A surprise steal of third base by Ellie Rodriguez enabled the Brewers to score without the benefit of a hit in the ninth inning to defeat the White Sox, 1-0, in a duel between Jim Slaton and Wilbur Wood. The victory was the Brewers' seventh in a row.

Johnny Briggs walked to open the ninth and Rodriguez was hit by a pitch. Bob Coluccio, attempting to sacrifice, forced Briggs at third. Rodriguez, advancing to second, then pulled off his theft of third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Pedro Garcia. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, June      15, 1973 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  3


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Johnson ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .256      Kelly rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .326
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .199      Sharp cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .214
May cf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .301      D. Allen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .335
Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Melton 3b             3   0   3   0     1   0   .284
Brown dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .244      May lf                3   0   0   0     1   1   .267
Briggs lf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .242      Muser dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .314
Ellie Rodriguez c     3   1   0   0     0   1   .295      Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Coluccio rf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .209      Leon ss               2   0   2   0     1   0   .297
Garcia 2b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .277      Alvarado 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     3   7             Totals               31   0   7   0     3   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 30,612
Left on Base: Brewers 9, White Sox 7
DP: Brewers 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Herrmann 2, Alvarado
Doubles: Kelly (12), Melton 2 (13)
Stolen Bases: Scott (2), Ellie Rodriguez (2)
Caught Stealing: Leon (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Garcia (3)
GIDP: May (1)
Hit by Pitch: Ellie Rodriguez (4,by Wood)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton W(4-5)           9     7   0   0   3   5   0  34   2.89
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   5   0  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(14-7)            9     5   1   1   3   7   0  37   2.43
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   7   0  37

Passed Balls: Herrmann 2 (15)
Hit by Pitch: Wood (1)
Wild Pitches: Slaton (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp


BREWERS 1ST: Johnson struck out; Money grounded out (shortstop
to first); May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly doubled to center [Kelly out at third (left
to shortstop to first)]; Sharp grounded out (second to first);
D. Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott grounded out (third to first); Brown singled
to center; Briggs singled to right [Brown to third]; Ellie
Rodriguez hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Brown out
at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton walked; May grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Melton out at second]; Muser
singled to center; Herrmann forced Muser (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Coluccio was called out on strikes; Garcia popped
to catcher in foul territory; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Leon singled to right; Slaton threw a wild pitch
[Leon to second]; Alvarado popped to second; Kelly grounded out
(second to first) [Leon to third]; Sharp flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Money grounded out (third to first); May flied out
to center; Scott struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Allen was called out on strikes; Melton
singled to center; May struck out; Muser flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Briggs singled to center; Ellie Rodriguez struck
out; Coluccio struck out; Garcia singled to center [Briggs to
second]; Johnson singled to first [Briggs to third, Garcia to
second]; Briggs was out trying to advance to home (pitcher to
catcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann struck out; Leon walked; Alvarado flied
out to left; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Money flied out to center; May struck out; Scott
reached on an error by Alvarado; Brown popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Sharp flied out to left; D. Allen flied out to
right; Melton doubled to right; May was walked intentionally;
Muser grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Briggs grounded out (second to first); Ellie
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Coluccio struck out
but advanced to second on a passed ball; Garcia was walked
intentionally; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Herrmann flied out to center; Leon singled to
right; Leon was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Alvarado flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
White Sox 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Money grounded out (third to first); May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scott walked; Scott stole second
[Scott to third (error by Herrmann)]; Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly flied out to left; Sharp grounded out
(second to first); D. Allen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Briggs walked; Ellie Rodriguez was hit by a pitch
[Briggs to second]; On a bunt Coluccio forced Briggs (third to
shortstop) [Ellie Rodriguez to second]; Ellie Rodriguez stole
third; Garcia hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ellie Rodriguez
scored]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Melton doubled to center; May flied out to
center; Muser struck out; Herrmann flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, White Sox 0.