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August 1, 1973

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Royals 4 6 1
White Sox 1 2 1
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Jorge Orta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .235
OBP 1.000 .279
At Bats 1 251
Hits 1 59
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 1 24

Steve Busby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 10 0
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Comiskey Park - August 1, 1973
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Single
Steve Busby
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Kurt Bevacqua
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Hal McRae
Jorge Orta
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Otis. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 5 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Rojas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Hairston chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hairston.
Top 5 Patek hits a popup towards short. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May strikes out. Healy drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws May out.
Bottom 4 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Muser strikes out.
Top 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hairston hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 3 Leon is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Patek moves to second.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 2 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores.
Bottom 2 Healy fires to first and picks off Bradford.
Bottom 2 Bradford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bevacqua. May moves to second.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Healy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bevacqua hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kelly who is chasing the ball. McRae reaches third base with a triple. Reichardt scores. Piniella goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reichardt moves to second.
Top 2 Reichardt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Muser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Hairston hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly strikes out.
Top 1 Otis strikes out. Herrmann drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Otis out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Hairston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.