ALDS: KC outlasts Pale House in 5

72 Royals (milo miller) vs 71 White Sox (dan holm)


GAME 1: KC 6 WSox 2 Wilbur Wood vs Roger Nelson.
The Royals jumped on Woodie for 2 runs in the 1st on a run scoring single by John Mayberry and a Richie Scheinblum double. The Sox made it 2-1 in the top of the 4th on a Jay Johnstone double. The Royals came right back with 2 in the bottom of the inning on a Paul Schaal double and Fred Patek single. Kansas City plated single runs in the 6th and 7th and the Sox 1 in the 9th. The story was Nelson, who went the distance, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits, and striking out 5.

GAME 2: WSox4 KC 0 Tom Bradley vs Dick Drago.
Game 2 turned out to be a pitchers duel, as the game was scoreless through 4 innings. Carlos May gave the Sox a 1-0 lead in the 5th with a triple. As Tom Bradley continued to baffle the Royals offense, the Sox added 3 insurance runs in the 8th with May, Jay Johnstone, and Ed Hermann each driving in a run. Bradley was brilliant, going 8 innings and scattering 3 hits, while striking out 6

GAME 3: KC 15 WSox 3 Paul Spittorff vs Wilbur Wood.
The series moved to Chicago for Game 3, and the Sox brought back knuckleballer Wilbur Wood for his 2nd start. Amos Otis got the Royals going in the 2nd inning with a 2 run double. The Sox made it 2-1 in the bottom of the inning. In the 5th the Royals started pulling away plating 4 runs, highlighted by John Mayberry and Richie Scheinblum back to back homers. The Royals added 5 more in the 6th, in route to a 15-3 victory. The Royals pounded out 22 hits, with Otis, Mayberry, and Lou Pinella all banging out 4 hits. Splittorff went the distance, allowing 3 runs and striking out 9.

GAME 4: WSox 4 KC 1 Monty Montgomery vs Bart Johnson
Game 4 turned into the Bart Johnson show, as the flame thrower totally dominated the Royals and pitched a jem. Rick Reichardt delivered a 2 run shot in the2nd to get the Sox going. Ed Kirkpatrick lofted a Sacrifice Fly to draw the Royals within a run in the 4th. Reichardt delivered his 2nd homer of the game in the 5th, a solo shot and a Johnson Sacrifice Fly made it 4-1, and that's all the Sox needed. Johnson silenced the Royal bats, going the distance and striking out 9

GAME 5: KC 9 WSox 4 Tom Bradley vs Roger Nelson
The series moved back to Kansas City for Game 5. Bradley and Nelson both were making there 2nd start. The Royals jumped on Bradley for 2 runs in the 1st on a Scheinblum 2 run triple. Mike Andrews evened the score at 2 with a double in the 3rd. The Royals offense broke it open in the 4th, scoring 6 times. Amos Otis and Scheinblum each drove in 2 runs with hits in the inning. Roger Nelson went the distance for the 2nd time in the series. He did allow 4 runs, but struck out 6 to send the Royals to the ALCS. Scheinblum was 4-5 with 5 RBI's.

MVP: Richie Scheinblum, 22 AB, 11 HITS, 3 HRS, 9 RBIS
--submitted by Milo Miller--