Wilbur Wood gained his 19th victory of the season as the White Sox won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-4, before the Royals came back to take the second game, 1-0, in a duel between Paul Splittorff and Stan Bahnsen. The Royals were leading in the opener, 2-1, going into the seventh inning when Ken Henderson put the White Sox ahead with a three-run homer. Wood, whose back had begun to stiffen, did not take the mound in the Royals' half of the seventh and Cy Acosta finished. The White Sox then decided the outcome with two runs in the eighth on a walk to Bill Melton, single by Carlos May, grounder by Jorge Orta and two errors. John Mayberry, who had not driven in a run for the Royals in 12 games, ended his drouth with three RBIs on an infield out and a homer.

In the nightcap, Splittorff pitched a three-hitter and was the winner over Bahnsen when the Royals scored in the fifth inning on a double by Steve Hovley and single by Carl Taylor. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      26, 1973 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    3  2  1  -   7  9  0
Royals       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   4  7  4


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .291      Patek ss              3   1   2   0     0   0   .244
Henderson dh          3   1   2   4     1   1   .264        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Muser 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .261
Melton 3b             3   1   0   0     2   0   .296      Otis cf               1   1   1   0     3   0   .292
May lf                4   0   1   0     1   0   .241      Mayberry 1b           3   1   2   3     1   0   .300
Orta 2b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .229      Reichardt dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Herrmann c            3   1   2   0     0   0   .221      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .246
  Keough pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McRae rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Brinkman c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Bradford cf           2   1   1   0     2   0   .261      Bevacqua 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Leon ss               3   1   1   0     1   0   .253      Healy c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .266
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   9   5     8   2             Totals               30   4   7   4     5   3

Time of Game: 2:59
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Royals 6
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 1
Errors: Patek, Mayberry, Bevacqua, Healy
Doubles: Henderson (12), Herrmann (13), Healy (10)
Home Runs: Henderson (4), Mayberry (21)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (14), Patek (22)
Caught Stealing: Orta (5), Bradford (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1), Rojas (4)
GIDP: Kelly (11), Rojas (11)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(19-14)           6     6   2   2   3   2   0  25   2.98
Acosta SV(9)            3     1   2   2   2   1   1  12   2.15
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   3   1  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(11-10)          7     7   6   5   6   1   1  32   3.75
Mingori                 2     2   1   0   2   1   0  10   5.82
Totals                  9     9   7   5   8   2   1  42

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - George Maloney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first);
Henderson walked; Muser grounded out (first unassisted)
[Henderson to second]; Melton grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; Rojas
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Patek to third]; Otis walked;
Mayberry forced Otis (second to shortstop) [Patek scored];
Reichardt singled [Mayberry to second]; Piniella flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Orta singled
to shortstop; Orta was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Herrmann flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua
grounded out (second to first); Healy grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bradford flied out to right; Leon singled to
center; Kelly grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Leon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Rojas grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Patek out at second]; Otis
singled to shortstop; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third];
Reichardt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson doubled to center; Muser struck out;
Melton flied out to right [Henderson to third]; May walked; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella struck out; McRae popped to first in foul
territory; Bevacqua flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann singled to center; Bradford walked
[Herrmann to second]; Leon forced Bradford (first to shortstop)
[Herrmann to third]; Kelly walked [Leon to second]; Henderson
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Herrmann scored, Leon to third];
Muser grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Healy doubled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Healy to third]; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Healy scored]; Otis walked; Mayberry walked [Otis to
second]; Otis was out trying to advance to third (catcher to
third); the ball got away from catcher Ed Herrmann; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton lined to third; May flied out to center;
Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Reichardt lined to third; Piniella was called out on
strikes; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Herrmann doubled to right; KEOUGH RAN FOR
HERRMANN; Bradford walked; Leon forced Keough (third to
shortstop) [Bradford to third (error by Patek), Leon to second];
Kelly flied out to left; Henderson homered [Bradford scored,
Leon scored]; Muser popped to third; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED KEOUGH (PLAYING C ); ACOSTA
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Bevacqua grounded out (pitcher to
first); Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton walked; May singled to center [Melton to
third]; MINGORI REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Orta forced May
(second to shortstop) [Melton scored]; Brinkman flied out to
left; Bradford singled to third [Orta to second]; Bradford was
picked off and caught stealing second but was safe at third
(error by Healy) [Orta scored (error by Mayberry)
(unearned)]; Fran Healy tried to pick off Buddy Bradford but
the ball rolled away; John Mayberry then threw wildly; Leon
walked; Bradford was picked off third (catcher to third); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas popped to third in foul territory; Otis
walked; Mayberry homered [Otis scored]; Reichardt popped to
third in foul territory; Piniella popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Kelly singled to right; Kelly stole second;
Henderson struck out; Muser reached on an error by Bevacqua
[Kelly scored (unearned), Muser to second]; Melton was walked
intentionally; May popped to third in foul territory; Orta flied
out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Royals
4.

ROYALS 9TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR MCRAE; Hovley struck out; Bevacqua
flied out to right; Healy walked; HOPKINS BATTED FOR PATEK;
Hopkins flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7,
Royals 4.