Chicago White Sox 8, Texas Rangers 7 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, September 3, 1973 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers      0  1  3    0  0  1    1  1  0    0  0  -   7 17  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    4  0  1    0  1  -   8 15  5


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             6   1   3   0     0   1   .280      Kelly rf              5   0   1   0     1   1   .287
Harrah ss,3b          6   2   4   1     0   0   .269      Muser 1b              5   2   1   0     1   1   .274
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .296      Hairston lf           5   0   2   1     0   0   .272
  Spencer ph,dh,1b    1   0   1   0     1   0   .268        Jeter pr,lf         1   1   0   0     0   0   .253
Sudakis 1b            4   1   1   3     1   1   .263      Melton 3b             5   2   1   1     1   0   .278
  Dunning pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May dh                5   2   4   5     1   0   .254
  Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Orta 2b               5   0   3   0     0   1   .261
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Sharp cf              5   0   0   1     0   1   .221
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Herrmann c            4   0   2   0     1   0   .227
Fregosi 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .249        Alvarado pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Mason ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .215        Brinkman c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Burroughs lf          5   3   4   1     1   0   .269      Dent ss               5   1   1   0     0   0   .320
Harris cf             5   0   1   0     1   2   .249      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maddox rf             5   0   2   0     1   0   .228        Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Suarez c              5   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Henninger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               48   7  17   5     5   7             Totals               45   8  15   8     5   4

Time of Game: 3:40
Left on Base: Rangers 14, White Sox 11
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Jeter, Melton, Orta 2, Acosta
Doubles: May (17)
Triples: Nelson (3), Orta (7)
Home Runs: Burroughs (24), Sudakis (15), Harrah (7), Melton (18), May (16)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (36), Harrah (8), Kelly (19)
Caught Stealing: Nelson (13), Harris (10), Herrmann (4)
Hit by Pitch: Suarez (4,by Acosta)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Henninger               6     6   2   2   3   1   1  26   3.00
Siebert                 3     7   5   5   0   3   1  16   4.09
Foucault L(2-4)         1.1   2   1   1   2   0   0   8   4.70
Totals                 10.1  15   8   8   5   4   2  50

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    7.1  12   7   5   2   6   3  36   3.43
Acosta W(8-6)           3.2   5   0   0   3   1   0  18   2.32
Totals                 11    17   7   5   5   7   3  54

Hit by Pitch: Acosta (6)
Wild Pitches: Henninger (1), Siebert (3)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Jim Evans


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to left; Debut game for Rick
Henninger; Nelson was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first); Harrah singled to center; Johnson forced
Harrah (shortstop to second); Sudakis grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to left; Muser flied out to
center; Hairston flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi flied out to left; Burroughs homered;
Harris was called out on strikes; Maddox flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); May
walked; Orta singled to right [May to second]; Henninger threw a
wild pitch [May to third, Orta to second]; Sharp grounded out
(shortstop to first) [May scored, Orta to third]; Herrmann
walked; Herrmann was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Suarez popped to shortstop; Nelson singled to
center; Harrah singled to right [Nelson to second]; Nelson stole
third and Harrah stole second; Johnson struck out; Sudakis
homered [Nelson scored, Harrah scored]; Fregosi grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent flied out to right; On a bunt Kelly singled
to pitcher; Kelly stole second; Muser struck out; Hairston flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris
singled; Harris was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Maddox walked; Suarez grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); May
flied out to right; Orta tripled to left; Sharp flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Nelson tripled; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to
first); Johnson reached on a fielder's choice [Nelson out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; Sudakis reached on a fielder's
choice [Johnson to second (error by Orta; assist by Melton)];
Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann singled to right; Dent popped to second;
Kelly walked [Herrmann to second]; Muser forced Kelly (second to
shortstop) [Herrmann to third]; Hairston flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; Harris grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Burroughs to second]; Maddox reached on an error by
Melton [Burroughs scored (unearned), Maddox to second]; Suarez
grounded out (third to first); Nelson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton homered; May singled to center; Orta
popped to third in foul territory; Sharp flied out to left;
Herrmann flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
White Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah homered; Johnson was called out on
strikes; Alex Johnson ejected by 1B umpire George
Maloney; Sudakis struck out (catcher to first); Fregosi
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MASON
REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING SS); SIEBERT REPLACED HENNINGER
(PITCHING); Dent singled to right; Kelly was called out on
strikes; Muser singled to center [Dent to third]; Hairston
singled to center [Dent scored, Muser to second]; Melton forced
Hairston (shortstop to second) [Muser to third]; May homered
[Muser scored, Melton scored]; Orta singled to right; Sharp
struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs singled to left; Harris popped to first;
On a bunt Maddox singled to pitcher [Burroughs to second];
Suarez singled to left [Burroughs to third, Maddox to second];
ACOSTA REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Nelson reached on an error by
Orta [Burroughs scored (unearned) (no RBI), Maddox to third,
Suarez to second]; Harrah hit into a double play (first to
catcher to third) [Maddox out at home, Suarez out at third]; 1 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
popped to first in foul territory; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 9TH: SPENCER BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Spencer singled to
center [Spencer out at second (center to third)]; Sudakis
walked; DUNNING RAN FOR SUDAKIS; Mason grounded out (second to
first) [Dunning to second]; Burroughs singled to left [Dunning
to third]; Harris walked [Burroughs to second]; Maddox lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SIEBERT
REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Muser grounded out (first
unassisted); Hairston singled to third; JETER RAN FOR HAIRSTON;
Siebert threw a wild pitch [Jeter to second]; Melton grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Jeter to third]; May singled to right
[Jeter scored]; Orta struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
7, White Sox 7.

RANGERS 10TH: JETER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Suarez was hit
by a pitch; Nelson hit into a double play (first to second)
[Suarez out at second]; Harrah singled to center; Harrah was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Acosta [Harrah to
second]; Spencer was walked intentionally; BIITTNER BATTED FOR
SIEBERT; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 10TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Sharp
popped to shortstop; Herrmann singled to right; ALVARADO RAN FOR
HERRMANN; On a bunt Dent popped to first in foul territory;
Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 7, White Sox 7.

RANGERS 11TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED ALVARADO (PLAYING C ); Jeter
dropped a foul fly hit by Mason for an error; Mason flied out to
center; Burroughs singled to left; Harris struck out; Maddox
singled to left [Burroughs to second]; Suarez flied out to left;
0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Muser walked; Jeter popped to first; Melton
walked [Muser to second]; May doubled to center [Muser scored,
Melton to third]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, White Sox 8.