Led by Syd O'Brien and Ed Herrmann, who drove in three runs apiece, the White Sox beat the Tigers, 9-5, to snap a four-game losing streak. The White Sox bunched two singles, a double by Carlos May, sacrifice fly by O'Brien and homer by Herrmann for four runs in the second inning. Luis Aparicio homered and Herrmann batted in another run with a single in the fifth. Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 5Game Played on Monday, May 11, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumWhite Sox 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 - 9 14 0 Tigers 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Matias rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .140 McAuliffe 2b,ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .287 Aparicio ss 3 3 2 1 2 0 .354 Jones 3b 3 1 2 1 2 1 .222 McCraw 1b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .333 Kaline rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .314 May lf 3 2 1 1 2 1 .317 Cash 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .257 O'Brien 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .280 Horton lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .308 Herrmann c 5 1 3 3 0 1 .286 Northrup cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .321 Knoop 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Freehan c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .290 Berry cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .288 Szotkiewicz ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Wynne p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crider p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Wood p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lasher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wert ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Robertson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 I. Brown ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .429 Scherman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Totals 38 9 14 9 5 7 Totals 35 5 10 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 17,879 Left on Base: White Sox 9, Tigers 7 DP: White Sox 1, Tigers 1 Doubles: Matias (1), May (6), Horton (6) Home Runs: Herrmann (2), Aparicio (2), Northrup (2), Freehan (6) Stolen Bases: O'Brien (1) Sacrifice Flies: O'Brien (1), Knoop (2), Kaline (2) GIDP: Crider (1), Horton (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wynne 2.1 6 3 3 0 1 0 13 5.95 Crider W(1-0) 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 17 2.45 Wood SV(6) 2.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 2.25 Totals 9 10 5 5 3 3 2 39 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(3-3) 3 6 4 4 1 1 1 16 3.18 Scherman 3 3 2 2 0 4 1 12 5.40 Kilkenny 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 7.20 Lasher 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.45 Timmermann 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 6.43 Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.45 Totals 9 14 9 9 5 7 2 45 Wild Pitches: Kilkenny (2) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bob Stewart WHITE SOX 1ST: Matias doubled to center; Aparicio flied out to right; McCraw grounded out (second to first) [Matias to third]; May walked; O'Brien forced May (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Jones singled to right; Kaline struck out; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Tigers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry singled to first; Wynne struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled to center; Northrup flied out to left; Freehan flied out to center; Szotkiewicz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Tigers 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Matias grounded out (first to pitcher); Aparicio singled to left; McCraw singled to right [Aparicio to second]; May doubled to left [McCraw to third, Aparicio scored]; O'Brien hit a sacrifice fly to center [McCraw scored, May to third]; Herrmann homered [May scored]; Knoop grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: I. BROWN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; I. Brown singled to center; McAuliffe singled to right [I. Brown to third]; Jones singled to right [McAuliffe to third, I. Brown scored]; Kaline hit a sacrifice fly to center [McAuliffe scored]; Cash singled to right [Jones to third]; CRIDER REPLACED WYNNE (PITCHING); Horton doubled to right [Cash to third, Jones scored]; Northrup was walked intentionally; Freehan made an out to third; Szotkiewicz struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 4, Tigers 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); Berry struck out; Crider lined to first; Matias grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 4TH: Scherman grounded out (first unassisted); McAuliffe flied out to left; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Tigers 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Aparicio homered; McCraw grounded out (second to first); May struck out; O'Brien singled to left; O'Brien stole second; Herrmann singled to center [O'Brien scored]; Knoop forced Herrmann (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Tigers 3. TIGERS 5TH: Kaline flied out to right; Cash singled to center; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Tigers 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Berry was called out on strikes; Crider was called out on strikes; Matias grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Northrup homered; Freehan homered; G. BROWN BATTED FOR SZOTKIEWICZ; G. Brown flied out to center; MADDOX BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Maddox flied out to center; McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Tigers 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: KILKENNY REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Aparicio walked; Kilkenny threw a wild pitch [Aparicio to second]; McCraw singled to right [Aparicio to third]; May walked [McCraw to second]; LASHER REPLACED KILKENNY (PITCHING); O'Brien singled to right [May to second, McCraw scored, Aparicio scored]; Herrmann singled to right [O'Brien to second, May to third]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED LASHER (PITCHING); Knoop hit a sacrifice fly to right [Herrmann to second, O'Brien to third, May scored]; Berry was walked intentionally; On a bunt Crider grounded into a double play (first to catcher to second) [O'Brien out at home]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: Jones walked; Kaline flied out to center; WOOD REPLACED CRIDER (PITCHING); Cash forced Jones (second to shortstop); Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: Matias lined to first; Aparicio walked; McCraw singled to right [Aparicio to second]; May flied out to left; O'Brien grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: Northrup made an out to second; Freehan grounded out (second to first); WERT BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Wert grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED WERT (PITCHING); Herrmann struck out; Knoop singled to left; Berry forced Knoop (shortstop to second); Wood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Jones walked; Kaline made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Tigers 5. |
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