Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1973 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Chicago White Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 1 1
Taylor 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Kaline 1b 4 0 0 0
Howard dh 3 0 0 0
  Cash ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
Sharon rf 2 0 1 0
  Northrup ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Brown I. lf 2 1 2 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Brinkman ss 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Jeter cf 4 1 1 0
Kelly rf 3 1 3 0
Alvarado ss 4 0 1 1
Melton dh 2 1 1 2
May lf 4 0 0 0
Downing 3b 4 0 0 0
Muser 1b 3 0 0 0
Varney c 2 0 0 0
  Brinkman c 0 0 0 0
Leon 2b 3 0 0 0
Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Detroit 001 000 000142
Chicago 201 000 00x360
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (5-9) 6.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
4
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Forster  W (5-5) 6.0 4 1 1 1 5
  Acosta  SV (11) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
7

  E–Veryzer (1), Rodriguez (13).  DP–Detroit 2.  HR–Chicago Melton (16,1st inning off Fryman 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Melton (4,by Fryman).  IBB–Fryman (4,Melton).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:15.  A–20,828.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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