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May 17, 1973

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
White Sox	5	7	1
Twins	4	8	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
White Sox	5	7	1
Twins	4	8	1

Rod Carew Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.310
OBP	.500	.364
At Bats	4	113
Hits	2	35
• Singles	1	23
• Doubles	0	6
• Triples	1	3
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	12
RBI’s	0	15

Cy Acosta Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	1

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Metropolitan Stadium - May 17, 1973

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Out

Cy Acosta

Ed Herrmann

Dick Allen

Jorge Orta

Bill Melton

Eddie Leon

Hank Allen

Ken Henderson

Johnny Jeter

Rod Carew

Larry Hisle

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Chicago White Sox	5	7	1	3
Minnesota Twins	4	8	1	7
Winning Pitcher	Wilbur Wood
Losing Pitcher	Dick Woodson
Save	Cy Acosta
Game Winning RBI	Rick Reichardt
Attendance	7,577
Time of Game	2 hours 41 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Hisle takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 Jim Holt pinch hits for Jerry Terrell. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Mitterwald hits a line drive towards third. Melton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Terrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Cy Acosta now pitching. Thompson strikes out.

Bottom 8 Braun hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson who is chasing the ball. Braun reaches third base with a triple. Adams scores.

Bottom 8 Mike Adams pinch runs for Tony Oliva. Darwin is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Oliva hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jeter. Oliva reaches second base with a double. Carew goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 8 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Allen is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Hisle hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Thompson scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 7 Terrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields the ball and throws to first. Allen drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Allen. Thompson moves to third.

Bottom 7 Mitterwald strikes out.

Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Jeter hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Leon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Braun strikes out.

Bottom 6 Darwin strikes out.

Bottom 6 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Hank Allen now playing left field. Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Terrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson.

Top 6 Henderson strikes out.

Bottom 5 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Terrell hits a fly ball into right field. Jeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Melton hits a line drive towards short. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Allen strikes out.

Top 5 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Thompson strikes out.

Bottom 4 Braun hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Darwin strikes out.

Top 4 Jeter strikes out.

Top 4 Leon is called out on strikes.

Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Reichardt scores. Herrmann moves to second.

Top 4 Orta strikes out.

Top 4 Dave Goltz now pitching. Herrmann takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Reichardt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Braun who is chasing the ball. Reichardt reaches third base with a triple. Henderson goes all the way around to score.

Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Oliva strikes out.

Bottom 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Carew hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson who is chasing the ball. Carew reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 3 Hisle strikes out.

Bottom 3 Terrell strikes out.

Top 3 Melton hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Allen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Leon hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Braun takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Darwin strikes out.

Top 2 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Orta for the out.

Top 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Reichardt trying to get to home. Darwin throws the ball in to Mitterwald who tags Reichardt who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Top 2 Reichardt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Braun. Reichardt reaches second base with a double. Melton goes all the way around to score.

Top 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second.

Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Hisle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards second. Carew scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 1 Kelly takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Jeter strikes out.

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