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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