1973 AL Game: Cal. @ Bal.

 May 5, 1973

 The Baltimore Orioles pummeled the California Angels today, winning by a score of 17-2. The Angels scored first in the top of the 1st but that would prove to be the only highlight in this game for them. 

 Baltimore scored 2 in the 4th, 4 in the 5th, and 2 in the 6th before putting up a 9 spot in the 7th. Catcher Earl Williams had the big blow with a grand slam homerun. he had 6 RBI in the game. Mike Cuellar went the distance for the Orioles and picked up his 4th Win.

  The 17 runs were the most scored by any team this season in MLB. 

Event Codes:  C G J
BOXSCORE: 1973 California Angels At 1973 Baltimore Orioles           5/5/1973
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Alomar 2B         4  0  0  0 .157     A.Bumbry RF         4  2  2  2 .200  
  B.Valentine SS      4  0  1  0 .300     B.Grich 2B          5  3  3  1 .313  
  K.Berry CF          4  1  2  1 .339     T.Davis DH          3  2  2  3 .364  
  F.Robinson LF       3  0  0  0 .213     E.Williams C        4  1  2  6 .207  
  B.Oliver 1B         4  1  2  1 .250     B.Powell 1B         4  1  0  1 .155  
  A.Gallagher 3B      4  0  1  0 .275     D.Baylor LF         5  3  3  0 .268  
  V.Pinson RF         3  0  1  0 .364     B.Robinson 3B       5  2  3  2 .326  
  J.Spencer DH        4  0  1  0 .226     R.Coggins CF        3  3  1  0 .375  
  A.Kusnyer C         2  0  0  0 .000     M.Belanger SS       5  0  1  2 .278  
A-T.McCraw PH         1  0  0  0 .256                                          
B-J.Torborg C         0  0  0  0 .217                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  8  2                 Totals      38 17 17 17
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kusnyer In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McCraw In 7th Inning
 
Angels.......... 1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  2  8  1
Orioles......... 0 0 0  2 4 2  9 0    - 17 17  0
 
Angels (10-11)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Singer LOSS(4-2)        4 2/3   8   6   6   2   4   0   3.12
L.Allen                   1 2/3   6  10   9   5   0   1  15.26
D.Sells                   1 2/3   3   1   1   0   0   0   2.08
Totals                    8      17  17  15   7   4   1
 
Orioles (18-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Cuellar WIN(4-2)        9       8   2   2   0   5   2   2.62
Totals                    9       8   2   2   0   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,036 DATE- Saturday, May 5th 1973 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 6  Orioles: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Orioles: 1
ERRORS- L.Allen
DOUBLES- D.Baylor(4th)
TRIPLES- T.Davis(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Berry(2nd), B.Oliver(3rd), E.Williams(6th)
RBIs- K.Berry(7th), B.Oliver(8th), A.Bumbry-2(4th), B.Grich(10th),
      T.Davis-3(9th), E.Williams-6(23rd), B.Powell(14th), B.Robinson-2(9th),
      M.Belanger-2(8th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Coggins(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Pinson
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Bumbry, E.Williams
WALKS- A.Bumbry, B.Grich, T.Davis-2, B.Powell, R.Coggins-2
HIT BY PITCH- F.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- F.Robinson, A.Gallagher, J.Spencer, A.Kusnyer, T.McCraw, T.Davis,
             E.Williams, B.Powell, M.Belanger
GIDP- K.Berry, B.Grich
WILD PITCHES- L.Allen
2-out RBI- K.Berry, E.Williams, B.Powell, T.Davis, B.Robinson
RLISP 2-out- S.Alomar, A.Gallagher, D.Baylor-2, E.Williams
TEAM RISP- Angels: 1 for 4  Orioles: 8 for 12
 
Catcher Earl Williams hit a grand slam and Mike Cuellar had a complete game as
the Baltimore Orioles destroyed the California Angels by a score of 17 to 2
at Memorial Stadium.
 
It was a good day for Baltimore thanks to Williams.  He slapped a one-base hit
plating a run in the 5th inning and emptied the bases with a Grand Slam
homerun in the 7th inning.  Baltimore provided plenty of action in the 5th
inning when they had 4 runs on 6 hits and the 7th inning with 9 runs on 5
hits.  Baltimore managed 17 hits in their victory.  
 
Cuellar(4-2) was the winner allowing 2 runs for the game. The loss was charged
to Bill Singer(4-2).  He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3
innings.  
 

1973 AL Standings and League Leaders

 May 1, 1973

  The month of April is in the books for the 1973 AL season. As we begin May we see the Baltimore Orioles (16-3) have been red hot out of the gate and have won their last 9 in a row. That's allowed them to jump into a big 6.5 game lead in the AL East over my 2nd place Detroit Tigers (10-10). 

  In the AL West, the Minnesota Twins (11-6) have gotten off to a good start to grab the division lead. The race is a lot closer in the West, with the last place team only 4.5 games out. 

  Detroit Tiger Willie Horton has gotten off to a good start and leads the AL with 6 HR and is 3rd in batting with a .410 average. Rod Carew leads in BA with a .484 mark. Baltimore's Don Baylor leads in RBI with 19. Chicago's Wilbur Wood (5-0) and Detroit's Joe Coleman (5-1) lead the AL in Wins.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 American League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Baltimore BAA           16   3  .842 ----   137    10   9 .526   97  65 .599
1973 Detroit DEA             10  10  .500  6.5          10  10 .500   85  77 .525
1973 New York NYA             8  11  .421  8.0           9  10 .474   80  82 .494
1973 Boston BOA               7  10  .412  8.0           7  10 .412   89  73 .549
1973 Cleveland CLA            8  13  .381  9.0           9  12 .429   71  91 .438
1973 Milwaukee MLA            5  13  .278 10.5           9   9 .500   74  88 .457
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Minnesota MNA           11   6  .647 ----   146     9   8 .529   81  81 .500
1973 Chicago CHA              9   6  .600  1.0          10   5 .667   77  85 .475
1973 Oakland OAA             11   9  .550  1.5           9  11 .450   94  68 .580
1973 Kansas City KCA         11  10  .524  2.0          13   8 .619   88  74 .543
1973 California CAA           8   9  .471  3.0           9   8 .529   79  83 .488
1973 Texas TEA                6  10  .375  4.5           6  10 .375   57 105 .352
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     16    3  .842  6- 2 10- 1  6- 1 10- 2  3- 1  3- 2     9-1     Won 9
BOA      7   10  .412  5- 6  2- 4  1- 4  6- 6  0- 1  2- 3     4-6     Lost 1
CAA      8    9  .471  5- 5  3- 4  2- 3  6- 6  0- 0  2- 5     4-6     Won 1
CHA      9    6  .600  4- 3  5- 3  4- 0  5- 6  1- 0  5- 1     6-4     Won 1
CLA      8   13  .381  4- 5  4- 8  1- 5  7- 8  2- 1  5- 4     4-6     Lost 1
DEA     10   10  .500  3- 5  7- 5  3- 4  7- 6  2- 2  3- 6     4-6     Won 1
KCA     11   10  .524  6- 6  5- 4  4- 3  7- 7  1- 1  3- 4     7-3     Lost 1
MLA      5   13  .278  1- 6  4- 7  2- 4  3- 9  0- 4  1- 3     3-7     Won 1
MNA     11    6  .647  4- 3  7- 3  1- 2 10- 4  1- 2  2- 3     7-3     Lost 1
NYA      8   11  .421  4- 6  4- 5  3- 5  5- 6  2- 0  4- 1     4-6     Won 1
OAA     11    9  .550  6- 7  5- 2  4- 5  7- 4  1- 2  5- 5     6-4     Lost 3
TEA      6   10  .375  3- 5  3- 5  2- 5  4- 5  2- 1  4- 2     2-8     Lost 1
TOTAL  110  110  .500
HOME    51   59  .464
ROAD    59   51  .536
LEFT    33   41  .446
RIGHT   77   69  .527
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     16- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 3   5- 0   110    66  +44
BOA      7-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 7   1- 3    86    84   +2
CAA      8- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 6   2- 3    69    69   +0
CHA      9- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 5   3- 1    70    71   -1
CLA      8-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 8   1- 5    74   104  -30
DEA     10-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 8   4- 2   103    88  +15
KCA     11-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 9   5- 1   128   116  +12
MLA      5-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 8   1- 5    88   105  -17
MNA     11- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 5   4- 1    69    55  +14
NYA      8-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 7   1- 4    68    94  -26
OAA     11- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 6   3- 3   102    94   +8
TEA      6-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 6   2- 4    69    90  -21

1973 American League Leaders                               Date: 5/01/1973
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 BAA  16   3    R.Carew   MNA .484  W.Horton  DEA    6  D.Baylor  BAA   19
1973 DEA  10  10    D.Nelson  TEA .422  OTHERS TIED W    5  C.Yastrze BOA   17
1973 NYA   8  11    W.Horton  DEA .410                      A.Otis    KCA   17
1973 BOA   7  10    E.Brinkma DEA .379                      R.Jackson OAA   17
1973 CLA   8  13    V.Pinson  CAA .365                      OTHERS TIED W   16
1973 MLA   5  13
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 MNA  11   6    J.Coleman DEA    5  R.Corbin  MNA    4  G.Garber  KCA 1.13
1973 CHA   9   6    W.Wood    CHA    5  G.Garber  KCA    3  K.Holtzma OAA 1.48
1973 OAA  11   9    OTHERS TIED W    4  OTHERS TIED W    2  J.Slaton  MLA 2.04
1973 KCA  11  10                                            G.Perry   CLA 2.25
1973 CAA   8   9                                            W.Wood    CHA 2.44
1973 TEA   6  10
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Patek   KCA   12  B.North   OAA    9  N.Ryan    CAA   57
                    R.Carew   MNA   10  F.Patek   KCA    7  B.Blyleve MNA   48
                    W.Horton  DEA    8  R.Carew   MNA    7  M.Lolich  DEA   37
                    L.Piniell KCA    8  B.Grich   BAA    5  J.Coleman DEA   35
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.Harper  BOA    5  G.Perry   CLA   32

1973 NL Standings and League Leaders

 May 1, 1973

The first month of the 1973 season is done. May begins with the New York Mets leading the NL East and the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the NL West. The Mets have been doing it with great pitching. LA is getting a combination of good hitting and pitching. Both Divisions are up for grabs so far, especially this early in the season. 

  Cincinnati's Pete Rose (.425) leads the league in hitting while teammates Johnny Bench (24) and Joe Morgan (23) are 1/2 in RBI. Atlanta's Hank Aaron (9) and SF's Bobby Bonds (8) are 1/2 in Homeruns. There's been some very good starting pitching this year with many sub 2.00 ERA's.

  

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1973 National League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 New York NYN            14   6  .700 ----   141    12   8 .600   82  79 .509
1973 St. Louis SLN           10   8  .556  3.0           3  15 .167   81  81 .500
1973 Montreal MON            10   8  .556  3.0           7  11 .389   79  83 .488
1973 Chicago CHN              9  11  .450  5.0          12   8 .600   77  84 .478
1973 Pittsburgh PIN           5  10  .333  6.5           8   7 .533   80  82 .494
1973 Philadelphia PHN         6  12  .333  7.0           9   9 .500   71  91 .438
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1973 Los Angeles LAN         15   7  .682 ----   140    11  11 .500   95  66 .590
1973 Atlanta ATN             12   8  .600  2.0           7  13 .350   76  85 .472
1973 Cincinnati CIN          10  11  .476  4.5          13   8 .619   99  63 .611
1973 San Francisco SFN       11  13  .458  5.0          18   6 .750   88  74 .543
1973 San Diego SDN           10  12  .455  5.0           7  15 .318   60 102 .370
1973 Houston HON              9  15  .375  7.0          14  10 .583   82  80 .506
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     12    8  .600  7- 2  5- 6  7- 4  5- 4  0- 0  2- 3     6-4     Lost 1
CHN      9   11  .450  4- 8  5- 3  1- 4  8- 7  1- 2  4- 5     5-5     Lost 2
CIN     10   11  .476  5- 6  5- 5  2- 2  8- 9  1- 2  2- 5     5-5     Won 1
HON      9   15  .375  5- 7  4- 8  5- 2  4-13  2- 2  1- 6     4-6     Lost 1
LAN     15    7  .682  9- 3  6- 4  4- 2 11- 5  0- 1  4- 2     5-5     Won 2
MON     10    8  .556  3- 2  7- 6  3- 1  7- 7  5- 0  8- 3     4-6     Won 1
NYN     14    6  .700  7- 2  7- 4  4- 0 10- 6  5- 0  9- 2     6-4     Won 1
PHN      6   12  .333  3- 5  3- 7  2- 4  4- 8  1- 4  3- 6     4-6     Lost 1
PIN      5   10  .333  2- 6  3- 4  0- 2  5- 8  0- 1  0- 2     3-7     Lost 2
SDN     10   12  .455  4- 8  6- 4  4- 3  6- 9  1- 1  3- 2     6-4     Won 2
SFN     11   13  .458  5- 6  6- 7  3- 4  8- 9  0- 2  4- 2     4-6     Won 1
SLN     10    8  .556  6- 6  4- 2  2- 2  8- 6  0- 1  0- 2     7-3     Lost 1
TOTAL  121  121  .500
HOME    60   61  .496
ROAD    61   60  .504
LEFT    37   30  .552
RIGHT   84   91  .480
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN     12- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 6   3- 2   118    93  +25
CHN      9-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 7   2- 4    79    79   +0
CIN     10-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 9   3- 2   105    96   +9
HON      9-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   2- 4    97   106   -9
LAN     15- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13- 4   2- 3   103    67  +36
MON     10- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 6   3- 2    70    90  -20
NYN     14- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 3   3- 3    72    62  +10
PHN      6-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 9   2- 3    70    74   -4
PIN      5-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 7   1- 3    72    95  -23
SDN     10-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   3- 1    85   105  -20
SFN     11-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-10   3- 3   121   128   -7
SLN     10- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 7   4- 1    84    81   +3

NL League Leaders                                     May 1, 1973
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1973 NYN  14   6    P.Rose    CIN .425  H.Aaron   ATN    9  J.Bench   CIN   24
1973 SLN  10   8    R.Fairly  MON .404  B.Bonds   SFN    8  J.Morgan  CIN   23
1973 MON  10   8    W.Crawfor LAN .403  OTHERS TIED W    7  W.Crawfor LAN   22
1973 CHN   9  11    J.Torre   SLN .380                      B.Bonds   SFN   21
1973 PIN   5  10    B.William CHN .375                      OTHERS TIED W   19
1973 PHN   6  12
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1973 LAN  15   7    M.Marshal MON    4  T.McGraw  NYN    3  D.Sutton  LAN 1.32
1973 ATN  12   8    B.Gibson  SLN    4  R.Harriso ATN    3  R.Reusche CHN 1.42
1973 CIN  10  11    OTHERS TIED W    3  OTHERS TIED W    2  T.Seaver  NYN 1.67
1973 SFN  11  13                                            R.Wise    SLN 1.71
1973 SDN  10  12                                            J.Billing CIN 1.92
1973 HON   9  15
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.Johnson ATN   12  R.Garr    ATN    9  F.Jenkins CHN   46
                    B.Buckner LAN   12  W.Davis   LAN    9  T.Seaver  NYN   36
                    G.Beckert CHN    8  C.Cedeno  HON    8  J.Billing CIN   33
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  OTHERS TIED W    4  D.Wilson  HON   31
                                                            OTHERS TIED W   30

1973 AL Game and Detroit News: Det. @ Bal.

 April 22, 1973

  My Detroit Tigers have now lost 5 in a row after getting swept in Baltimore. Today, the Tigers lost in 13 innings by the score of 4-3. After a day off, Detroit will travel to Texas for a 3-game series. The Rangers have lost 4 in a row as of late, so someone will finally put a stop their losing streak. I can only hope it's Detroit.

BOXSCORE: 1973 Detroit Tigers At 1973 Baltimore Orioles             4/22/1973
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Taylor 2B         5  1  1  1 .174     M.Rettenmund RF     7  0  1  0 .241  
D-J.Northrup PH,RF    1  0  0  0 .161     B.Grich 2B          7  0  2  1 .340  
  M.Stanley CF        6  0  1  0 .206     B.Powell 1B         4  0  1  0 .143  
  A.Kaline RF,1B      6  0  0  0 .122   B-A.Bumbry PR,LF      1  0  0  0 .100  
  W.Horton LF         6  1  2  0 .409     E.Williams C        6  0  0  0 .245  
  F.Howard DH         4  1  1  2 .250     D.Baylor LF,1B      5  1  1  0 .259  
C-G.Brown PH,DH       2  0  0  0 .156     B.Robinson 3B       5  1  3  0 .379  
  N.Cash 1B           1  0  1  0 .306     P.Blair CF          5  0  3  1 .275  
A-I.Brown PH,1B       2  0  0  0 .182     T.Crowley DH        5  1  3  2 .242  
E-D.McAuliffe 2B      0  0  0  0 .211     M.Belanger SS       6  1  2  0 .265  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  1  0 .273                                          
  A.Rodriguez 3B      5  0  0  0 .156                                          
  E.Brinkman SS       5  0  2  0 .370                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      47  3  9  3                 Totals      51  4 16  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cash In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Powell In 10th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Howard In 11th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Taylor In 12th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Brown In 12th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  2 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  3  9  1
Orioles......... 0 0 1  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  4 16  1
 
Tigers (6-8)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Perry                   5 1/3   9   3   3   0   2   1   2.11
T.Timmermann              2 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0   3.38
J.Hiller                  4 1/3   4   0   0   2   3   0   0.00
L.Lagrow LOSS(0-2)        0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   4.50
Totals                   12 1/3  16   4   4   3   6   1
 
Orioles (11-3)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Cuellar                10       8   3   3   2   3   2   2.31
E.Watt WIN(2-1)           3       1   0   0   0   4   0   1.23
Totals                   13       9   3   3   2   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 27,574 DATE- Sunday, April 22nd 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:32
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Orioles:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Orioles: 1
ERRORS- M.Stanley, B.Robinson
HOME RUNS- T.Taylor(1st), F.Howard(2nd), T.Crowley(2nd)
RBIs- T.Taylor(2nd), F.Howard-2(3rd), B.Grich(6th), P.Blair(8th),
      T.Crowley-2(6th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Belanger(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Cash, P.Blair
WALKS- N.Cash, B.Freehan, B.Powell, B.Robinson, T.Crowley
HIT BY PITCH- D.Baylor
STRIKE OUTS- T.Taylor, J.Northrup, W.Horton, G.Brown, B.Freehan, A.Rodriguez-2,
             M.Rettenmund, B.Grich, A.Bumbry, E.Williams, D.Baylor-2
GIDP- B.Freehan, B.Powell, E.Williams
RLISP 2-out- A.Rodriguez, E.Williams-2, E.Brinkman, M.Rettenmund-2, T.Taylor,
             P.Blair, A.Bumbry, T.Crowley
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 5  Orioles: 4 for 16
 
Terry Crowley lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the Baltimore
Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers in 13 innings by the score of 4 to 3 at
Memorial Stadium.
 
The game was deadlocked at 3 after nine full innings. Baltimore ended up
winning it in the 13th inning.  Mark Belanger lashed a single.  After an out
was recorded, Belanger proceeded to steal third base.  Bobby Grich then laced
a base-hit making Baltimore the victor and beginning a joyous home town
celebration.  Baltimore finished with 16 hits while Detroit ended up with 9.
 
Eddie Watt(2-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 3 innings. Lerrin
Lagrow(0-2) ended up with the loss in relief.  He gave up 2 hits and no walks
in 1/3 of an inning.

1973 AL Game: Chi. @ KC

 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.'

1973 AL Game: Cal. @ Min.

 April 18, 1973

  The California and Minnesota locked up in a pitcher's duel today with the Angels coming away with a 1-0 win. Nolan Ryan struck out 15 batters in the shutout Win, his 3rd of the season. Burt Blyleven was the tough luck loser. 

BOXSCORE: 1973 California Angels At 1973 Minnesota Twins            4/18/1973
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Alomar 2B         4  0  0  0 .125     L.Hisle CF          3  0  1  0 .359  
  B.Valentine SS      4  1  1  0 .273     R.Carew 2B          3  0  1  0 .438  
  V.Pinson RF,LF      4  0  1  0 .480     H.Killebrew 1B      3  0  0  0 .167  
  F.Robinson DH       4  0  0  0 .273   A-M.Adams PR,LF       0  0  0  0 .167  
  T.McCraw LF         2  0  1  1 .333     T.Oliva DH          4  0  1  0 .323  
B-L.Stanton RF        0  0  0  0 .667     B.Darwin RF         3  0  1  0 .182  
  J.Spencer 1B        4  0  0  0 .130     S.Braun 3B          2  0  0  0 .200  
  K.Berry CF          3  0  0  0 .269     D.Thompson SS       3  0  1  0 .074  
  A.Gallagher 3B      3  0  1  0 .286   C-S.Brye PH           1  0  1  0 .429  
  J.Stephenson C      3  0  0  0 .381     G.Mitterwald C      4  0  0  0 .200  
                                          J.Holt LF,1B        4  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      30  0  6  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Killebrew In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For McCraw In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 9th Inning
 
Angels.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  0
 
Angels (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
N.Ryan WIN(3-0)           9       6   0   0   5  15   0   1.33
Totals                    9       6   0   0   5  15   0
 
Twins (4-5)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Blyleven LOSS(1-3)      9       4   1   1   2   9   0   3.79
Totals                    9       4   1   1   2   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 7,015 DATE- Wednesday, April 18th 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:04
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 5  Twins: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Twins: 0
RBIs- T.McCraw(4th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Carew(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Hisle
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Carew
WALKS- T.McCraw-2, L.Hisle, H.Killebrew, B.Darwin, S.Braun-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Alomar, B.Valentine-2, V.Pinson, F.Robinson-2, T.McCraw, K.Berry,
             J.Stephenson, L.Hisle-2, H.Killebrew-3, T.Oliva, B.Darwin-2,
             S.Braun, D.Thompson, G.Mitterwald-4, J.Holt
GIDP- D.Thompson
2-out RBI- T.McCraw
RLISP 2-out- J.Spencer, T.Oliva-2, G.Mitterwald, J.Holt, B.Valentine, B.Darwin
TEAM RISP- Angels: 1 for 5  Twins: 0 for 10
 
Nolan Ryan racked up an impressive total of 15 strikeouts at Metropolitan
Stadium as the California Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 1 to 0.
 
Ryan(3-0) simply dominated Minnesota.  He gave up just 6 hits and 5 walks in 9
innings improving his ERA from 2.00 to 1.33.  Minnesota had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
The loss was charged to Bert Blyleven(1-3).  He pitched 9 innings giving up
only 4 hits and 2 walks. 'He was really impressive today,' Blyleven said of
his counterpart.  'Our guys were just swinging at air.'

1973 AL Game: Det. @ Bos.

 April 17, 1973

  Willie Horton had a big day at the plate going 5 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 3 RBI while the Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 12-6. Detroit jumped on Sox starter Lynn McGlothen for 7 runs in the 1st inning and cruised to the victory.

BOXSCORE: 1973 Detroit Tigers At 1973 Boston Red Sox                4/17/1973
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  1  2  1 .226     T.Harper LF         5  0  0  0 .258  
  M.Stanley CF        5  0  2  1 .286     L.Aparicio SS       4  0  0  0 .240  
  A.Kaline RF         5  0  0  0 .129     C.Yastrzemski 1B    4  0  0  0 .185  
  N.Cash 1B           4  1  0  0 .214     R.Smith CF          3  0  1  0 .370  
  W.Horton LF         5  3  5  3 .524     O.Cepeda DH         4  0  0  0 .217  
  G.Brown DH          3  1  1  0 .160     R.Petrocelli 3B     4  3  2  0 .370  
A-F.Howard PH,DH      2  1  1  0 .273     C.Fisk C            3  1  1  2 .217  
  B.Freehan C         4  2  2  3 .259     D.Griffin 2B        3  1  2  0 .261  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      5  1  1  1 .194     D.Evans RF          4  1  1  4 .167  
  E.Brinkman SS       5  2  2  3 .483                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42 12 16 12                 Totals      34  6  7  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 7th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 7 0 0  0 1 0  4 0 0  - 12 16  1
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  2 0 1  -  6  7  0
 
Tigers (6-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Coleman WIN(3-0)        7       5   5   4   2   5   2   2.88
L.Lagrow                  2       2   1   1   1   2   0   2.25
Totals                    9       7   6   5   3   7   2
 
Red Sox (3-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.McGlothen LOSS(0-1)     0 2/3   6   7   7   1   0   2  94.50
S.Siebert                 5       4   1   1   1   4   1   1.80
R.Moret                   3 1/3   6   4   4   1   2   2   7.71
Totals                    9      16  12  12   3   6   5
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,450 DATE- Tuesday, April 17th 1973 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- E.Brinkman(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.McAuliffe(2nd), W.Horton-2(5th), B.Freehan(2nd), E.Brinkman(2nd),
           C.Fisk(1st), D.Evans(2nd)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe(5th), M.Stanley(8th), W.Horton-3(8th), B.Freehan-3(10th),
      A.Rodriguez(6th), E.Brinkman-3(6th), C.Fisk-2(5th), D.Evans-4(7th)
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, N.Cash, B.Freehan, R.Smith, C.Fisk, D.Griffin
STRIKE OUTS- N.Cash-3, G.Brown, F.Howard, A.Rodriguez, T.Harper-3, L.Aparicio-2,
             O.Cepeda, R.Petrocelli
GIDP- A.Rodriguez, O.Cepeda
2-out RBI- W.Horton-2, A.Rodriguez, E.Brinkman-3, M.Stanley
RLISP 2-out- A.Kaline, T.Harper-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 5  Red Sox: 2 for 4
 
Left fielder Willie Horton cracked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Detroit
Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox by a score of 12 to 6 at Fenway
Park.
 
Horton was a thorn in the side of the hometown fans as he enjoyed a fine day
at their team's expense.  He clubbed a two-run home run in the 1st inning,
hit a single in the 2nd inning, cracked a solo homerun in the 5th inning,
slapped a one-base hit in the 7th inning and ripped a base-knock in the 8th
inning.  Overall Detroit out-hit Boston 16 to 7.  
 
The victory was credited to Joe Coleman(3-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 5
runs. Lynn McGlothen(0-1) ended up with the loss.  Horton was in a good mood
after the game, 'I'm just seeing and hitting the ball real well now.  I made
some adjustments last week and they are paying off.  That's what this game is
about. making adjustments as the season goes along.'