Sacrifice flies by Bill Melton, Walt Williams and Duane Josephson enabled the White Sox to defeat the Twins, 4-2. Melton's fly produced the initial run in the first inning after Luis Aparicio singled and Syd O'Brien doubled.

In the second, Rich McKinney reached second when Cesar Tovar dropped his fly in center field. After Ken Berry walked, Bob Miller singled to score McKinney. Berry stole third and crossed the plate on Williams' fly. Aparicio drew a pass in the fifth, stole second, continued to third on a throwing error by George Mitterwald and completed the journey home on Josephson's fly. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Friday, June      26, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
White Sox    1  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              3   0   2   0     0   1   .278      Williams lf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .256
Holt lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Aparicio ss           3   2   2   0     1   0   .302
Oliva rf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .315      O'Brien 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Killebrew 3b          4   0   3   0     0   1   .309      Melton rf,3b          2   0   1   1     1   0   .291
Reese 1b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .256      Josephson c           3   0   1   1     0   0   .330
Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .279      McKinney 3b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .195        McCraw rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
  Ratliff ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Spence 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Thompson 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Berry cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .261
  Renick ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Miller p              1   0   1   1     1   0   .250
Kaat p                1   1   1   0     0   0   .171        Crider p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Zepp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Woodson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Allison ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               33   2   8   2     1   5             Totals               28   4   8   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  9,486
Left on Base: Twins 7, White Sox 8
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Tovar, Mitterwald
Doubles: Tovar (18), O'Brien (6)
Home Runs: Reese (5)
Stolen Bases: Berry (3), Aparicio (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (8), Crider (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (4), Williams (1), Josephson (3)
GIDP: Reese (3)
Hit by Pitch: Kaat (1,by Miller)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(6-6)             5.1   6   4   2   4   2   0  27   3.69
Zepp                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.70
Woodson                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   1.86
Totals                  8     8   4   2   4   4   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Miller W(3-3)           5     6   2   2   1   2   1  23   4.50
Crider SV(1)            4     2   0   0   0   3   0  13   2.63
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   5   1  36

Passed Balls: Josephson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Miller (1)
Wild Pitches: Kaat (7)

Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jim Odom


TWINS 1ST: Tovar doubled to center; Holt flied to left; Oliva
reached on a fielder's choice [Tovar out at third (pitcher to
third)]; Killebrew singled to left [Oliva to third]; Reese
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
singled to center; O'Brien doubled to first [Aparicio to third];
Melton hit a sacrifice fly to right [Aparicio scored, O'Brien to
third]; Josephson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas lined to center; Mitterwald popped to
catcher in foul territory; Thompson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: McKinney reached on an error by Tovar [McKinney
to second]; Debut game for Rich McKinney; Spence struck
out; Berry walked; Miller singled to right [McKinney scored
(unearned), Berry to second]; Berry stole third; Williams hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Berry scored (unearned)]; Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, White Sox 3.

TWINS 3RD: Kaat was hit by a pitch; Tovar singled to right [Kaat
to second]; Holt grounded out (first unassisted) [Kaat to third,
Tovar to second]; Oliva grounded out (second to first) [Kaat
scored, Tovar to third]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: O'Brien lined to third; Melton singled to third;
Josephson forced Melton (shortstop to second) [Josephson to
first]; Kaat threw a wild pitch [Josephson to second]; McKinney
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, White
Sox 3.

TWINS 4TH: Reese homered; Cardenas flied to center; Mitterwald
flied to left; Thompson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Spence flied to left; Berry grounded out (second
to first); Miller walked; Williams lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.

TWINS 5TH: Kaat singled to center; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Kaat to second]; Holt lined to left; Oliva
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Aparicio walked; Aparicio stole second [Aparicio
to third (error by Mitterwald)]; O'Brien grounded out (third to
first); Melton was walked intentionally; Josephson lined out on
a sacrifice fly to right [Aparicio scored]; McKinney singled to
right [Melton to third]; Spence flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew singled to left; Reese walked [Killebrew to
second]; CRIDER REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Cardenas flied to
center; Mitterwald flied to left; Thompson lined to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Berry singled to left; Crider out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Berry to second]; ZEPP REPLACED KAAT
(PITCHING); Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted
ball [Berry out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

TWINS 7TH: HILL BATTED FOR ZEPP; Hill was called out on strikes;
Tovar struck out; Holt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WOODSON REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); O'Brien
grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton flied to center;
Josephson singled to right; McKinney flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

TWINS 8TH: MELTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MCCRAW
REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING RF); Oliva popped to third in foul
territory; Killebrew singled to left; Reese grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Spence was called out on strikes; Berry struck
out; Crider grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 4.

TWINS 9TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); RATLIFF
BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Ratliff singled to right; RENICK BATTED
FOR THOMPSON; Josephson allowed a passed ball [Ratliff to
second]; Renick flied to center; ALLISON BATTED FOR WOODSON;
Allison grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, White Sox 4.