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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
April 22, 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 April 22, 1972 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 22, 1972 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 22, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| 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 | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Bob Oliver | Right Fielder |
| Jerry May | Catcher |
| Bobby Floyd | Shortstop |
| Paul Splittorff | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Walt Williams | Right Fielder |
| Mike Andrews | Second Baseman |
| Dick Allen | First Baseman |
| Bill Melton | Third Baseman |
| Rick Reichardt | Center Fielder |
| Carlos May | Left Fielder |
| Rich Morales | Shortstop |
| Ed Herrmann | Catcher |
| Wilbur Wood | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
April 22, 1972
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Wood
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Splittorff
Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Reichardt. Piniella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Wood
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and has Piniella trapped. There's the throw to Melton and over to Andrews, who tags Piniella for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Wood
Wood fires to first and picks off Oliver. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Splittorff
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Splittorff
Morales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Herrmann vs. Splittorff
Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wood vs. Splittorff
Wood bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. Morales moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Wood
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Floyd vs. Wood
Floyd hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Splittorff vs. Wood
Splittorff bunts in front of the plate. Herrmann fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Herrmann. May moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to second for the out. May moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Splittorff
Melton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Wood
Otis 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, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella strikes out. Herrmann drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Piniella out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wood
Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Splittorff
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Wood
May hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Floyd vs. Wood
Floyd hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Splittorff vs. Wood
Splittorff hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Splittorff
Herrmann hits a popup towards short. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Splittorff
Wood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Schaal reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a popup towards short. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Otis vs. Wood
Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
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
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. May settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on May. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Splittorff
Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wood
Mayberry 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--
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Wood
May hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Floyd vs. Wood
Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reichardt vs. Splittorff
Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Splittorff
May hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Splittorff
Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Splittorff vs. Wood
Splittorff hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wood
Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wood
Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Wood
There goes Schaal. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Schaal steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Wood
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Splittorff
Herrmann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Herrmann reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Splittorff
Jim Qualls pinch runs for Ed Herrmann.
Wood bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Splittorff
Williams bunts towards third. Schaal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Schaal. Wood goes all the way around to score. Williams moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Andrews vs. Splittorff
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Allen vs. Splittorff
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wood
Tom Egan now catching. Jay Johnstone now playing center field.
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver strikes out. Egan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Oliver out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Wood
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Wood
Steve Hovley pinch runs for Jerry May. Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Bobby Floyd.
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/22/1972, game 1 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Schaal P, 3b 4 0 2 0 Williams W, rf 3 0 1 0
Rojas C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Andrews M, 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 3 0 0 0 Allen D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Piniella L, lf 4 0 1 0 Melton B, 3b 3 0 1 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Reichardt R, cf 3 0 0 0
Oliver B, rf 4 0 1 0 Johnstone J, cf 0 0 0 0
May J, c 4 0 2 0 May C, lf 2 0 0 0
Hovley S, pr 0 0 0 0 Morales R, ss 3 0 1 0
Floyd B, ss 3 0 0 0 Herrmann E, c 3 0 1 0
Scheinblum R, ph 1 0 0 0 Qualls J, pr 0 0 0 0
Splittorff P, p 3 0 0 0 Egan T, c 0 0 0 0
Wood W, p 1 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 0 7 0 26 1 4 0
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago 000 000 01x -- 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L) 8.0 4 1 0 2 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wood W (W) 9.0 7 0 0 1 5
E -- Herrmann E, May J, Schaal P
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Chicago 5
2B -- Piniella L, Herrmann E
3B -- Schaal P
SB -- Schaal P
SH -- Wood W, Williams W
T -- 1:58
A -- 0
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