseman 
Tommy McCraw  First Baseman 
Ken Berry  Center Fielder 
Ed Herrmann  Catcher 
Bart Johnson  Pitcher 
Don Gutteridge  Manager 

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Royals 8 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
May 17, 1970

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         Game of 5/17/1970, game 2 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Kelly P, rf           5  1  3  3   Williams W, rf        6  0  0  0   
Fiore M, 1b           5  0  1  0   Aparicio L, ss        5  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            6  0  1  0   O'Brien S, 2b         4  1  1  0   
Oliver B, 3b          5  0  2  0   May C, lf             4  0  0  0   
Keough J, lf          4  0  0  0   Melton B, 3b          5  2  3  0   
Severson R, 2b        2  1  0  0   McCraw T, 1b          3  1  1  0   
Kirkpatrick E, ph     1  0  0  0   Berry K, cf           5  0  1  2   
Alcaraz L, 2b         1  1  1  0   Herrmann E, c         5  0  2  1   
Hernandez J, ss       5  1  2  0   Johnson B, p          1  0  0  0   
Rodriguez E, c        2  2  0  0   Bradford B, ph        1  0  0  0   
Rooker J, p           5  2  2  5   Crider J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Christian B, ph       1  0  1  1   
                                   Sisk T, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Wood W, p             1  0  0  0   
                                   Morales R, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  8 12  8                        42  4  9  4

Kansas City      040 000 000 04 --  8
Chicago          000 301 000 00 --  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rooker J (W)         11.0  9  4  4  4  9

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Johnson B             4.0  5  4  4  2  3
Crider J              2.0  1  0  0  1  1
Sisk T                1.2  1  0  0  2  3
Wood W (L)            3.1  5  4  4  2  3

E -- Hernandez J
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Chicago 9
2B -- Rooker J 2, Oliver B
HR -- Kelly P
SB -- Otis A, Kelly P
CS -- Fiore M, O'Brien S
PB -- Herrmann E
T -- 3:16
A -- 18145

    

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