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.