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September 21, 1973

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Bottom 11 R H E
White Sox 5 16 0
Royals 5 10 3
Bottom 11 R H E
White Sox 5 16 0
Royals 5 10 3

Steve Hovley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .346
At Bats 0 228
Hits 0 59
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 24

Cy Acosta Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 6 17
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Royals Stadium - September 21, 1973
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Cy Acosta
Brian Downing
Jerry Hairston
Jorge Orta
Bill Melton
Eddie Leon
Johnny Jeter
Buddy Bradford
Pat Kelly
Steve Hovley
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Steve Hovley pinch hits for Fran Healy. Hovley takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Patek strikes out. Downing drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Patek out.
Top 11 Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 May takes first base on ball four. Melton moves to second.
Top 11 Melton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Hairston bunts, foul, in back of the plate. Healy races back for the ball and makes the catch. The throw to the first, AND Kelly is out, unable to get back to the bag, for the double play.
Top 11 Hal McRae now playing right field. Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into left field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 10 Hal McRae pinch hits for Tom Poquette. Cy Acosta now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Jeter 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 10 Downing hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Leon moves to second.
Top 10 Leon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Bradford strikes out.
Top 10 John Mayberry now playing first base. Fran Healy now catching. Dick Drago now pitching. Orta 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 9 Ken Frailing now pitching. John Mayberry pinch hits for Kurt Bevacqua. Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops it up and throws to first, with Frailing covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Otis is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fran Healy pinch runs for Carl Taylor. White bunts towards first. Hairston scoops it up and throws to first, with Orta covering, for the out. Healy moves to second.
Bottom 9 Taylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out.
Top 9 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Carl Taylor now catching. 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.
Bottom 8 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Buck Martinez. There goes Patek. The throw from Downing and he is out, Leon applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Brian Downing now catching. Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jeter hits a popup towards first. Bevacqua settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Poquette now playing right field. Sam Ewing pinch hits for Chuck Brinkman. Ewing 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 7 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Brinkman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bevacqua takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wohlford for the out.
Top 7 Leon 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 7 Bradford strikes out.
Top 7 Orta hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Brinkman and he is out, Melton applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Patek bunts towards the mound. Gossage fields it and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bird, and towards White, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jeter strikes out.
Top 6 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Schaal. Leon moves to second.
Top 6 Leon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 5 Reichardt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Buddy Bradford now playing center field. Eddie Leon now playing shortstop. Bevacqua hits a popup towards short. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doug Bird now pitching. Buddy Bradford pinch hits for Bill Sharp. Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Orta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Melton moves to third. May moves to second.
Top 5 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Melton moves to second.
Top 5 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hairston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wohlford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 White hits a popup towards first. Hairston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hairston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Brinkman moves to second.
Top 4 Brinkman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dent hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sharp hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rich Gossage now pitching. Patek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Sharp. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Reichardt scores. Schaal goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to third. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reichardt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bevacqua strikes out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Orta hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 2 Steve Stone now pitching. White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hairston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reichardt scores. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Sharp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bevacqua scores. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 2 Reichardt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bevacqua moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bevacqua bunts towards first. Hairston fields the ball and throws to Kaat covering. Safe.
Top 2 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Jeter moves to second.
Top 2 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dent scores.
Top 2 Brinkman bunts towards the mound. Hoerner fields it and throws to first for the out. Dent moves to second.
Top 2 Dent hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Sharp hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. May moves to second.
Top 1 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelly scores.
Top 1 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kelly moves to third.
Top 1 Hairston hits a fly ball into right field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jeter tags and scores.
Top 1 There goes Kelly. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Kelly steals second.
Top 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Jeter moves to third.
Top 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.