Sunday August 26, 1973
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Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 26, 1973 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 White Sox 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stanley cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Jeter cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Taylor 2b,3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .224 Kelly rf 3 1 3 0 1 0 .286 Kaline 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Alvarado ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .240 Howard dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Melton dh 2 1 1 2 2 1 .283 N. Cash ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 May lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Freehan c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Downing 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Sims ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Muser 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Sharon rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Varney c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Northrup ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Brinkman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 I. Brown lf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .280 Leon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .226 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Horton ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .231 McAuliffe ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 2 7 Totals 29 3 6 3 4 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 20,828 Left on Base: Tigers 5, White Sox 6 DP: Tigers 2, White Sox 0 Errors: Veryzer, Rodriguez Home Runs: Melton (16) GIDP: May (10), Alvarado (3) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman L(5-9) 6 5 3 3 4 5 1 27 5.21 Miller 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.69 Totals 8 6 3 3 4 6 1 33 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forster W(5-5) 6 4 1 1 1 5 0 23 2.08 Acosta SV(11) 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 2.47 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 7 0 33 Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller TIGERS 1ST: Stanley struck out; Taylor flied out to right; Kaline grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Jeter grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly singled to center; Alvarado flied out to center; Melton homered [Kelly scored]; May was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 2. TIGERS 2ND: Howard grounded out (second to first); Freehan struck out; Sharon popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 2ND: Downing popped to pitcher; Muser reached on an error by Veryzer; Varney lined to left; Debut game for Pete Varney; Leon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 2. TIGERS 3RD: I. Brown singled to center; Veryzer flied out to right; Rodriguez walked [I. Brown to second]; Stanley singled to left [I. Brown scored, Rodriguez to second]; Taylor popped to third; Kaline struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Jeter singled to third; Kelly singled to center [Jeter to third]; Alvarado forced Kelly (second unassisted) [Jeter scored]; Melton walked [Alvarado to second]; May grounded into a double play (third to first) [Alvarado out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 4TH: Howard flied out to right; Freehan grounded out (third to first); Sharon singled to right; I. Brown singled to right [Sharon to third]; Veryzer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Downing flied out to center; Muser grounded out (third to first); Varney walked; Leon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Jeter grounded out (third to first); Kelly walked; Alvarado singled to left [Kelly out at third (left to third), Alvarado to second (on throw)]; Melton was walked intentionally; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied out to center; Howard popped to catcher in foul territory; Freehan lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Downing lined to second; Muser struck out; Varney reached on an error by Rodriguez; Leon lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 7TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED VARNEY (PLAYING C ); ACOSTA REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR SHARON; Northrup flied out to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR I. BROWN; G. Brown grounded out (third to first); HORTON BATTED FOR VERYZER; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BRINKMAN REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING SS); MILLER REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Jeter flied out to center; Kelly singled to shortstop; Alvarado grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 8TH: MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; McAuliffe struck out; Stanley popped to first; Taylor walked; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: TAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MCAULIFFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Melton struck out; May grounded out (first unassisted); Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3. TIGERS 9TH: N. CASH BATTED FOR HOWARD; N. Cash struck out; SIMS BATTED FOR FREEHAN; Sims popped to third in foul territory; Northrup popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 3.

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