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Saturday September 15, 1973
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Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota Twins 4

Game Played on Saturday, September 15, 1973 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   4 11  0
White Sox    2  2  5    2  0  0    0  0  x  -  11 13  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Jeter lf              4   1   1   2     0   3   .248
Carew 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .343      Kelly rf              2   1   1   1     3   0   .283
  Terrell 2b          3   1   2   1     0   1   .281      Hairston 1b           1   1   1   2     3   0   .284
Soderholm 3b          5   0   1   2     0   1   .303      Melton 3b             5   1   2   3     0   0   .277
Killebrew dh          4   0   1   0     1   0   .250      May dh                4   0   2   0     1   0   .261
Darwin rf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .250      Orta 2b               4   2   2   0     1   1   .268
Mitterwald c          4   0   2   1     0   0   .259      Sharp cf              5   2   1   0     0   0   .241
Lis 1b                3   1   2   0     0   0   .245      Dent ss               5   2   2   0     0   1   .286
  Reese ph,1b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .153      Brinkman c            2   1   1   2     1   1   .189
Hisle lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holt ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .229
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fife p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   4     3   3             Totals               32  11  13  10     9   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  7,298
Left on Base: Twins 9, White Sox 9
DP: Twins 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Orta
Doubles: Soderholm (6), Darwin (20), Mitterwald (14)
Home Runs: Melton (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Jeter (3)
GIDP: Lis (12), Mitterwald (10), Melton 2 (20)
Hit by Pitch: Hairston (1,by Campbell)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(10-8)          2     6   6   6   4   1   1  16   3.98
Fife                    1     3   3   3   2   0   0   6   4.01
Albury                  2     3   2   2   3   2   0  11   1.47
Campbell                2     1   0   0   0   3   0   8   3.49
Hands                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.71
Totals                  8    13  11  11   9   6   1  44

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(24-19)           7    11   4   4   2   2   0  33   3.36
Acosta SV(17)           2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.19
Totals                  9    11   4   4   3   3   0  40

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (14)
Hit by Pitch: Campbell (1)
Wild Pitches: Fife (3), Albury 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Art Frantz


TWINS 1ST: Brye flied out to center; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Jeter struck out; Kelly flied out to left;
Hairston walked; Melton homered [Hairston scored]; May singled
to center; Orta singled to right [May to second]; Sharp grounded
out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White
Sox 2.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Darwin reached on an error by Orta
[Killebrew to second]; Mitterwald singled to center [Killebrew
to third, Darwin to second]; Lis grounded into a double play
(third to catcher to first) [Darwin to third, Mitterwald to
second, Killebrew out at home]; Hisle popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Dent singled to center; Brinkman out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dent to second]; Mitterwald
allowed a passed ball [Dent to third]; Jeter hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Dent scored]; Kelly walked; Hairston walked [Kelly to
second]; Melton singled to left [Kelly scored, Hairston to
second]; May forced Melton (second to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 4.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson singled to center; Brye forced Thompson
(shortstop to second); Carew forced Brye (shortstop to second);
Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta walked; Sharp singled to center [Orta to
second]; FIFE REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); On a bunt Dent singled
[Orta to third, Sharp to second]; Fife threw a wild pitch [Orta
scored, Sharp to third, Dent to second]; Brinkman walked; Jeter
singled to right [Sharp scored, Dent to third, Brinkman to
second]; Kelly walked [Dent scored, Brinkman to third, Jeter to
second]; Hairston singled to left [Brinkman scored, Jeter
scored, Kelly out at third (left to third to second)]; Melton
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Hairston out at
second]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 9.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew singled to left; Darwin struck out;
Mitterwald grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, White Sox 9.

WHITE SOX 4TH: TERRELL REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); ALBURY
REPLACED FIFE (PITCHING); May singled to right; Orta singled to
right [May to third]; Sharp reached on a fielder's choice [May
out at home (first to third to catcher), Orta to second]; Albury
threw a wild pitch [Orta to third, Sharp to second]; Dent flied
out to center; Brinkman singled to center [Orta scored, Sharp
scored]; Albury threw a wild pitch [Brinkman to second]; Jeter
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 11.

TWINS 5TH: Lis singled to center; Hisle flied out to right;
Thompson popped to catcher in foul territory; Brye grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 11.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kelly walked; Hairston walked [Kelly to second];
Melton grounded into a double play (third to first) [Hairston to
second, Kelly out at third]; May walked; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 11.

TWINS 6TH: Terrell singled to shortstop; Soderholm flied out to
left; Killebrew flied out to center; Darwin walked [Terrell to
second]; Mitterwald flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, White Sox 11.

WHITE SOX 6TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED ALBURY (PITCHING); Sharp
grounded out (first unassisted); Dent struck out; Brinkman
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 11.

TWINS 7TH: Lis singled to left; Hisle singled to center [Lis to
second]; Thompson forced Hisle (shortstop to second) [Lis to
third]; Brye popped to second; On a bunt Terrell singled [Lis
scored, Thompson to second]; Soderholm doubled to center
[Thompson scored, Terrell scored]; Killebrew flied out to left;
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 11.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Jeter struck out; Kelly singled to left; Hairston
was hit by a pitch [Kelly to second]; Melton flied out to
center; May forced Hairston (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 11.

TWINS 8TH: Darwin doubled to left; Mitterwald doubled to right
[Darwin scored]; ACOSTA REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); REESE BATTED
FOR LIS; Reese walked; HOLT BATTED FOR HISLE; Holt popped to
second; Thompson popped to second; Brye forced Reese (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, White Sox 11.

WHITE SOX 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HOLT STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); HANDS REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Orta
grounded out (second to first); Sharp grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
White Sox 11.

TWINS 9TH: Terrell struck out; Soderholm flied out to center;
Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, White Sox 11.



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