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Thursday September 20, 1973
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Kansas City Royals 10, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  0  -   3  9  0
Royals       0  2  0    0  1  0    7  0  x  -  10 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jeter lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .243      White 2b              4   1   0   0     1   2   .250
Alvarado ss           4   2   3   1     0   0   .238      Wohlford lf           4   1   1   1     1   0   .221
Hairston 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Otis dh               2   1   1   2     2   0   .302
Melton 3b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .278        Ortenzio ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Bevacqua 1b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .255
Bradford cf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .255      McRae rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .225
Downing rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .173        Poquette rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Leon 2b               3   1   1   0     1   1   .229      Schaal 3b             4   2   2   1     0   1   .285
Brinkman c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .185        Brett 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kirkpatrick cf        2   1   0   0     1   0   .265
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              4   2   3   4     0   0   .233
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martinez c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .222
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     3   3             Totals               31  10  10   9     6   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  8,030
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Royals 5
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Alvarado (7)
Home Runs: Patek (5)
Stolen Bases: Kirkpatrick (3), Patek (33)
Caught Stealing: Leon (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kirkpatrick (4), Martinez (1)
GIDP: Jeter (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster L(6-9)          6.1   7   6   6   4   3   1  29   2.90
Johnson                 0.1   2   3   3   1   1   0   4   4.26
Frailing                1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   2.08
Totals                  8    10  10  10   6   5   1  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(18-11)     8     9   3   3   3   2   0  34   4.03
Bird SV(17)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.11
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   3   0  37

Wild Pitches: Forster (5), Splittorff (9)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Jeter popped to third in foul territory; Alvarado
lined to right; Hairston grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (second to first); Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis walked; Bevacqua struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton was called out on strikes; May grounded
out (first to pitcher); Bradford walked; Downing struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to left; Schaal singled to shortstop
[McRae to second]; Kirkpatrick out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [McRae to third, Schaal to second]; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first) [McRae scored]; Martinez singled to left
[Schaal scored, Martinez to second (on throw to home)]; White
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Leon grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
singled to center; Jeter grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford grounded out (third to first); Otis
grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Alvarado doubled; Hairston singled to center
[Alvarado to third]; Melton singled [Alvarado scored, Hairston
to second]; May lined to center; Bradford flied out to center
[Hairston to third]; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to center; Schaal lined to third;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Leon singled to third; Leon was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Brinkman flied out to right;
Jeter popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek homered; Martinez grounded out (first to
pitcher); White grounded out (third to first); Wohlford walked;
Forster threw a wild pitch [Wohlford to second]; Otis was walked
intentionally; Bevacqua singled to shortstop [Wohlford out at
home (first to catcher), Otis to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Alvarado singled to center; Hairston flied out to
center; Melton walked [Alvarado to second]; May flied out to
left; Bradford singled to right [Alvarado scored, Melton to
second]; Downing forced Bradford (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (second to first); Schaal struck
out; Kirkpatrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Leon walked; Brinkman flied out to right; Jeter
grounded out (first unassisted) [Leon to second]; Alvarado
singled to left [Leon scored]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch
[Alvarado to second]; Hairston flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to center; Martinez out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Patek to second]; White walked; Wohlford
singled to center [Patek scored, White to third, Wohlford to
second (on throw to home)]; JOHNSON REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING);
Otis singled [White scored, Wohlford scored]; Bevacqua walked
[Otis to second]; McRae struck out; Schaal singled to left [Otis
scored, Bevacqua to third, Schaal to second (on throw to home)];
FRAILING REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick walked; Patek
singled to right [Bevacqua scored, Schaal scored, Kirkpatrick to
third]; Kirkpatrick stole home and Patek stole second; Martinez
grounded out (third to first); 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
3, Royals 10.

WHITE SOX 8TH: POQUETTE REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); BRETT
REPLACED SCHAAL (PLAYING 3B); Melton flied out to left; May
popped to shortstop; Bradford singled to left; Downing grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Royals 10.

ROYALS 8TH: White struck out; Wohlford grounded out (third to
first); ORTENZIO BATTED FOR OTIS; Ortenzio grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals
10.

WHITE SOX 9TH: ORTENZIO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BIRD
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Leon struck out; Brinkman popped
to shortstop; Jeter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 10.



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