Pat Kelly tripled in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Carlos May to enable the White Sox to defeat the Red Sox, 1-0, behind the three-hit pitching of Eddie Fisher and Terry Forster. Marty Pattin, who allowed four hits on the mound for the Red Sox, was tagged with his sixth straight loss. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 1, Boston Red Sox 0
Game Played on Tuesday, May       8, 1973 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  4  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Kelly rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .460
Aparicio ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .256      May lf                3   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   1   .231      D. Allen 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .316
Cepeda dh             3   0   0   0     1   0   .311        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   0   .317      Melton 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Henderson cf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .321
Griffin 2b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .291      Andrews dh            2   0   0   0     1   0   .317
Kennedy 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Herrmann c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Miller cf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Cater ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Alvarado ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Evans cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Fisher p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     4   7             Totals               24   1   4   1     3   3

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  9,234
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, White Sox 3
DP: Red Sox 2, White Sox 0
Doubles: Melton (6)
Triples: Kelly (2)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (2)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Alvarado (1)
GIDP: Andrews (5), Herrmann (3)
Hit by Pitch: Kennedy (1,by Fisher)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(1-6)           8     4   1   1   3   3   0  28   7.25
Totals                  8     4   1   1   3   3   0  28

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fisher W(4-1)           6.2   3   0   0   3   4   0  26   3.10
Forster SV(6)           2.1   0   0   0   1   3   0   8   0.84
Totals                  9     3   0   0   4   7   0  34

Passed Balls: Herrmann (5)
Hit by Pitch: Fisher (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Ron Luciano


RED SOX 1ST: Harper was called out on strikes; Aparicio walked;
Yastrzemski forced Aparicio (second to shortstop); Yastrzemski
stole second; Cepeda walked; Fisk popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; May flied to right; D. Allen was
called out on strikes; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (third to first); Griffin
singled to left; Kennedy struck out; Miller flied to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton flied to left; Henderson lined to second;
Andrews grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper popped to catcher in foul territory;
Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); Orta
lined to left; Alvarado popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, White Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Cepeda lined to first; Fisk grounded out (third to
first); Oglivie popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly tripled to center; May singled to right
[Kelly scored]; D. Allen flied to right; Melton doubled to left
[May to third]; Henderson walked; Andrews grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Henderson out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin flied to left; Kennedy popped to first;
Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann singled to right; Orta forced Herrmann
(first to shortstop); Alvarado out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Orta to second]; Kelly grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper flied to center; Aparicio singled to left
[Aparicio out at second (shortstop to second)]; Yastrzemski
walked; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Yastrzemski to second];
Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May flied to right; D. Allen popped to first in
foul territory; Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk flied to left; Oglivie struck out; Griffin
singled to center; Kennedy was hit by a pitch [Griffin to
second]; FORSTER REPLACED FISHER (PITCHING); CATER BATTED FOR
MILLER; Cater grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: EVANS REPLACED CATER (PLAYING CF); Henderson
grounded out (second to first); Andrews walked; Herrmann
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White
Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: MUSER REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Harper struck
out; Aparicio flied to right; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Alvarado
struck out; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
White Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Cepeda popped to catcher in foul territory; Fisk
walked; Oglivie flied to center; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, White Sox 1.