Tommy John, who had lost five straight decisions, received credit for his first victory of the season when four unearned runs enabled the White Sox to defeat the Orioles, 6-3. A wild throw by Andy Etchebarren, after fielding a tap by Carlos May, opened the doors for the White Sox in the sixth inning. May reached third on the error and scored on a single by Bill Melton. Two walks then loaded the bases and the White Sox added three runs on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Knoop and singles by John and Tommy McCraw. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Thursday, April     30, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Orioles      0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  2
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  4    2  0  x  -   6  9  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .222      McCraw rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .276
Belanger ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .211        Bradford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
F. Robinson rf        4   1   2   1     1   1   .381      Aparicio ss           5   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Powell 1b             2   1   0   0     3   1   .212      May lf                3   2   1   0     1   0   .290
Blair cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Melton 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .343
B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Hopkins 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .441
Johnson 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .385      Josephson c           3   1   1   2     1   0   .292
Etchebarren c         2   0   1   0     1   0   .280        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Berry cf              1   1   1   0     3   0   .308
  Hendricks c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Knoop 2b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .159
Phoebus p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .222      John p                3   0   1   1     0   1   .273
  Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Herrmann c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Leonhard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   1     7   5             Totals               32   6   9   6     5   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  1,469
Left on Base: Orioles 10, White Sox 8
DP: Orioles 1, White Sox 3
Errors: Etchebarren 2, Berry
Doubles: Johnson (6), Josephson (2)
Triples: F. Robinson (1)
Home Runs: F. Robinson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Knoop (1)
GIDP: Johnson (2), F. Robinson (1), Etchebarren (2)
Hit by Pitch: Buford (1,by John)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus L(1-1)          5.1   4   4   0   4   2   0  25   0.81
Hardin                  1     4   2   2   0   0   0   7   5.11
Leonhard                0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3  10.80
Lopez                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.59
Totals                  8     9   6   2   5   3   0  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(1-5)             7     7   3   3   5   4   1  31   5.50
Murphy                  0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   3   5.91
Wood SV(5)              1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.35
Totals                  9     8   3   3   7   5   1  40

Hit by Pitch: John (2)
Wild Pitches: Phoebus 2 (3), Leonhard (3), John (5)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger
struck out; F. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
was called out on strikes; May walked; Phoebus threw a wild
pitch [May to third (error by Etchebarren)]; Melton flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell walked; Blair singled [Powell to second]; B.
Robinson singled to center [Powell scored (error by Berry) (no
RBI), Blair to third]; Johnson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Blair scored (no RBI), B.
Robinson out at second]; Etchebarren singled to center; Phoebus
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Hopkins singled; Josephson made an out to
shortstop; Berry singled to center [Hopkins to second]; Knoop
lined to third; John grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford was hit by a pitch; Belanger singled [Buford
to second]; F. Robinson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Buford to third, Belanger out at second];
Powell was walked intentionally; Blair grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw singled to center; Aparicio forced McCraw
(third to second); May grounded out (pitcher to first) [Aparicio
to second]; Melton made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Johnson
doubled to left; John threw a wild pitch [Johnson to third];
Etchebarren walked; Phoebus reached on a fielder's choice
[Johnson out at home (first to catcher to third), Etchebarren to
second]; Buford forced Phoebus (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Josephson
grounded out (third to first); Berry walked; Knoop forced Berry
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); F.
Robinson walked; Powell walked [F. Robinson to second]; Blair
flied out to right; B. Robinson forced Powell (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: John struck out; McCraw flied out to left;
Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Johnson singled; Etchebarren grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; Phoebus
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May reached on an error by Etchebarren [May to
third]; Melton singled to center [May scored (unearned)];
Phoebus threw a wild pitch [Melton to second]; Hopkins flied out
to center; Josephson walked; HARDIN REPLACED PHOEBUS (PITCHING);
Berry walked (walk was charged to Phoebus) [Melton to third,
Josephson to second]; Knoop hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Melton scored (unearned)]; John singled [Josephson scored
(unearned), Berry to second]; McCraw singled to left [Berry
scored (unearned), John to second]; Aparicio flied out to
center; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Buford grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); F. Robinson homered; Powell
struck out; 64 minute rain delay; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May singled; Melton popped to catcher in foul
territory; Hopkins singled to center [May to second]; LEONHARD
REPLACED HARDIN (PITCHING); Leonhard threw a wild pitch [May to
third, Hopkins to second]; Josephson doubled to left [May
scored, Hopkins scored]; Berry was walked intentionally; Knoop
lined into a double play (third to second) [Josephson out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); HERRMANN
REPLACED JOHN (PLAYING C ); Blair walked; B. Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Blair to second]; Johnson walked;
CROWLEY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; WOOD REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING);
MOTTON BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Motton struck out; RETTENMUND BATTED
FOR LEONHARD; Rettenmund flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HENDRICKS REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING C ); LOPEZ
REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Herrmann was called out on
strikes; BRADFORD BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Bradford popped to first in
foul territory; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Buford
grounded out (third to first); Belanger made an out to first; F.
Robinson tripled; Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 6.