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September 25, 1973

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 13 1
White Sox 2 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 13 1
White Sox 2 10 0

Bill Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .279
OBP .000 .363
At Bats 4 542
Hits 0 151
• Singles 0 103
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 72
RBI’s 0 85

Steve Busby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 15 0
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Comiskey Park - September 25, 1973
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Out
Steve Busby
Buck Martinez
Frank Ortenzio
Frank White
Kurt Bevacqua
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford
Ed Kirkpatrick
Tom Poquette
Bill Melton
Sam Ewing
Johnny Jeter

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 13 1 10
Chicago White Sox 2 10 0 11
Winning Pitcher Steve Busby
Losing Pitcher Terry Forster
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Frank Ortenzio
Attendance 5,453
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sam Ewing pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Ewing hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Ewing reaches second base with a double. Jeter moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Poquette is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 McRae hits a line drive towards third. Melton catches it and throws to first to double up Ortenzio.
Top 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. Ortenzio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bradford hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 8 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 May 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 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Acosta Patek scores. Wohlford moves to second.
Top 8 Wohlford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek moves to third.
Top 8 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Downing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 7 Busby fires to third and picks off Jeter.
Bottom 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Jeter moves to third.
Bottom 7 Tom Poquette now playing right field. Jeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cy Acosta now pitching. Reichardt takes first base on ball four. Ortenzio moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Top 7 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wohlford scores. Bevacqua scores. Ortenzio moves to second.
Top 7 Ortenzio takes first base on ball four. Wohlford moves to third. Bevacqua moves to second.
Top 7 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Wohlford moves to second.
Top 7 Wohlford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 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 5 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hairston strikes out.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ortenzio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bradford. Ortenzio reaches second base with a double. Wohlford scores.
Top 5 Bevacqua strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Wohlford. The throw from Downing and he is safe. Wohlford steals second.
Top 5 Wohlford takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Buddy Bradford now playing left field. Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly 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 Jeter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Buddy Bradford pinch runs for Bill Sharp. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and has Downing trapped. There's the throw to Patek who tags Downing for the out. Bradford moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sharp is hit by the pitch. Downing moves to second.
Bottom 4 Downing takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Orta hits a fly ball towards left. Wohlford catches it and throws to Patek who relays to White to double up May.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hairston scores.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hairston hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Hairston reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Ortenzio hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bevacqua is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Wohlford strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jeter strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Martinez fields it and throws to third for the out. Sharp moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sharp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Downing moves to second.
Bottom 2 Downing takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hairston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patek for the out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a line drive into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jeter. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Hairston moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ortenzio juggles the ball. That's an error on Ortenzio. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Kelly reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Jeter hits a fly ball into right field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reichardt strikes out.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bevacqua scores.
Top 1 Ortenzio strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bevacqua moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bevacqua moves to second.
Top 1 Bevacqua hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wohlford scores.
Top 1 Wohlford hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kelly. Wohlford reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Downing and he is out, Dent applying the tag.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.