April 22, 1973
Chicago 3rd baseman Bill Melton was really locked in at the plate today, hitting 3 homeruns and driving in 6 runs while going 4 for 6 in the White Sox' s 11-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Melton made it easy for Wilbur Wood to pick up his 4th Win of the season.
Event Codes: G I
BOXSCORE: 1973 Chicago White Sox At 1973 Kansas City Royals 4/22/1973
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Jeter RF 5 0 1 0 .263 F.Patek SS 5 0 3 1 .258
C.May LF 5 2 3 1 .317 C.Rojas 2B 5 0 1 0 .279
D.Allen 1B 5 2 0 1 .263 A.Otis CF 5 0 1 1 .276
B.Melton 3B 6 5 4 6 .279 J.Mayberry 1B 4 0 1 0 .308
K.Henderson CF 3 1 2 1 .353 H.McRae RF 5 1 2 0 .295
M.Andrews DH 4 0 1 1 .161 L.Piniella LF 4 0 1 1 .313
J.Orta 2B 4 0 1 1 .364 P.Schaal 3B 4 2 2 0 .320
E.Leon SS 5 0 1 0 .094 K.Bevacqua DH 2 1 1 0 .143
C.Brinkman C 5 1 1 0 .111 C.Taylor C 2 0 1 1 .400
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 11 14 11 Totals 36 4 13 4
White Sox....... 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 - 11 14 0
Royals.......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 13 3
White Sox (6-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Wood WIN(4-0) 8 12 4 4 3 5 0 1.88
C.Acosta 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 13 4 4 4 5 0
Royals (5-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Drago LOSS(1-2) 5 2/3 11 8 7 5 4 3 7.96
M.Jackson 3 1/3 3 3 3 2 4 1 7.20
Totals 9 14 11 10 7 8 4
ATTENDANCE- 33,950 DATE- Sunday, April 22nd 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox:11 Royals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 4 Royals: 1
ERRORS- F.Patek, C.Rojas, P.Schaal
DOUBLES- K.Henderson(2nd), C.Brinkman(1st), H.McRae(4th), L.Piniella(4th)
TRIPLES- H.McRae(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.May(3rd), B.Melton-3(5th)
RBIs- C.May(5th), D.Allen(5th), B.Melton-6(12th), K.Henderson(6th),
M.Andrews(2nd), J.Orta(5th), F.Patek(9th), A.Otis(12th), L.Piniella(7th),
C.Taylor(5th)
STOLEN BASES- C.May(1st)
WALKS- J.Jeter, C.May, D.Allen, K.Henderson-2, M.Andrews, J.Orta, J.Mayberry,
K.Bevacqua, C.Taylor-2
HIT BY PITCH- K.Bevacqua
STRIKE OUTS- J.Jeter-2, M.Andrews, J.Orta-3, E.Leon, C.Brinkman, A.Otis,
J.Mayberry-3, L.Piniella
GIDP- M.Andrews, F.Patek, C.Rojas, H.McRae
2-out RBI- B.Melton-4, K.Henderson, A.Otis
RLISP 2-out- J.Jeter-2, C.Brinkman-2, J.Mayberry-2, J.Orta, K.Bevacqua, D.Allen,
C.Taylor, H.McRae-2
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 6 for 14 Royals: 4 for 15
Third baseman Bill Melton blasted 3 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Chicago
White Sox topped the Kansas City Royals by a score of 11 to 4 at Kaufmann
Stadium.
Melton was in a groove all day. The Kansas City fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box. He blasted a two-run home run in the 1st
inning, lined a one-base hit which brought home a run in the 3rd inning,
smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 6th inning and lifted one out of
the park for a two run home run in the 7th inning. Chicago finished with 14
hits in the victory.
The win was credited to Wilbur Wood(4-0) who went 8 innings allowing 4 runs.
Dick Drago(1-2) was the loser. He served up 3 gopher balls in 5 and 2/3
innings.
'I've spent a lot of time in the cage and made some adjustments and they've
paid off,' Melton said. 'I just take the same approach up there. I don't
overanalyze it. I go up there, see the ball and try to put a good swing on
it.'
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