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Friday June 12, 1970
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Tommy John held the Senators to two hits and pitched the White Sox to a 6-0 victory. Syd O'Brien gave John the only run that he needed by hitting his first homer in a White Sox uniform in the third inning. That was the lone hit off George Brunet until the Pale Hose erupted for their other runs in the seventh.

Singles by Luis Aparicio and Carlos May, a sacrifice and a single by Duane Josephson accounted for two tallies. After O'Brien singled, Dick Such replaced Brunet. On Such's first pitch, Ken Berry hit a homer to drive in the last three runs. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 6, Washington Senators 0

Game Played on Friday, June 12, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    5  0  x  -   6  8  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Williams rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Aparicio ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .323
Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .262      May lf                4   1   2   0     0   1   .296
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Melton 3b             3   0   1   0     0   2   .287
Casanova c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .227      Blanco 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Comer lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .164        McCraw 1b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Maye rf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Josephson c           2   1   1   2     1   0   .307
Cullen 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .178      O'Brien 2b            3   2   2   1     0   1   .281
Brunet p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Berry cf              3   1   1   3     0   0   .264
  Such p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      John p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .121
  Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .253
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               27   0   2   0     3   4             Totals               30   6   8   6     1   5

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance:  7,928
Left on Base: Senators 4, White Sox 2
DP: Senators 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Comer
Home Runs: O'Brien (1), Berry (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Melton (1)
Hit by Pitch: Maye (1,by John)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brunet L(3-5)           6.2   5   5   5   1   4   1  25   5.69
Such                    0.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2   5.46
Shellenback             1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.64
Totals                  8     8   6   6   1   5   2  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(5-8)             9     2   0   0   3   4   0  31   3.38
Totals                  9     2   0   0   3   4   0  31

Hit by Pitch: John (4)
Wild Pitches: John (8)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ron Luciano


SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Unser
grounded out (second to first); Howard lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams flied out to center; Aparicio popped to
catcher in foul territory; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Senators 0, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Rodriguez struck out; Casanova grounded out
(second to first); Comer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Blanco flied out to right;
Josephson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators
0, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Maye was hit by a pitch; Maye was out trying to
advance to second (catcher to second); Cullen flied out to
center; Brunet flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: O'Brien homered; Berry grounded out (shortstop to
first); John flied out to right; Williams grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Unser grounded out
(shortstop to first); Howard popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Aparicio popped to catcher in foul territory; May
flied out to center; Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Casanova flied out to center; Comer singled to center; Maye
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Blanco flied out to right; Josephson walked;
Josephson was picked off first (pitcher to first); O'Brien
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Cullen walked; On a bunt Brunet struck out;
Brinkman hit into a double play (center to first) [Cullen out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Berry popped to shortstop; John grounded out
(shortstop to first); Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Howard
walked; John threw a wild pitch [Howard to second]; Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Casanova was walked
intentionally; Comer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Aparicio singled to left; May singled to left
[Aparicio to second]; Melton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Aparicio to third, May to second]; Blanco flied out to
left; Josephson singled to center [Aparicio scored, May scored];
O'Brien singled to left [Josephson to third]; SUCH REPLACED
BRUNET (PITCHING); Berry homered [Josephson scored, O'Brien
scored]; John grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 6.

SENATORS 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED BLANCO (PLAYING 1B); Maye grounded
out (second to first); Cullen flied out to left; REICHARDT
BATTED FOR SUCH; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED REICHARDT (PITCHING);
Williams grounded out (second to first); Aparicio grounded out
(pitcher to first); May singled to left; Melton singled to left
[May to third, Melton to second (error by Comer)]; McCraw struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 6.

SENATORS 9TH: Brinkman singled to left; Unser forced Brinkman
(second to shortstop) [Unser to first]; Howard struck out;
Rodriguez forced Unser (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 6.



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