Al Downing beat himself in a duel with Tommy John by committing an error that allowed the White Sox to score two unearned runs in the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Bobby Knoop led off the stanza with a single and John sacrificed. When Tommy McCraw grounded to Tito Francona, Downing covered first but failed to handle the throw, Knoop scoring on the error. After Luis Aparicio was retired, Carlos May singled to score McCraw. The Brewers' run in the home half of the eighth also was unearned. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, July      8, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCraw 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .255      Harper 3b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .309
Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Francona 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
May lf                3   0   1   1     1   0   .282        Gil ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Melton rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams rf         3   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Hershberger rf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Josephson c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Walton lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .263
McKinney 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Pena ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Morales 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      May cf                3   1   0   0     0   0   .221
Berry cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .251      Roof c                3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Knoop 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .209      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
John p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .109      Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .133
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Savage ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .263
                                                            Snyder pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                            Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263

Totals               31   2   6   1     2   4             Totals               30   1   5   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 12,119
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Brewers 4
DP: White Sox 2, Brewers 1
Errors: Knoop, Downing
Stolen Bases: McCraw (8)
Sacrifice Hits: John 2 (7), Francona (3)
GIDP: Melton (4), Hershberger (4), Pena (8)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(6-12)            9     5   1   0   1   4   0  32   3.48
Totals                  9     5   1   0   1   4   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(3-6)          7.2   6   2   0   2   3   0  31   4.11
Sanders                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.61
Baldwin                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.57
Totals                  9     6   2   0   2   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak


WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw singled to right; Aparicio forced McCraw
(second to shortstop) [Aparicio to first]; May walked [Aparicio
to second]; Melton grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: WILLIAMS REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING RF); Harper
singled to right; Francona forced Harper (second unassisted);
Hershberger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Francona out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Josephson flied to right; McKinney grounded out
(pitcher to first); Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Walton singled to left; Pena grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Walton out at second]; May
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); John
grounded out (third to first); McCraw grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Roof struck out; Kubiak flied to center; Downing
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (third to first); May
grounded out (second to first); Williams popped to catcher; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Harper singled to center; Francona out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Harper to second]; Hershberger
flied to right; Walton walked; Pena forced Walton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first);
McKinney flied to left; Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Roof flied to
right; Kubiak grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Knoop singled to left; John out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Knoop to second]; McCraw walked;
Aparicio flied to left; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Downing was called out on strikes; Harper grounded
out (shortstop to first); Francona grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Williams struck out; Josephson flied to center;
McKinney singled to center; Berry forced McKinney (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING 3B); Hershberger
flied to right; Walton grounded out (first unassisted); Pena
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Knoop singled to left; John out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Knoop to second]; McCraw reached on an
error by Downing [Knoop scored (unearned) (no RBI), McCraw to
first]; McCraw stole second; Aparicio grounded out (third to
first); May singled to right [McCraw scored (unearned)];
Williams singled to center [May to second]; SANDERS REPLACED
DOWNING (PITCHING); Josephson forced May (third unassisted); 2 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: May reached on an error by Knoop [May to first];
Roof singled to left [May to second]; Kubiak forced Roof (third
to second) [May to third, Kubiak to first]; SAVAGE BATTED FOR
SANDERS; Savage forced Kubiak (third to second) [May scored
(unearned), Savage to first]; SNYDER RAN FOR SAVAGE; Harper
singled to left [Snyder to second]; GIL BATTED FOR FRANCONA; Gil
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Brewers 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HEGAN REPLACED SNYDER (PLAYING 1B); BALDWIN
REPLACED GIL (PITCHING); Morales grounded out (pitcher to
first); Berry popped to second; Knoop was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Hershberger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Walton was called out on strikes; Pena grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 1.