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Friday May 1, 1970
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The White Sox erupted for their biggest inning so far this season, scoring eight runs in the sixth, to defeat the Tigers, 13-6. Syd O'Brien started the outburst with an infield hit, Duane Josephson walked, Gail Hopkins singled and Ken Berry doubled to tie the score at 4-4.

After Tom Timmerman relieved Les Cain, Bobby Knoop smashed a three-run homer. Joe Horlen kept the inning going with a single, Walt Williams walked and Luis Aparicio beat out a bunt to load the bases. Carlos May hit a sacrifice fly off John Hiller, Horlen scoring. After O'Brien fouled out, Josephson singled to plate Williams and Aparicio with the final runs of the frame. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 13, Detroit Tigers 6

Game Played on Friday, May 1, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Tigers       2  1  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   6 12  3
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  8    0  3  x  -  13 14  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Williams rf           2   3   1   0     3   0   .222
  I. Brown 2b         3   2   2   0     1   0   .667      Aparicio ss           3   2   2   0     2   0   .347
Gutierrez ss          4   1   1   2     1   0   .289      May lf                3   1   1   2     1   2   .292
Kaline rf             4   1   2   3     1   0   .333      Melton 3b             1   0   1   1     0   0   .352
Cash 1b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .213        O'Brien 3b          3   2   1   0     1   0   .308
Horton lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Josephson c           4   1   2   3     1   1   .308
Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .327      Hopkins 1b            5   1   2   1     0   1   .436
Wert 3b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .235      Berry cf              5   1   2   2     0   2   .318
Price c               4   0   0   0     0   4   .125      Knoop 2b              5   1   1   3     0   2   .163
Cain p                2   0   1   1     0   0   .500      Horlen p              4   1   1   0     0   2   .182
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .182
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robertson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  12   6     3   7             Totals               35  13  14  12     8  10

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance:  7,265
Left on Base: Tigers 7, White Sox 7
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 2
Errors: I. Brown 2, Robertson
Doubles: I. Brown (1), Berry (3)
Home Runs: Kaline (2), Knoop (3)
Stolen Bases: Stanley (3), Wert (1), Williams (2)
Caught Stealing: Aparicio (1)
Sacrifice Flies: May (2)
GIDP: Cash (2), Kaline (4)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain L(0-1)             5     7   6   6   5   9   0  25  10.80
Timmermann              0     3   4   4   1   0   1   4   7.11
Hiller                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.70
Scherman                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Robertson               1     3   3   1   2   0   0   8   4.91
Totals                  8    14  13  11   8  10   1  44

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen W(3-2)           7    11   6   6   1   5   1  32   3.98
Murphy SV(2)            2     1   0   0   2   2   0   8   4.97
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   7   1  40

Passed Balls: Price (1)
Wild Pitches: Cain 4 (4), Hiller (1), Horlen (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jake O'Donnell


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Gutierrez forced
McAuliffe (shortstop to second); Dick McAuliffe slid into 2B
trying to knock the ball out of Bill Melton's glove; the started
fighting and both benches cleared; McAuliffe, Melton and Tigers
Manager Mayo Smith ejected by 2B umpire Frank Umont; Horlen
threw a wild pitch [Gutierrez to second]; Kaline homered
[Gutierrez scored]; Cash grounded out (second to first); Horton
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: I. BROWN REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PLAYING 2B);
Williams singled to center; Cain threw a wild pitch [Williams to
second]; Aparicio walked; May singled to left [Aparicio to
second, Williams scored, May out at second (left to shortstop to
first)]; Melton singled to left [Melton out at second (left to
third to second), Aparicio scored]; Josephson made an out to
first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 2ND: O'BRIEN REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Stanley
singled to center; Stanley stole second; Wert struck out; Price
struck out; Cain singled to center [Stanley scored]; I. Brown
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Hopkins singled to right; Cain threw a wild pitch
[Hopkins to second]; Berry struck out; Knoop grounded out
(second to first); Horlen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Gutierrez flied out to center; Kaline walked; Cash
grounded out (second to first) [Kaline to second]; Horton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams walked; Aparicio forced Williams (third
to second); May struck out; Aparicio was picked off first
(pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
White Sox 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Wert singled
to left; Wert stole second; Price struck out; Cain grounded out
(second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox
2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: O'Brien flied out to left; Josephson struck out
but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Hopkins struck out; Berry
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 5TH: I. Brown singled to left; Gutierrez grounded out
(pitcher to first) [I. Brown to second]; Kaline singled to
center [I. Brown scored]; Cash grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kaline out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Knoop struck out; Horlen struck out; Williams
walked; Aparicio walked [Williams to second]; Cain threw a wild
pitch [Aparicio to second, Williams to third]; May struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton popped to first in foul territory; Stanley
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wert grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: O'Brien singled to left; Josephson walked
[O'Brien to second]; Hopkins singled to right [Josephson to
second, O'Brien scored]; Berry doubled to right [Josephson
scored, Hopkins to third]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED CAIN (PITCHING);
Knoop homered [Hopkins scored, Berry scored]; Horlen singled to
left; Price allowed a passed ball [Horlen to second]; Williams
walked; Aparicio singled to center [Williams to second, Horlen
to third]; HILLER REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); May hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Horlen scored]; Hiller threw a wild pitch
[Aparicio to second, Williams to third]; O'Brien popped to first
in foul territory; Josephson singled to left [Aparicio scored,
Williams scored]; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); 8 R,
7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 10.

TIGERS 7TH: Price struck out; JONES BATTED FOR HILLER; Jones
singled to right; I. Brown doubled to left [Jones to third];
Gutierrez singled to center [I. Brown scored, Jones scored];
Kaline flied out to right; Cash flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Berry
grounded out (second to first); Knoop struck out; Horlen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6,
White Sox 10.

TIGERS 8TH: Horton singled to center; MURPHY REPLACED HORLEN
(PITCHING); Stanley singled to left [Horton to second]; Wert
struck out; Price struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; G.
Brown forced Stanley (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 6, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 8TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Williams
reached on an error by I. Brown; Williams stole second; Aparicio
singled to center [Williams to third]; Aparicio was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Williams was picked off
third but was safe on an error by Robertson [Williams scored
(unearned)]; May walked; O'Brien walked [May to second];
Josephson singled to left [O'Brien to third, May scored];
Hopkins made an out to first; Berry singled to right [Berry to
second (error by I. Brown), Josephson to third, O'Brien scored
(unearned)]; Knoop grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (1 ER),
3 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, White Sox 13.

TIGERS 9TH: I. Brown walked; Gutierrez walked [I. Brown to
second]; Kaline grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [I. Brown to third, Gutierrez out at second]; Cash
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
White Sox 13.



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