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September 26, 1973

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Royals 6 11 2
White Sox 2 7 0
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Royals 6 11 2
White Sox 2 7 0

Jorge Orta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .271
OBP .000 .325
At Bats 0 413
Hits 0 112
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 10
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 0 40

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 18
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Comiskey Park - September 26, 1973
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Doug Bird
Buck Martinez
John Mayberry
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Ed Kirkpatrick
Tom Poquette
Jorge Orta
Bill Sharp
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jorge Orta pinch hits for Luis Alvarado. Orta takes first base on ball four. Sharp moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bill Sharp pinch hits for Buddy Bradford. Sharp is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Ken Frailing now pitching. Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Wohlford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez scores.
Top 9 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Patek bunts towards first. Hairston scoops it up and throws to first, with Alvarado covering, for the out. Martinez moves to second.
Top 9 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Melton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 White strikes out.
Top 8 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pat Kelly now playing right field. Brian Downing now catching. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Pat Kelly pinch hits for Chuck Brinkman. Kelly strikes out.
Top 7 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mayberry is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Wohlford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Downing who is chasing the ball. Wohlford reaches third base with a triple. Patek scores.
Top 7 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Patek. The throw from Brinkman and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 7 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards second. White scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Alvarado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Melton scores. Bradford moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on White. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 6 May hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Splittorff covering. Safe.
Bottom 5 Jeter hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Wohlford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Alvarado moves to second.
Bottom 4 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 4 Bradford strikes out.
Top 4 Patek hits a popup towards first. Hairston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jeter. Martinez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Poquette hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Kirkpatrick tags and scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive off the glove of Bahnsen. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 May hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Splittorff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out.
Bottom 3 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hairston hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Downing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to second.
Top 3 Wohlford is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Jeter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Brinkman reaches second base with a double. There goes Downing trying to get to home. Wohlford throws the ball in to Patek who relays the ball to Martinez, who tags Downing, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 2 Downing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Alvarado hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Poquette. The throw from Brinkman and he is out, Dent applying the tag.
Top 2 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jeter scores. Melton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Melton takes first base on ball four. Jeter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hairston hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jeter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bradford. McRae reaches second base with a double. Patek scores. Mayberry goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bahnsen fields it and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to second.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.