Led by Al Kaline, who batted in four runs, the Tigers defeated the White Sox, 9-4, with Denny McLain getting credit for his second victory. Al Kaline homered with two men on base in the second inning and Gates Brown followed with another circuit clout. Kaline also drove in a run with a single in the seventh.

Tommy McCraw and Ed Herrmann homered for the White Sox in the fourth. McLain was lifted after giving up a run on three singles in the eighth. Gail Hopkins homered off reliever Tom Timmerman in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 9, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      25, 1970 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  1  -   4  8  0
Tigers       1  4  0    3  0  0    1  0  x  -   9 13  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
O'Brien 3b            4   0   2   0     1   0   .277      McAuliffe 2b          3   3   2   0     3   0   .270
Berry cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .249      Stanley cf            5   0   0   0     0   0   .269
May lf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .297      Kaline rf             3   2   2   4     2   0   .284
McCraw rf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .242      G. Brown lf           4   2   3   2     0   1   .250
Herrmann c            3   1   1   1     0   1   .287        Nagelson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
  Josephson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Cash 1b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .251
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Freehan c             4   0   1   0     1   0   .229
Spence 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .207      Wert 3b               4   0   1   1     1   0   .244
Knoop 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Gutierrez ss          4   1   3   1     0   0   .243
Morales ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .156      McLain p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .118
Crider p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  McKinney ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .113        Timmermann p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wood p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
  Hopkins ph,c        2   2   2   1     0   0   .294

Totals               33   4   8   4     3   5             Totals               35   9  13   9     7   6

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 30,080
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Tigers 13
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 1
Doubles: McAuliffe 2 (14), Gutierrez (7), G. Brown (2)
Home Runs: McCraw (5), Herrmann (11), Hopkins (4), Kaline (12), G. Brown (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Berry (1), McLain (1)
Sacrifice Flies: G. Brown (2), Gutierrez (1)
GIDP: Knoop (4)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (4,by Crider)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crider L(3-4)           2     4   5   5   3   0   2  14   3.34
Weaver                  1.1   5   3   3   2   1   0  11   4.67
Wood                    3.2   3   1   1   2   4   0  16   3.24
Moore                   1     1   0   0   0   1   0   5   5.77
Totals                  8    13   9   9   7   6   2  46

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLain W(2-2)           7     7   3   3   2   4   2  29   4.63
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.58
Timmermann SV(17)       1.2   1   1   1   0   1   1   6   3.02
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   5   3  37

Hit by Pitch: Crider (1)
Passed Balls: Herrmann 2 (12), Hopkins (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien walked; Berry out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [O'Brien to second]; May walked; McCraw
grounded out (pitcher to first) [O'Brien to third, May to
second]; Herrmann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe doubled to left; Stanley grounded out
(second to first) [McAuliffe to third]; Kaline walked; G. Brown
hit a sacrifice fly to center [McAuliffe scored]; Cash was hit
by a pitch [Kaline to second]; Freehan walked [Kaline to third,
Cash to second]; Wert flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spence flied to right; Knoop popped to third in
foul territory; Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Gutierrez singled to center; McLain out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gutierrez to second];
McAuliffe walked; Stanley popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kaline homered [Gutierrez scored, McAuliffe scored]; G. Brown
homered; Cash flied to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: MCKINNEY BATTED FOR CRIDER; McKinney flied to
left; O'Brien flied to center; Berry flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 3RD: WEAVER REPLACED MCKINNEY (PITCHING); Freehan singled
to center; Wert flied to left; Gutierrez doubled to right
[Freehan to third]; McLain struck out; McAuliffe walked; Stanley
forced McAuliffe (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May flied to center; McCraw homered; Herrmann
homered; Spence struck out; Knoop flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline walked; G. Brown doubled to right [Kaline to
third]; Cash singled to right [Kaline scored, G. Brown to
third]; Freehan popped to shortstop; Wert singled to left [G.
Brown scored, Cash to second]; WOOD REPLACED WEAVER (PITCHING);
Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Cash to third, Wert to second];
Gutierrez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cash scored]; McLain
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales flied to right; Wood struck out; O'Brien
singled to left; Berry flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe doubled to right; Stanley reached on a
fielder's choice [McAuliffe out at third (pitcher to third to
shortstop)]; Kaline flied to center; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (second to first); McCraw popped
to first in foul territory; Herrmann lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 6TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
flied to center; Wert walked; Gutierrez flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spence singled to right; Knoop grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spence out at
second]; Morales popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: McLain struck out; McAuliffe walked; Stanley
grounded out (third to first) [McAuliffe to second]; Herrmann
allowed a passed ball [McAuliffe to third]; Kaline singled to
right [McAuliffe scored]; G. Brown singled to second [Kaline to
second]; Cash struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Tigers 9.

WHITE SOX 8TH: NAGELSON REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING LF); HOPKINS
BATTED FOR WOOD; Hopkins singled to center; O'Brien singled to
left [Hopkins to second]; Berry singled to center [Hopkins
scored, O'Brien to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED MCLAIN (PITCHING);
May grounded out (first unassisted) [O'Brien to third, Berry to
second]; McCraw walked; JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR HERRMANN;
TIMMERMANN REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Josephson popped to
second; Spence was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 3, Tigers 9.

TIGERS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); HOPKINS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wert flied to center; Gutierrez singled to center; Timmermann
struck out but Gutierrez advanced to second and Timmermann
advanced to first on a passed ball; McAuliffe flied to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Tigers 9.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Knoop flied to right; Morales grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hopkins homered; O'Brien grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 9.