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Thursday July 16, 1970
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Reaching their season high in hits with 18, the Tigers beat the White Sox, 11-6. The Tigers' attack included homers by Mickey Stanley, Dick McAuliffe, Norm Cash and Bill Freehan. The White Sox had circuit clouts by Bill Melton and Carlos May. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 11, Chicago White Sox 6

Game Played on Thursday, July 16, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Tigers       0  0  5    0  0  2    2  2  0  -  11 18  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  3  0    2  0  0  -   6 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          6   1   2   2     0   0   .276      O'Brien 3b            5   0   2   0     0   2   .277
Stanley cf            5   2   2   1     0   2   .273      Aparicio ss           4   1   0   0     1   0   .309
Kaline rf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .283      May lf                4   2   2   1     0   2   .296
Horton lf             5   1   3   2     0   0   .308      Melton rf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .285
Cash 1b               5   2   2   2     0   1   .247      Josephson c           4   0   2   1     1   1   .299
Freehan c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .226      Hopkins 1b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .306
Wert 3b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .237        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Gutierrez ss          4   0   0   1     0   1   .238        McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Cain p                2   0   1   1     0   0   .114      Berry cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Knoop 2b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .232
  Scherman p          2   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Janeski p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .093
  Timmermann p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stange p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McKinney ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .137
                                                            Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Spence 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .209

Totals               43  11  18  10     2   5             Totals               39   6  12   6     3   7

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  6,666
Left on Base: Tigers 8, White Sox 10
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 1
Doubles: Horton 2 (15), Kaline (14), Knoop (6)
Home Runs: Stanley (7), McAuliffe (9), Cash (10), Freehan (14), Melton (15), Hopkins (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Gutierrez (10)
Hit by Pitch: May (3,by Scherman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain                    4.2   5   4   4   3   5   1  22   3.82
Reed                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Scherman W(3-1)         2     3   2   2   0   1   1  10   2.75
Timmermann SV(13)       2.1   3   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.45
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   7   2  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Janeski L(7-9)          2.2   8   5   5   2   2   1  18   4.55
Stange                  2.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   8   5.68
Weaver                  1     3   2   2   0   0   1   5   4.25
Murphy                  1.1   5   4   4   0   0   2   9   5.07
Moore                   1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.53
Totals                  9    18  11  11   2   5   4  46

Passed Balls: Freehan (5)
Hit by Pitch: Scherman (1)
Wild Pitches: Janeski (5)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
struck out; Kaline walked; Horton singled to center [Kaline to
third]; Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien flied to center; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan singled to left; Wert singled to right
[Freehan to third]; Gutierrez reached on a fielder's choice
[Freehan out at home (third to catcher), Wert to second]; Cain
popped to catcher in foul territory; McAuliffe flied to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton homered; Josephson struck out; Hopkins
grounded out (first unassisted); Berry popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley homered; Kaline grounded out (third to
first); Horton doubled to right; Cash singled to right [Horton
scored]; Freehan singled to center [Cash to third, Freehan to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Wert was walked intentionally;
Gutierrez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cash scored,
Freehan to third, Wert to second]; Janeski threw a wild pitch
[Freehan scored, Wert to third]; Cain singled to right [Wert
scored]; STANGE REPLACED JANESKI (PITCHING); McAuliffe singled
to center [Cain to third]; Stanley struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop popped to catcher in foul territory; Stange
struck out; O'Brien struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
White Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline struck out (catcher to first); Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Aparicio walked; May was called out on strikes;
Melton walked [Aparicio to second]; Freehan allowed a passed
ball [Aparicio to third]; Josephson walked [Melton to second];
Hopkins popped to catcher in foul territory; Berry popped to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan popped to shortstop; Wert grounded out
(second to first); Gutierrez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Knoop singled to right; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
STANGE; Williams popped to first in foul territory; O'Brien
singled to center [Knoop to second]; Aparicio forced O'Brien
(third to second) [Knoop to third, Aparicio to first]; May
singled to right [Knoop scored, Aparicio to third]; Melton
singled to left [Aparicio scored, May to second]; REED REPLACED
CAIN (PITCHING); Josephson singled to right [May scored, Melton
to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Hopkins flied to
center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 6TH: WEAVER REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Scherman
singled to center; McAuliffe homered [Scherman scored]; Stanley
flied to right; Kaline doubled to left; Horton hit into a double
play (center to second) [Kaline out at third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Berry popped to shortstop; Knoop singled to
second; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR WEAVER; McKinney struck out; O'Brien
singled to right [Knoop to third]; Aparicio forced O'Brien
(third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED MCKINNEY (PITCHING); Cash homered;
Freehan homered; Wert flied to left; Gutierrez grounded out
(second to first); Scherman grounded out (third to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May was hit by a pitch; Melton flied to left;
Josephson lined to shortstop; Hopkins homered [May scored];
TIMMERMANN REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Berry flied to right; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 9, White Sox 6.

TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe popped to shortstop; Stanley singled to
center; Kaline singled to left [Stanley to second]; Horton
doubled to left [Stanley scored, Kaline scored]; MOORE REPLACED
HOPKINS (PITCHING); SPENCE REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING 1B); Cash
flied to left; Freehan grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 11, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Knoop doubled to left; Spence flied to left;
O'Brien struck out; Aparicio grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 11, White Sox 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Wert singled to shortstop; Gutierrez out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Wert to second]; Timmermann
grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 11, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: May singled to right; Melton flied to right;
Josephson singled to left [May to second]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR
MOORE; McCraw flied to center; Berry flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 11, White Sox 6.



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