White Sox @ Royals
July 26, 1973

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Top 9	R	H	E
White Sox	0	3	1
Royals	1	7	1

Top 9	R	H	E
White Sox	0	3	1
Royals	1	7	1

Bill Melton Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.293
OBP	.000	.381
At Bats	3	341
Hits	0	100
• Singles	0	65
• Doubles	0	20
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	14
Walks	0	47
RBI’s	0	60

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	5	0

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Royals Stadium - July 26, 1973

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Strikeout

Paul Splittorff

Carl Taylor

John Mayberry

Cookie Rojas

Kurt Bevacqua

Freddie Patek

Ed Kirkpatrick

Amos Otis

Steve Hovley

Bill Melton

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Chicago White Sox	0	3	1	4
Kansas City Royals	1	7	1	5
Winning Pitcher	Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher	Stan Bahnsen
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Carl Taylor
Attendance	22,589
Time of Game	2 hours 12 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Melton strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Hairston hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Patek bunts towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to third.

Bottom 8 Chuck Brinkman now catching. Taylor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Taylor reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Joe Keough pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Splittorff, and towards Patek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Herrmann takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Leon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 8 Bradford is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 7 Hovley hits a popup in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick strikes out.

Top 7 Alvarado hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 May hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rojas moves to third.

Bottom 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rojas moves to second.

Bottom 6 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua juggles the ball. That's an error on Bevacqua.

Top 6 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 6 Herrmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Patek hits a line drive towards short. Leon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hovley scores.

Bottom 5 Hovley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Hovley reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Leon is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Bradford strikes out.

Top 5 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Mayberry is walked intentionally.

Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to second.

Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out.

Top 4 Melton is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Bevacqua strikes out.

Top 3 Hairston strikes out.

Top 3 There goes Kelly. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Kelly steals second.

Top 3 Kelly takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Herrmann hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Leon hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick strikes out.

Bottom 2 There goes Hopkins. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Leon applying the tag.

Bottom 2 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton juggles the ball. That's an error on Melton.

Top 2 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alvarado for the out.

Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Splittorff fires to first and has Henderson trapped. There's the throw to Patek who tags Henderson for the out. Hairston moves to third.

Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Hairston moves to second.

Top 1 Hairston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Kelly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Kelly reaches third base with a triple. Otis throws the ball in to Taylor who tags Kelly trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

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