Al Kaline homered with a man on base in the seventh inning and then drove in another run with a single in the ninth to enable the Tigers to defeat the White Sox, 6-5. Willie Horton also homered for the Tigers. The White Sox loaded the bases in the ninth and scored on a wild pitch, but Walt Williams, who had collected four hits in five previous trips, grounded out to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       3, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       0  0  0    0  2  1    2  0  1  -   6  6  3
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  1  1  -   5 15  4


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Berry cf              6   1   2   0     0   1   .296
Stanley cf            5   2   1   1     0   2   .288      Williams rf           6   0   4   1     0   0   .275
Kaline rf             4   1   2   3     1   1   .337      May lf                4   0   1   0     1   1   .300
Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .226      Melton 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .342
Horton lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .288      Hopkins 1b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .383
Jones 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wert 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Josephson c           5   1   2   1     0   0   .316
Freehan c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Knoop 2b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .211
Szotkiewicz ss        2   1   0   0     2   0   .125      Morales ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .375
Kilkenny p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .167        O'Brien ph,ss       2   0   1   0     0   0   .281
  Maddox ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .233      Wynne p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bradford ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .240
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sisk p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McCraw ph,1b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .314

Totals               32   6   6   5     5   7             Totals               43   5  15   3     4   4

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  8,143
Left on Base: Tigers 6, White Sox 15
DP: Tigers 2, White Sox 0
Errors: McAuliffe, Wert 2, Williams, Melton 2, Morales
Doubles: Freehan (3), Williams (3), Josephson (3)
Home Runs: Horton (2), Kaline (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kilkenny (1), McAuliffe (2)
GIDP: Hopkins (1), Morales (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny W(2-0)         8    12   4   1   4   4   0  41   4.00
Timmermann              0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   8.10
Scherman                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Lasher SV(3)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.35
Totals                  9    15   5   2   4   4   0  47

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wynne L(0-1)            6     4   3   2   4   7   1  27   5.19
Sisk                    2     1   2   1   0   0   1   8   7.94
Wood                    1     1   1   1   1   0   0   4   1.65
Totals                  9     6   6   4   5   7   2  39

Wild Pitches: Lasher (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Stanley
struck out; Kaline walked; Cash walked [Kaline to second];
Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Berry struck out; Williams doubled to right; May
walked; Melton made an out to first; Hopkins grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Jones struck out; Freehan reached on an error by
Melton [Freehan to first]; Szotkiewicz walked [Freehan to
second]; Freehan was picked off second (catcher to shortstop);
Kilkenny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Josephson grounded out (second to first); Knoop
made an out to second; Morales walked; Wynne grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Stanley
struck out; Kaline was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Berry flied out to left; Williams grounded out
(second to first); May singled to center; Melton made an out to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash singled to right; Horton made an out to first;
Jones flied out to left; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Hopkins was called out on strikes; Josephson
singled to left; Knoop walked [Josephson to second]; Morales
singled to center [Knoop to second, Josephson to third]; Wynne
struck out; Berry made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Szotkiewicz walked; Kilkenny out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Szotkiewicz to second]; McAuliffe flied out
to left; Stanley singled to right [Stanley to second (error by
Williams), Szotkiewicz scored]; Kaline reached on an error by
Melton [Stanley scored (unearned)]; Cash struck out; 2 R (1 ER),
1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Williams singled to right; May reached on an
error by McAuliffe [Williams to second]; Melton made an out to
first; Hopkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton homered; Jones flied out to center; Freehan
doubled to left; Szotkiewicz grounded out (first unassisted)
[Freehan to third]; Kilkenny was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: WERT REPLACED JONES (PLAYING 3B); Josephson
reached on an error by Wert; Knoop singled to right [Josephson
to third]; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Josephson scored (unearned), Knoop out at
second]; BRADFORD BATTED FOR WYNNE; Bradford walked; Berry
singled to left [Bradford to third]; Williams singled to left
[Berry to second, Bradford scored (unearned)]; May struck out; 2
R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 7TH: SISK REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); Stanley reached on an error by
Morales; Kaline homered [Stanley scored (unearned)]; Cash
grounded out (second to first); Horton made an out to first; 2 R
(1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Melton reached on an error by Wert; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first) [Melton to second]; Josephson
doubled to left [Melton scored (unearned)]; Knoop flied out to
right [Josephson to third]; O'BRIEN BATTED FOR MORALES; O'Brien
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, White Sox 3.

TIGERS 8TH: O'BRIEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Wert grounded
out (third to first); Freehan made an out to second; Szotkiewicz
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR SISK; McCraw singled to right;
Berry forced McCraw (second to shortstop); Williams singled to
left [Berry to second]; May forced Williams (second to
shortstop) [Berry to third]; Melton singled to left [May to
second, Berry scored]; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 9TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WOOD REPLACED
HOPKINS (PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Maddox walked;
McAuliffe out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Maddox to
second]; Stanley grounded out (third to first) [Maddox to
third]; Kaline singled to right [Maddox scored, Kaline out at
second (right to shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6,
White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Josephson
flied out to center; Knoop singled to left; O'Brien singled to
left [Knoop to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING);
McCraw flied out to left; Berry singled to left [O'Brien to
second, Knoop to third]; LASHER REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING);
Lasher threw a wild pitch [Berry to second, O'Brien to third,
Knoop scored]; Williams grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, White Sox 5.