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Thursday July 26, 1973
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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.



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