The Royals, who scored 16 runs in one game and 12 in each of four others previously this season, received a dose of their own medicine and absorbed a 16-2 trouncing at the hands of the White Sox. Bill Melton led the White Sox attack, driving in five runs with a single in the first inning, a homer in the second and double in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 16, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Friday, April     20, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    3  5  0    0  0  5    0  1  2  -  16 17  0
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              3   2   1   1     2   0   .407      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Jeter rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .385        Floyd ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May lf                4   2   2   1     0   0   .303      Rojas 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .382
  Muser 1b            1   1   0   0     0   0   .143        Hovley rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
D. Allen 1b           3   1   1   1     0   1   .371      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Reichardt lf        2   0   2   0     0   0   .500        Bevacqua 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Melton 3b             5   3   3   5     0   0   .290      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
  Morales 3b          1   1   0   1     0   0   .000      Kirkpatrick rf,lf     3   1   2   0     1   1   .310
Henderson cf          4   2   2   0     2   0   .281      Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .255
Andrews dh            4   1   2   3     2   0   .385        Marshall cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Orta 2b               4   1   2   1     2   1   .276      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .175
Leon ss               5   1   2   1     1   1   .172      Schaal 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .313
Brinkman c            1   1   0   0     2   1   .333      Taylor c              1   0   0   0     1   1   .261
Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Healy ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  16  17  14    11   4             Totals               36   2   9   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 13,077
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Royals 9
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 4
Errors: Patek, Floyd
Doubles: Andrews (3), Orta (1), D. Allen (5), Melton (1), Leon (1), McRae (2), Kirkpatrick 2 (4)
Home Runs: Melton (4)
Stolen Bases: Rojas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: D. Allen (1)
GIDP: Andrews (3), Kelly (1), Leon (2), Henderson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (1,by Busby), May (1,by Jackson)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen W(1-1)          9     9   2   2   2   5   0  38   4.58
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   5   0  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(1-2)            1     4   5   5   1   1   0   9   8.04
Jackson                 4     8   7   7   4   2   1  23   7.27
Burgmeier               3     4   2   2   3   1   0  14   4.50
Wright                  1     1   2   1   3   0   0   7   9.00
Totals                  9    17  16  15  11   4   1  53

Hit by Pitch: Busby (1), Jackson (1)
Wild Pitches: Bahnsen (1), Wright (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; May grounded out (second to first)
[Kelly to second]; D. Allen struck out; Melton singled to left
[Kelly scored]; Henderson singled to right [Melton to third];
Andrews doubled to center [Melton scored, Henderson scored];
Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Rojas singled to right
[Patek to second]; Otis flied out to right [Patek to third];
Rojas stole second; Mayberry struck out; Kirkpatrick struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Leon singled to shortstop; Brinkman was hit by a
pitch [Leon to second]; JACKSON REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Kelly
singled to center [Leon scored, Brinkman to third]; May singled
to right [Brinkman scored, Kelly to third]; D. Allen hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Kelly scored]; Melton homered [May
scored]; Henderson walked; Andrews grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Henderson out at second]; 5 R, 4
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
doubled to right; Schaal grounded out (second to first) [McRae
to third]; Taylor walked; Patek forced Taylor (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta doubled to right; Leon walked; Brinkman out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Orta to third, Leon to
second]; Kelly grounded out (second to first); May was hit by a
pitch; D. Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 8, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas singled to left; Otis popped to second;
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Rojas to second];
Kirkpatrick walked; Piniella singled to left [Rojas scored,
Kirkpatrick to second]; McRae forced Kirkpatrick (third
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton flied out to right; Henderson flied out to
right; Andrews walked; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal flied out to right; Taylor struck out; Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 8, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Leon struck out; Brinkman walked; Kelly grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brinkman out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May singled to center; D. Allen doubled to center
[May to third]; Melton doubled to left [May scored, D. Allen
scored]; Henderson singled to shortstop [Melton to third (error
by Patek)]; BURGMEIER REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Andrews
singled to center [Melton scored, Henderson to second]; Orta
singled to right [Henderson scored, Andrews to third]; Leon
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Andrews scored (no RBI), Orta out at second]; Brinkman walked;
Kelly walked [Brinkman to second]; May grounded out (second to
first); 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 13, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: JETER REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING RF); MUSER REPLACED
MAY (PLAYING 1B); REICHARDT REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING LF);
Kirkpatrick doubled to right; Piniella grounded out (second to
first) [Kirkpatrick to third]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to
first); Schaal singled to right [Kirkpatrick scored]; HEALY
BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Bahnsen threw a wild pitch [Schaal to
second]; Healy grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 13, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: FLOYD REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); HOVLEY
REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING RF); BEVACQUA REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING
2B); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL
REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING CF); HEALY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); Reichardt singled to right; Melton flied out to right;
Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Reichardt out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 13, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Floyd flied
out to center; Hovley lined to left; Bevacqua grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 13,
Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); Orta
walked; Leon doubled to left [Orta scored]; Brinkman was called
out on strikes; Jeter grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 14, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry singled to right; Kirkpatrick doubled to
right [Mayberry to third]; Marshall struck out; McRae grounded
out (third to first); Schaal struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 14, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Muser
reached on an error by Floyd; Reichardt singled to right [Muser
to third]; Morales forced Reichardt (second to shortstop) [Muser
scored (unearned)]; Henderson walked [Morales to second];
Andrews walked [Morales to third, Henderson to second]; Wright
threw a wild pitch [Morales scored, Henderson out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Andrews to third]; Orta walked; Leon
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 16, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Floyd flied
out to center; Hovley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 16, Royals 2.