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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1973-05-31 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 12800 · 74°F, night · 2:32

Chicago White Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 10–2. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Eddie Fisher earned the win. Dick Allen went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
CHA	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0		10	12

W: Eddie Fisher L: Jim Perry SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Haller · 1B: Joe Brinkman · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Dave Phillips · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Reese	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Stanley	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gates Brown	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Freehan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Cash	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Northrup	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	2	1	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dick Sharon	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ike Brown	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	4	3	2	0	1	0
Bill Sharp	4	1	1	1	0	1
Dick Allen	4	2	2	4	0	1
Bill Melton	4	1	1	3	0	0
Carlos May	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rick Reichardt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Herrmann	4	1	2	1	0	0
Eddie Leon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Alvarado	3	2	1	0	0	0
Tony Muser	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	0.1	2	2	0
Fred Scherman	1.0	2	0	1
Lerrin LaGrow	3.2	3	0	1
Chuck Seelbach	2.0	5	0	0
Tom Timmermann	1.0	0	1	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Fisher	9.0	9	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Reese: 53
Mickey Stanley: 63
Gates Brown: W
Bill Freehan: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Pat Kelly: W
Bill Sharp: D8.1-H;B-3(TH)
Dick Allen: 9
Bill Melton: FC.3-H;B-1
Carlos May: D8.1-H
Rick Reichardt: W
Ed Herrmann: 8
Eddie Leon: 8

Top 2

Norm Cash: 43
Jim Northrup: 43
Dick McAuliffe: D7
Ed Brinkman: 9

Bot 2

Luis Alvarado: HP
Pat Kelly: S7.1-2
Bill Sharp: K
Dick Allen: D8.2-H;1-3
Bill Melton: S8.3-H;2-H
Carlos May: 7
Rick Reichardt: 9

Top 3

Aurelio Rodriguez: D7
Rich Reese: K
Mickey Stanley: W
Gates Brown: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 3

Ed Herrmann: HR/9
Eddie Leon: S8
Luis Alvarado: 54(1)/FO
Pat Kelly: 7
Bill Sharp: 8

Top 4

Bill Freehan: 7
Norm Cash: K
Dick Sharon: HR/7
Dick McAuliffe: D7
Ed Brinkman: S8.2-H
Aurelio Rodriguez: PB.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: K/C

Bot 4

Dick Allen: K
Bill Melton: 53
Carlos May: 7

Top 5

Rich Reese: 9
Mickey Stanley: 8
Gates Brown: K

Bot 5

Rick Reichardt: 63
Ed Herrmann: 9
Eddie Leon: 43

Top 6

Bill Freehan: 7
Ike Brown: K
Dick Sharon: 63

Bot 6

Luis Alvarado: S7
Pat Kelly: S9.1-2
Bill Sharp: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Dick Allen: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Bill Melton: 31
Carlos May: S8
Rick Reichardt: 63

Top 7

Dick McAuliffe: 5/FL
Ed Brinkman: S5
Aurelio Rodriguez: 7
Rich Reese: S9.1-3
Mickey Stanley: 8

Bot 7

Ed Herrmann: D8
Eddie Leon: 9
Luis Alvarado: 53
Pat Kelly: 13

Top 8

Gates Brown: 4/P
Bill Freehan: 4/P
Ike Brown: S8
Dick Sharon: 8

Bot 8

Bill Sharp: 9
Tony Muser: W
Hank Allen: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Dick McAuliffe: 8
Tony Taylor: 3/P
Aurelio Rodriguez: S7
Rich Reese: 8

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Brian Downing, who left injured after one pitch; Downing made a sliding catch of Dick McAuliffe's popup and slid down the dugout steps and severly damaged his knee

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