Felipe Alou batted in four runs and John Donaldson and Frank Fernandez each accounted for three to lead the Athletics' attack in a 12-2 victory over the White Sox. Alou's hits included a homer with two men on base. Bill Melton and John Matias homered to produce the White Sox runs. [The Sporting News] |
Oakland Athletics 12, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, May 23, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 - 12 14 0 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Monday cf 5 0 0 0 1 1 .279 O'Brien 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .239 LaRussa 2b 6 1 1 0 0 1 .300 Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Jackson rf 3 2 1 0 2 1 .192 Morales ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Bando 3b 4 3 3 1 1 0 .278 Hopkins 1b,c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .356 Alou lf 3 2 3 4 0 0 .365 May lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Rudi ph,lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .366 Bradford lf,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Mincher 1b 4 2 0 0 1 0 .222 Melton 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .309 Fernandez c 4 1 2 3 1 1 .250 Matias rf,1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .239 Donaldson ss 5 0 3 3 0 0 .364 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Hunter p 5 0 0 0 0 3 .148 Wynne p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Christian ph,lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Berry cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Sisk p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Williams ph,rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Totals 41 12 14 11 6 7 Totals 35 2 8 2 2 6 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 7,395 Left on Base: A's 8, White Sox 8 DP: A's 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Williams Doubles: Fernandez (1), Bradford (3) Home Runs: Alou (4), Melton (4), Matias (2) Stolen Bases: Jackson (9), Bando (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(6-4) 9 8 2 2 2 6 2 37 2.91 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 6 2 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Horlen L(5-4) 2.1 7 7 7 2 2 0 16 3.90 Sisk 2.2 4 3 3 0 3 1 11 6.66 Wynne 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 11 5.40 Wood 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 2.93 Totals 9 14 12 10 6 7 1 47 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: Monday grounded out (second to first); LaRussa singled to left; Jackson walked [LaRussa to second]; Bando singled to center [Jackson to second, LaRussa scored]; Jackson stole third and Bando stole second; Alou singled to shortstop [Bando to third, Jackson scored]; Mincher walked [Alou to second]; Fernandez struck out; Donaldson singled to center [Mincher to second, Alou scored, Bando scored]; Hunter struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien grounded out (first unassisted); Aparicio made an out to second; Hopkins grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday grounded out (second to first); LaRussa flied out to right; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Melton homered; Matias singled to center; Herrmann popped to catcher in foul territory; Berry forced Matias (pitcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando singled to left; Alou singled to left [Bando to second]; Mincher forced Alou (first to shortstop) [Bando to third]; Fernandez doubled to center [Bando scored, Mincher scored]; SISK REPLACED HORLEN (PITCHING); Donaldson singled to center [Fernandez scored]; Hunter struck out while Donaldson was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Sisk was called out on strikes; O'Brien popped to catcher in foul territory; Aparicio lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday struck out; LaRussa struck out; Jackson singled to center; Bando singled to center [Jackson to second]; Alou homered [Jackson scored, Bando scored]; Mincher flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Hopkins flied out to left; May was called out on strikes; Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Donaldson grounded out (pitcher to first); Hunter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Matias flied out to right; Herrmann made an out to second; Berry singled to left; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR SISK; Williams lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: HOPKINS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); MATIAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WYNNE REPLACED HERRMANN (PITCHING); WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Monday grounded out (pitcher to second to first); LaRussa flied out to left; Jackson walked; Bando walked [Jackson to second]; RUDI BATTED FOR ALOU; Rudi made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: RUDI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); O'Brien singled to center; Aparicio flied out to center; Hopkins singled to center [O'Brien to second]; May grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hopkins to second, O'Brien to third]; Melton walked; Matias popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED APARICIO (PLAYING SS); BRADFORD REPLACED MAY (PLAYING LF); Mincher lined to first; Fernandez walked; Donaldson singled to left [Fernandez to second]; Hunter struck out; Monday walked [Fernandez to third, Donaldson to second]; LaRussa flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: CHRISTIAN BATTED FOR WYNNE; Christian struck out; Berry popped to catcher in foul territory; Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: CHRISTIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WOOD REPLACED BERRY (PITCHING); BRADFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Jackson struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled to left; Mincher reached on an error by Williams [Rudi scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mincher to second]; Fernandez singled to left [Mincher scored (unearned)]; Donaldson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 12, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales struck out; Hopkins walked; Bradford doubled to left [Hopkins to third]; Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 12, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Hunter grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); LaRussa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 12, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Matias homered; Christian singled to center; MCCRAW BATTED FOR WOOD; McCraw popped to first in foul territory; Williams struck out; O'Brien forced Christian (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 12, White Sox 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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