Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
May 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1973 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 9 0 2 0
Lowenstein rf 3 1 1 0
  Torres rf 5 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 8 0 0 0
Spikes lf 8 1 0 0
Duncan c 8 0 3 1
Gamble dh 5 0 1 0
  Williams ph,dh 4 0 2 1
Hendrick cf 9 0 1 0
Ragland 2b 8 1 1 0
Duffy ss 7 0 2 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 74 3 14 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 8 0 3 0
Sharp cf 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeter cf 4 1 0 0
Allen 1b,2b 8 1 3 3
Melton 3b 7 1 1 1
Reichardt lf 9 0 1 0
Andrews dh 8 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 1 0
  Alvarado pr,2b 2 0 0 0
  Muser ph,1b 4 1 2 0
Orta 2b 3 1 2 0
  Stone pr 0 0 0 0
  Brinkman c 4 0 0 0
Leon ss 8 1 4 2
Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 71 6 17 6
Cleveland 000 000 110 000 000 000 0013141
Chicago 000 010 010 000 000 000 0046171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   13.0 10 2 2 5 8
  Johnson   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Wilcox  L (3-1) 4.1 3 2 2 2 1
  Hilgendorf   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Farmer   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
20.2
17
6
6
8
13
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen   13.0 9 2 2 3 4
  Forster   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Wood  W (12-3) 5.0 2 1 0 1 5
Totals
21.0
14
3
2
5
11

  E–Bell (6), Leon (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Cleveland Lowenstein (3,off Bahnsen); Duffy (1,off Bahnsen); Gamble (4,off Bahnsen), Chicago Kelly (8,off Perry); Muser (3,off Wilcox).  3B–Cleveland Bell (1,off Bahnsen).  HR–Chicago Melton (9,8th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out); D Allen (10,21st inning off Farmer 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Leon (4,off Perry); D Allen (1,off Perry); Melton (1,off Perry); Jeter (1,off Wilcox); Brinkman (3,off Wilcox).  IBB–Melton (1,by Perry); Andrews (3,by Perry).  CS–Duffy (1,2nd base by Bahnsen/Herrmann); Bell (4,2nd base by Wood/Brinkman); Reichardt (2,2nd base by Johnson/Duncan).  WP–Perry (6), Wilcox 2 (4).  IBB–Perry 2 (4,Melton,Andrews).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–6:03.  A–19,486.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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