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Sunday April 22, 1973
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Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 22, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  0
Royals       0  1  0    2  2  1    0  0  x  -   6  9  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jeter rf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .435      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     2   1   .328
May dh                5   1   3   0     0   0   .349      Rojas 2b              5   0   0   0     0   3   .338
D. Allen 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .333      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     1   0   .308
  Andrews pr,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .268
Melton 3b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .289      Kirkpatrick lf        4   2   2   0     1   1   .333
Henderson cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Piniella dh           2   1   0   1     1   1   .250
Reichardt lf          4   0   2   0     0   1   .500      Hovley rf             4   0   2   2     0   1   .267
Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Schaal 3b             2   1   2   1     2   0   .315
Leon ss               3   0   2   0     1   1   .206      Healy c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .125
Brinkman c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  O'Toole p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   1  10   1     4   7             Totals               31   6   9   6     8   8

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 24,394
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Royals 11
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 2
Doubles: May (1), Jeter (2), Hovley 2 (2), Healy (1), Kirkpatrick (5), Mayberry (3)
Stolen Bases: May (1), Patek (5), Schaal (1)
Caught Stealing: Patek (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (2)
GIDP: Orta (2), Melton (3)
Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (1,by Acosta)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage L(0-1)          4.2   6   5   5   5   5   0  24  15.95
Stone                   1.1   2   1   1   3   0   0   9   6.97
O'Toole                 1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   7.71
Acosta                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   6.00
Totals                  8     9   6   6   8   8   0  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(1-0)           6.1   9   1   1   4   5   0  30   3.86
Garber SV(2)            2.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   9   1.15
Totals                  9    10   1   1   4   7   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Acosta (2)
Wild Pitches: Gossage (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Jeter was called out on strikes; May singled to
second; May stole second; D. Allen popped to first in foul
territory; Melton singled to left [May scored]; Henderson
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Rojas was called out on strikes; Patek
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Otis flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt struck out; Orta grounded out
(shortstop to first); Leon singled to right; Brinkman was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella walked;
Hovley doubled to left [Piniella scored]; Schaal walked; Healy
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Jeter was called out on strikes; May doubled to
center; D. Allen grounded out (pitcher to first); Melton walked;
Henderson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Rojas was called out on
strikes; Otis walked; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Reichardt singled to center; Orta grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reichardt out at
second]; Leon walked; Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick singled to right; Piniella struck out;
Hovley grounded out (first unassisted) [Kirkpatrick to second];
Schaal singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored]; Gossage threw a
wild pitch [Schaal to second]; Healy doubled to right [Schaal
scored]; Patek singled to shortstop [Healy to third]; Rojas
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Jeter grounded out (third to first); May singled
to pitcher; D. Allen walked [May to second]; Melton grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [D. Allen out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to center; Mayberry walked;
Kirkpatrick doubled to right [Mayberry to third]; Piniella hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Mayberry scored]; STONE REPLACED
GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Hovley doubled to right [Kirkpatrick
scored]; Schaal walked; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Henderson singled to center; Reichardt singled to
right [Henderson to second]; Orta lined to left; Leon was called
out on strikes; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Rojas flied out to
left; Otis flied out to center [Patek to third]; Mayberry
doubled to left [Patek scored]; Kirkpatrick walked; Piniella
forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Jeter doubled to right; May flied out to left; D.
Allen walked; ANDREWS RAN FOR D. ALLEN; GARBER REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); Melton was called out on strikes; Henderson flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); O'TOOLE
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Hovley struck out; Schaal singled to
center; Schaal stole second; Healy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Reichardt flied out to center; Orta struck out;
Leon singled to center; Brinkman popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: ACOSTA REPLACED O'TOOLE (PITCHING); Rojas grounded
out (pitcher to first); Otis popped to first in foul territory;
Mayberry was hit by a pitch; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Jeter grounded out (shortstop to first); May
grounded out (first to pitcher); Andrews popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 6.



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