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. Boston Red Sox 4, Chicago White Sox 3Game Played on Friday, May 29, 1970 (Night game) at Fenway ParkWhite 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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