The Royals defeated the White Sox, 3-1, and moved into first place in the Western Division ahead of the Athletics, who lost to the Twins. The Royals started their scoring with two runs in the first inning. Fredie Patek walked, took third on a single by Cookie Rojas and crossed the plate when Amos Otis forced Rojas. John Mayberry walked and was picked off first, but during the rundown Otis streaked for third and continued home to score when a throw by Stan Bahnsen bounced off Melton's glove.

The White Sox picked up their run in the third on a triple by Luis Alvarado and sacrifice fly by Ed Herrmann, but the Royals added an insurance tally in the ninth on singles by Lou Piniella and Fran Healy around a sacrifice and infield out. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    2, 1973 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  0
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .233      Kelly rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .293
Rojas 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .276      Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Otis cf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .301      Hairston lf           4   0   2   0     0   2   .281
Mayberry 1b           2   0   1   0     2   0   .293      Melton 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Hopkins dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      May dh                3   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .245        Jeter pr,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Bradford cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .250        D. Allen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Healy c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .267      Muser 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alvarado ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .258
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Leon ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                          Herrmann c            2   0   0   1     0   0   .210
                                                          Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   2     3   4             Totals               32   1   9   1     0   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 11,775
Left on Base: Royals 6, White Sox 5
DP: Royals 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Melton, Leon
Doubles: Muser (9)
Triples: Alvarado (2)
Stolen Bases: Melton (1)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Kirkpatrick (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Herrmann (5)
GIDP: Healy (5), Hopkins (7), Melton (14)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(12-10)          5     6   1   1   0   2   0  19   3.77
Garber SV(10)           4     3   0   0   0   1   0  14   4.43
Totals                  9     9   1   1   0   3   0  33

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(14-11)        9     8   3   2   3   4   0  36   2.78
Totals                  9     8   3   2   3   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Rojas singled to center [Patek to
third]; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop to second) [Patek scored];
Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; Otis was picked off second but
was safe on an error by Melton [Otis scored (unearned), Mayberry
to third]; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to center; Orta grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Kelly to second]; Hairston struck out; Melton lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Brett
lined to pitcher; Debut game for George Brett; Healy
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Bradford grounded out (third to first); Muser popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to center; Rojas singled to center;
Otis singled to left [Rojas to third]; Mayberry walked [Otis to
second]; Hopkins was called out on strikes; Piniella struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado tripled; Herrmann hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Alvarado scored]; Kelly singled to center; Kelly was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Orta struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
singled to left; Healy grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Hairston singled to center; Melton singled to
left [Hairston to second]; May lined into a double play (second
to shortstop) [Hairston out at second]; Melton stole second;
Bradford popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek lined to center; Rojas popped to first; Otis
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Muser doubled to right; Alvarado popped to third
in foul territory; Herrmann lined to right; Kelly popped to
shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
White Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry singled to center; Hopkins grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at
second]; Piniella lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: GARBER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Orta singled to
right; Hairston was called out on strikes; Melton grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second to first) [Orta
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
was called out on strikes; Healy grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May singled to left; JETER RAN FOR MAY; Bradford
forced Jeter (pitcher to shortstop); Muser forced Bradford
(second to shortstop); HENDERSON BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Henderson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox
1.

ROYALS 8TH: JETER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LEON REPLACED
HENDERSON (PLAYING SS); Patek flied out to left; Rojas singled
to left; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop to second); Mayberry
reached on an error by Leon [Otis to second]; Hopkins grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Herrmann flied out to right; Kelly grounded out
(second to pitcher); Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Piniella to second]; Brett
grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Healy
singled to center [Piniella scored]; Healy was picked off first
(pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Hairston singled to left; Melton forced Hairston
(pitcher to second); Jeter grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Melton to second]; D. ALLEN BATTED FOR BRADFORD; D. Allen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 1.