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July 29, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 7 1
White Sox 3 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 7 1
White Sox 4 12 1

Ed Spiezio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .500 .302
At Bats 3 98
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 0 12

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Comiskey Park - July 29, 1972
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Single
Ted Abernathy
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Ed Spiezio
Carlos May

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 7 1 5
Chicago White Sox 4 12 1 11
Winning Pitcher Terry Forster
Losing Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ed Spiezio
Attendance 7,115
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Spiezio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There goes May. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 9 May is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 9 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 9 Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mayberry hits a line drive towards short. Morales reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kelly for the out.
Bottom 8 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Morales hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Morales reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Terry Forster now pitching. Luis Alvarado now playing second base. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Scheinblum hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Otis bunts towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Andrews strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spiezio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Allen. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Allen steals second.
Bottom 7 May strikes out.
Bottom 7 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Patek strikes out.
Top 7 Burgmeier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chuck Brinkman now catching. Vicente Romo now pitching. Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Walt Williams pinch hits for Dave Lemonds. Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tom Bradley pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andrews scores.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Andrews moves to third.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelly throws the ball in to Morales who tags Mayberry trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rojas scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Rojas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews.
Top 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spiezio hits a line drive towards third. Schaal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Allen moves to third. May moves to second.
Bottom 5 May takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Allen hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly 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 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Dal Canton hits a popup towards short. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemonds strikes out.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schaal hits a line drive towards third. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Lemonds covering, for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Kirkpatrick steals second.
Top 4 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Allen scores.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Dal Canton Allen moves to third.
Bottom 3 Allen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Scheinblum. Allen reaches second base with a double. Johnstone goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kelly is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Lemonds is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Andrews fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Scheinblum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Otis strikes out.
Top 3 Patek 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 Morales hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a popup beyond short. Patek can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. May moves to second.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Dal Canton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schaal strikes out.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnstone for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out. Scheinblum moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Otis scores. Scheinblum moves to second.
Top 1 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to second.
Top 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek strikes out.