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Friday May 29, 1970
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Shut out on two hits over the first seven innings, the Red Sox picked up a run in the eighth and rallied for three more in the ninth to beat the White Sox, 4-3. Bill Melton hit a double and a homer to pace the White Sox. The first Red Sox run counted on a single by Carl Yastrzemski, a wild pitch by Tommy John and a sacrifice fly by Rico Petrocelli.

Luis Alvarado walked to open the ninth. Wilbur Wood, replacing John, yielded a pinch-single by Jose Santiago and passed Mike Andrews to load the bases. Billy Conigliaro singled, driving in two runs to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Carl Yastrzemski, Jerry Moses singled off Tom Murphy to plate the winning marker. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Friday, May 29, 1970 (Night game) at Fenway Park

White Sox    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3 12  3
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   4  6  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCraw rf,1b          5   0   2   0     0   0   .300      Andrews 2b            4   1   0   0     1   1   .170
Aparicio ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .318      Smith cf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .313
Hopkins 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .336        B. Conigliaro cf,rf 3   0   1   2     0   0   .259
  Berry cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Yastrzemski lf,cf     4   1   2   0     1   0   .270
May lf                4   1   2   0     0   1   .309      T. Conigliaro rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Josephson c           3   0   1   1     0   0   .306        Moses pr,lf         3   0   1   1     0   0   .302
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   1     0   0   .224
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scott 1b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .266
Melton 3b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .288      Alvarado ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .246
O'Brien 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .257      Satriano c            2   0   1   0     0   0   .095
  Knoop 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Pavletich ph,c      2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bradford cf,rf        4   0   1   1     0   2   .205      Siebert p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .100
John p                3   0   0   0     1   0   .120        Schofield ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Herrmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Lonborg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .444
                                                            Santiago ph         1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               35   3  12   3     2   3             Totals               33   4   6   4     6   2

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 22,737
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Red Sox 11
DP: White Sox 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: O'Brien 2, John
Doubles: Melton (5), Aparicio (7), May (7)
Home Runs: Melton (5)
Stolen Bases: Aparicio (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Josephson (2), Petrocelli (4)
GIDP: Josephson (1), O'Brien (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    8     3   2   2   4   2   0  34   3.52
Wood L(2-5)             0.1   2   2   2   2   0   0   5   3.09
Murphy                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.87
Totals                  8.1   6   4   4   6   2   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 7     9   2   2   2   2   1  30   3.88
Lonborg W(4-1)          2     3   1   1   0   1   0   8   3.09
Totals                  9    12   3   3   2   3   1  38

Wild Pitches: John (6), Lonborg (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw flied to left; Aparicio grounded out
(third to first); Hopkins singled to shortstop; May grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski singled to center;
T. Conigliaro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Josephson flied to right; Melton doubled to
center; O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Bradford singled
to center [Melton scored]; John flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli flied to right; Scott was called out on
strikes; Alvarado grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw flied to left; Aparicio flied to left;
Hopkins popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Satriano singled to right; On a bunt Siebert forced
Satriano (pitcher to shortstop) [Siebert to first]; Andrews
forced Siebert (second to shortstop) [Andrews to first]; Smith
walked [Andrews to second]; Yastrzemski flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: B. CONIGLIARO REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); May
singled to right; Josephson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; Melton
homered; O'Brien singled to shortstop; Bradford was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: T. Conigliaro reached on an error by John [T.
Conigliaro to first]; MOSES RAN FOR T. CONIGLIARO; Petrocelli
flied to center; Scott walked [Moses to second]; Alvarado flied
to center; Satriano grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: MOSES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); B. CONIGLIARO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); YASTRZEMSKI CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); John walked; McCraw popped to catcher in foul
territory; Aparicio forced John (shortstop to second) [Aparicio
to first]; Aparicio stole second; Hopkins walked; May was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Siebert grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
struck out; B. Conigliaro reached on an error by O'Brien [B.
Conigliaro to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Josephson singled to left; Melton popped to first
in foul territory; O'Brien grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Josephson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Moses reached on an error by O'Brien [Moses to
first]; Petrocelli forced Moses (third to second) [Petrocelli to
first]; Scott walked [Petrocelli to second]; Alvarado forced
Scott (shortstop to second) [Petrocelli to third, Alvarado to
first]; PAVLETICH BATTED FOR SATRIANO; Pavletich forced Alvarado
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PAVLETICH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bradford
popped to first; John grounded out (pitcher to first); McCraw
singled to left; Aparicio doubled to left [McCraw to third];
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: BERRY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING CF); BRADFORD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MCCRAW CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Schofield grounded
out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (third to first);
B. Conigliaro lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LONBORG REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PITCHING); May
doubled to center; Lonborg threw a wild pitch [May to third];
Josephson hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Melton
popped to first; O'Brien singled to right; O'Brien was out
trying to advance to second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: KNOOP REPLACED O'BRIEN (PLAYING 2B); Yastrzemski
singled to center; John threw a wild pitch [Yastrzemski to
second]; Moses flied to center [Yastrzemski to third];
Petrocelli hit a sacrifice fly to center [Yastrzemski scored];
Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bradford struck out; John flied to center; McCraw
singled to right; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Alvarado walked; Tommy John: 124 pitches;
WOOD REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); HERRMANN REPLACED JOHN
(PLAYING C ); Pavletich flied to center; SANTIAGO BATTED FOR
LONBORG; Santiago singled to left [Alvarado to second]; Andrews
walked [Alvarado to third, Santiago to second]; B. Conigliaro
singled to left [Alvarado scored, Santiago scored, Andrews to
third]; Yastrzemski walked [B. Conigliaro to second]; MURPHY
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Moses singled to left [Andrews scored,
B. Conigliaro to third, Yastrzemski to second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 3, Red Sox 4.



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