Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
September 25, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1973 at Comiskey Park I. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Wohlford lf 4 3 3 0
Bevacqua 3b 5 2 2 1
Ortenzio 1b 4 0 2 1
McRae dh 5 0 2 3
Reichardt rf 3 0 0 0
  Poquette rf 0 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick cf 5 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 2 0
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Jeter rf 5 0 2 0
Kelly cf 4 1 2 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 1 0
Hairston 1b 5 1 1 0
Melton 3b 5 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 3 2
Orta 2b 3 0 0 0
Downing c 2 0 0 0
Sharp lf 1 0 1 0
  Bradford pr,lf 2 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 0
Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Kansas City 200 010 2106131
Chicago 101 000 0002100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  W (15-15) 9.0 10 2 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
10
2
1
3
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Forster  L (6-10) 6.2 11 5 5 2 6
  Acosta   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Gossage   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
4
6

  E–Ortenzio (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Kansas City Wohlford (1,off Forster); White (5,off Forster); Ortenzio (1,off Forster), Chicago Kelly (24,off Busby); Hairston (11,off Busby); Ewing (1,off Busby).  HBP–Poquette (1,by Gossage); Sharp (2,by Busby).  SB–Wohlford (1,2nd base off Forster/Downing).  CS–Patek (14,2nd base by Forster/Downing).  WP–Forster 2 (7).  BK–Acosta (1).  HBP–Busby (6,Sharp); Gossage (3,Poquette).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:47.  A–5,453.
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