Kansas City Royals 1, Chicago White Sox 0 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, July 26, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 7 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Hairston 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Henderson dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Otis cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .298 May lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Hopkins dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Alvarado 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Kirkpatrick lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Bradford cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Leon ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Hovley rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Herrmann c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .223 Taylor c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .217 Keough pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 0 3 0 3 5 Totals 28 1 7 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 22,589 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 5 DP: White Sox 2, Royals 2 Errors: Melton, Bevacqua Doubles: Hovley (7), Taylor (3) Triples: Kelly (4) Stolen Bases: Kelly (15) Caught Stealing: Henderson (4), Hopkins (2) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (6) GIDP: Kelly (12), Leon (9), Bevacqua (5), Hopkins (6) Hit by Pitch: Bradford (2,by Splittorff) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen L(13-10) 8 7 1 1 1 3 0 30 2.91 Totals 8 7 1 1 1 3 0 30 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(13-5) 9 3 0 0 3 5 0 31 3.31 Totals 9 3 0 0 3 5 0 31 Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (5) Wild Pitches: Bahnsen (8) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - John Rice WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly tripled to center [Kelly out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; Hairston singled to right; Debut game for Jerry Hairston; Henderson walked [Hairston to second]; Henderson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop) [Hairston to third]; Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Alvarado grounded out (first unassisted); Bradford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry reached on an error by Melton; Hopkins forced Mayberry (second to shortstop); Hopkins was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Leon flied out to right; Herrmann flied out to left; Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Hairston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Bevacqua struck out; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson popped to second; Melton was called out on strikes; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas flied out to center; Otis singled to left; Bahnsen threw a wild pitch [Otis to second]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Hopkins forced Mayberry (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford struck out; Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick singled to right; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; Hovley doubled to left; Taylor singled to left [Hovley scored]; Patek lined to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Herrmann singled to center; Kelly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Herrmann out at second]; Hairston reached on an error by Bevacqua; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas singled to left; Otis singled to shortstop [Rojas to second]; Mayberry flied out to center [Rojas to third]; Hopkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Melton flied out to center; May flied out to right; Alvarado flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Bevacqua flied out to right; Hovley popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bradford was hit by a pitch; Leon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bradford out at second]; Herrmann walked; KEOUGH RAN FOR HERRMANN; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED KEOUGH (PLAYING C ); Taylor doubled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Taylor to third]; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Hairston flied out to left; Henderson flied out to center; Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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