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The Twins were stopped on their five-game winning streak when the White Sox scored two unearned runs in the 12th inning on a wild throw by Dick Woodson to gain a 5-3 victory. Ed Herrmann homered in the ninth to give the White Sox a 3-1 lead, but the Twins forced the game into overtime with a double by Tony Oliva, an infield hit by Rick Renick, a pass to Bob Allison, single by Leo Cardenas and sacrifice fly by Rich Reese.

In the 12th, Bob Spence walked and was forced by Walt Williams. Luis Aparicio then grounded to Woodson, who threw wildly to first base, allowing Williams to score. Tommy McCraw then added an extra run with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Saturday, July 4, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   5 10  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3 11  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           6   1   2   0     0   0   .259      Tovar cf,lf           6   0   3   0     0   0   .312
Aparicio ss           6   1   1   0     0   0   .306      Thompson 2b           5   0   2   0     1   1   .281
McCraw cf,1b          5   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Killebrew 1b,3b       4   0   0   0     1   0   .308
May lf                5   1   1   0     0   0   .287      Oliva rf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .324
Hopkins 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .310      Renick 3b             4   1   1   0     0   2   .263
  O'Brien ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Berry cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .249        Kaat ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Herrmann c            5   1   2   2     0   1   .276        Tischinski ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Knoop 2b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .210        Woodson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morales 3b            4   0   0   0     1   3   .125      Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .271
John p                4   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Holt lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Allison ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .222
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Hill pr,cf          1   1   0   0     0   0   .118
  Spence ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .179      Cardenas ss           5   1   3   1     0   0   .285
  Crider p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   1     0   0   .206
                                                            Reese ph,1b         1   0   0   1     0   0   .256
                                                          Boswell p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Zepp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Quilici ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .175
                                                            Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ratliff ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               45   5  10   3     3   4             Totals               42   3  11   3     4   7

Time of Game: 3:31   Attendance: 20,935
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Twins 8
DP: White Sox 2, Twins 1
Errors: Murphy, Woodson
Doubles: Cardenas (18), Oliva (14)
Home Runs: Herrmann (7)
Caught Stealing: Knoop (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McCraw (1), Reese (4)
GIDP: Knoop (3), Killebrew (14), Tischinski (1)
Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Boswell)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    8.1   9   3   3   2   7   0  33   3.70
Murphy                  1     2   0   0   2   0   0   7   4.53
Wood W(4-7)             1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.00
Crider SV(2)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.51
Totals                 12    11   3   3   4   7   0  47

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boswell                 6     5   2   2   0   1   0  24   6.22
Zepp                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.68
Perranoski              2     3   1   1   1   0   1  10   1.75
Williams                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.78
Woodson L(1-2)          2     1   2   0   2   2   0  10   2.70
Totals                 12    10   5   3   3   4   1  50

Hit by Pitch: Boswell (2)
Wild Pitches: Boswell (3)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to left; Aparicio flied to
right; McCraw flied to center; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to right [Tovar out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Thompson walked; Killebrew forced Thompson
(shortstop to second) [Killebrew to first]; Oliva forced
Killebrew (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Hopkins singled to right; Boswell threw a wild
pitch [Hopkins to second]; Herrmann grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hopkins to third]; Knoop singled to third [Hopkins
stayed at third]; Morales reached on a fielder's choice [Hopkins
out at home (third to catcher to third to pitcher), Knoop to
second]; John flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Renick grounded out (third to first); Alyea was
called out on strikes; Cardenas singled to center; Mitterwald
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams flied to left; On a bunt Aparicio
grounded out (pitcher to first); McCraw popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Boswell struck out; Tovar singled to first; Thompson
singled to second [Tovar to second]; Killebrew grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May was hit by a pitch; Hopkins reached on a
fielder's choice [May to second]; Herrmann singled to right [May
scored, Hopkins to third]; Knoop grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Hopkins scored, Herrmann out at
second]; Morales struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva flied to left; Renick struck out; Alyea struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: John flied to center; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aparicio grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cardenas lined to center; Mitterwald flied to right;
Boswell lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: On a bunt McCraw singled to third; May grounded
out (second to first) [McCraw to second]; Hopkins flied to
right; Herrmann flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
singled to center; Killebrew flied to center; Oliva grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ZEPP REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Knoop singled
to center; Knoop was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Morales struck out; John grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Renick struck out; Alyea flied to center; Cardenas
doubled to center; Mitterwald singled to center [Cardenas
scored]; QUILICI BATTED FOR ZEPP; Quilici struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED QUILICI (PITCHING); On a bunt
Williams singled to catcher; Aparicio singled to left [Williams
to third, Aparicio to second (on throw to 3b)]; McCraw grounded
out (first unassisted); May flied to center; O'BRIEN BATTED FOR
HOPKINS; O'Brien flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: BERRY REPLACED O'BRIEN (PLAYING CF); MCCRAW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Tovar lined to left; Thompson struck
out; Killebrew lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING LF); Herrmann
homered; Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
walked; John forced Morales (pitcher to shortstop) [John to
first]; Williams flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Oliva doubled to left; Renick singled to shortstop
[Oliva stayed at second]; ALLISON BATTED FOR HOLT; Oliva was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Allison walked [Renick
to second]; HILL RAN FOR ALLISON; MURPHY REPLACED JOHN
(PITCHING); Cardenas singled to right [Renick scored, Hill to
third]; REESE BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Reese hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Hill scored]; RATLIFF BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; Ratliff
flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: RATLIFF STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); REESE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KILLEBREW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING);
Aparicio popped to first; McCraw flied to center; May grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Twins 3.

TWINS 10TH: Tovar singled to pitcher [Tovar to third (error by
Murphy)]; Thompson flied to center; Killebrew was walked
intentionally; Oliva was walked intentionally [Killebrew to
second]; KAAT BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; WOOD REPLACED MURPHY
(PITCHING); TISCHINSKI BATTED FOR KAAT; Tischinski grounded into
a double play (third to catcher) [Tovar out at home, Killebrew
out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: WOODSON REPLACED TISCHINSKI (PITCHING); Berry
grounded out (pitcher to first); Herrmann struck out; Knoop
walked; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Twins 3.

TWINS 11TH: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas
popped to catcher in foul territory; Reese grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 12TH: SPENCE BATTED FOR WOOD; Spence walked; On a bunt
Williams forced Spence (third to shortstop) [Williams to first];
Aparicio reached on a fielder's choice [Williams scored (error
by Woodson) (unearned) (no RBI), Aparicio to third]; McCraw hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Aparicio scored (unearned)]; May
singled to right; Berry lined to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 12TH: CRIDER REPLACED SPENCE (PITCHING); Ratliff flied to
right; Tovar grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Twins 3.



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