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Saturday May 30, 1970
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Reliever Vicente Romo broke a 5-5 tie with the first homer of his major league career and was the winner when the Red Sox defeated the White Sox, 7-5. After Romo's drive in the sixth, the Red Sox added an unearned run to clinch the verdict. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 5

Game Played on Saturday, May 30, 1970 (Night game) at Fenway Park

White Sox    1  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  2
Red Sox      0  3  0    1  1  2    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCraw rf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .305      Andrews 2b            2   1   1   2     3   1   .174
Aparicio ss           5   2   3   0     0   0   .327      Derrick lf            5   1   2   2     0   2   .250
Hopkins 1b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .336      Yastrzemski cf        3   0   0   0     2   1   .265
  Berry pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Petrocelli 3b         5   1   2   0     0   1   .229
May lf                4   0   2   3     0   0   .314      Scott 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .266
Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      B. Conigliaro rf      3   1   1   0     1   2   .267
Melton 3b             4   0   1   2     0   1   .287      Moses c               2   2   1   0     0   0   .305
Bradford cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .195        Satriano c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .130
Knoop 2b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .182      Alvarado ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .246
  Blanco ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Nagy p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  O'Brien 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .257        Romo p              2   1   1   1     0   0   .091
Johnson p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crider p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Matias ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  10   5     3   5             Totals               34   7  11   6     6   9

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 21,026
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Red Sox 9
DP: White Sox 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Aparicio, Weaver
Doubles: Aparicio (8), McCraw (2), May (8), Petrocelli (12), Satriano (1)
Triples: Andrews (1)
Home Runs: Romo (1)
Caught Stealing: Scott (3)
Sacrifice Flies: May (3)
GIDP: Satriano (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 4     7   5   5   3   5   0  23   8.40
Crider L(1-2)           3     4   2   1   1   3   1  12   2.95
Weaver                  1     0   0   0   2   1   0   5   0.00
Totals                  8    11   7   6   6   9   1  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nagy                    4.2   7   5   5   3   1   0  24   2.87
Romo W(3-0)             4     3   0   0   0   4   0  15   3.71
Lyle SV(7)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.82
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   5   0  40

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw flied to left; Aparicio doubled to left;
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first) [Aparicio to third];
May singled to second [Aparicio scored]; Herrmann grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews walked; Derrick struck out; Yastrzemski
walked [Andrews to second]; Petrocelli struck out; Scott
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (third to first); Bradford
grounded out (pitcher to first); Knoop walked; Johnson popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: B. Conigliaro singled to left; Moses reached on a
fielder's choice [B. Conigliaro to second]; Alvarado was called
out on strikes; Nagy flied to center [B. Conigliaro to third];
Andrews tripled to center [B. Conigliaro scored, Moses scored];
Derrick singled to right [Andrews scored]; Yastrzemski was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw singled to left; Aparicio singled to right
[McCraw to second]; Hopkins walked [McCraw to third, Aparicio to
second]; May grounded out (third to first) [McCraw scored,
Aparicio to third, Hopkins to second]; Herrmann flied to left;
Melton grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
grounded out (third to first); B. Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bradford struck out; Knoop popped to first in
foul territory; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Moses singled to right; Alvarado singled to right
[Moses to third]; Nagy grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alvarado
to second]; Andrews walked; Derrick forced Andrews (second
unassisted) [Moses scored, Alvarado to third, Derrick to first];
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: McCraw doubled to left; Aparicio singled to right
[McCraw to third]; Hopkins walked [Aparicio to second]; May hit
a sacrifice fly to left [McCraw scored]; SATRIANO REPLACED MOSES
(PLAYING C ); Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher) [Aparicio
to third, Hopkins to second]; Melton singled to center [Aparicio
scored, Hopkins scored]; ROMO REPLACED NAGY (PITCHING); Bradford
struck out; Mike Nagy: 82 pitches; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli doubled to left; Scott singled to right
[Petrocelli scored]; CRIDER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); B.
Conigliaro struck out while Scott was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Satriano doubled to center; Alvarado popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Knoop struck out; Crider struck out; McCraw
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Romo homered; Andrews struck out; Derrick singled
to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Derrick to
second]; Petrocelli singled to shortstop [Derrick scored (error
by Aparicio) (unearned) (no RBI), Petrocelli to second]; Scott
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Aparicio flied to center; Hopkins flied to left;
May doubled to center; Herrmann popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: B. Conigliaro walked; Satriano grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [B. Conigliaro out at
second]; Alvarado flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Red Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton struck out; Bradford grounded out (first
unassisted); BLANCO BATTED FOR KNOOP; Blanco singled to left;
MATIAS BATTED FOR CRIDER; Matias flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: O'BRIEN REPLACED BLANCO (PLAYING 2B); WEAVER
REPLACED MATIAS (PITCHING); Romo grounded out (third to first);
Andrews walked; Andrews was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Weaver [Andrews to second]; Derrick struck out;
Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: McCraw lined to pitcher; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hopkins singled to center; LYLE REPLACED
ROMO (PITCHING); BERRY RAN FOR HOPKINS; May flied to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 7.



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