Although calling on three different pitchers in the ninth inning, the Indians were unable to halt a rally by the White Sox, who scored two runs to gain a 5-4 victory. Duane Josephson and Syd O'Brien singled off Dick Ellsworth. After Fred Lasher relieved, Luis Apariclo beat out an infield hit to load the bases and pinch-hitter Gail Hopkins singled to score pinch-runner Tommy McCraw. Phil Hennigan then came in to pitch to Bill Melton, who hit a sacrifice fly to drive in O'Brien with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Friday, July      31, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Indians      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  1  -   4 14  0
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   5 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Leon 2b               5   0   2   1     0   1   .243      O'Brien 3b            5   3   3   2     0   1   .272
Brown 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Aparicio ss           5   0   3   1     0   0   .321
  Nettles ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .232      May lf                1   0   0   0     1   1   .297
Foster lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .287        Williams lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Fosse c               5   0   3   0     0   1   .311        Hopkins ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .297
Horton 1b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .259      Melton rf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .279
Bradford cf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .201      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Hinton rf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .337      Spence 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .214
  Uhlaender pr,rf     0   0   0   0     1   0   .235      Berry cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .248
Heidemann ss          4   1   1   2     0   1   .209      Knoop 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .213
Dunning p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .130      John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .172
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Rollins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .230        Josephson ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .323
  Hargan pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        McCraw pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .246
  Ellsworth p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               39   4  14   4     3   4             Totals               35   5  13   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  5,467
Left on Base: Indians 13, White Sox 10
DP: Indians 0, White Sox 0
Doubles: Hinton (3)
Home Runs: Foster (13), O'Brien (3)
Sacrifice Hits: John (9), Herrmann (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Heidemann (8), Melton (6)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (6,by John)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning                 5     6   2   2   1   3   1  22   4.80
Austin                  2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   5.97
Ellsworth L(3-2)        1     3   2   2   1   0   0   7   4.19
Lasher                  0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.96
Hennigan                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.94
Totals                  8.1  13   5   5   2   4   1  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    7.2  12   3   3   2   2   0  37   3.36
Murphy W(2-0)           1.1   2   1   1   1   2   1   7   4.71
Totals                  9    14   4   4   3   4   1  44

Hit by Pitch: John (5)
Wild Pitches: Austin (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Leon grounded out (pitcher to first); Brown singled
to left; Foster lined to second; Fosse singled to center [Brown
to second]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 0.

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

INDIANS 2ND: Bradford grounded out (pitcher to first); Hinton
singled to center; Heidemann forced Hinton (shortstop to
second); Dunning flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton flied to right; Herrmann flied to right;
Spence singled to left; Berry flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Leon singled to center; Brown flied to right;
Foster was hit by a pitch [Leon to second]; Fosse flied to
right; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop singled to left; John out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Knoop to second]; O'Brien homered [Knoop
scored]; Aparicio popped to second; May walked; Melton was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, White
Sox 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Bradford walked; Hinton doubled to right [Bradford
to third]; Heidemann hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bradford
scored, Hinton to third]; Dunning reached on a fielder's choice
[Hinton out at home (third to catcher to shortstop)]; Leon was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Spence
popped to third; Berry singled to center; Knoop popped to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED MAY (PLAYING LF); Brown grounded
out (third to first); Foster grounded out (third to first);
Fosse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: John popped to second; O'Brien struck out;
Aparicio singled to center; Williams forced Aparicio (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Horton walked; Bradford singled to left [Horton to
second]; Hinton forced Bradford (shortstop to second) [Horton to
third, Hinton to first]; Heidemann singled to right [Horton
scored, Hinton to third]; Hinton was out trying to advance to
home and Heidemann advanced to second (catcher to shortstop to
third to shortstop to catcher); Dunning singled to right
[Heidemann to third]; Leon flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton singled to right; AUSTIN REPLACED DUNNING
(PITCHING); Herrmann struck out; Spence forced Melton (first to
shortstop) [Spence to first]; Berry grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Brown grounded out (third to first); Foster
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse singled to center;
Horton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); John
grounded out (shortstop to first); O'Brien singled to left;
Austin threw a wild pitch [O'Brien to second]; Aparicio singled
to left [O'Brien scored]; Williams grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, White Sox 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Bradford grounded out (shortstop to first); Hinton
singled to right; UHLAENDER RAN FOR HINTON; Heidemann forced
Uhlaender (first to shortstop) [Heidemann to first]; ROLLINS
BATTED FOR AUSTIN; Rollins singled to left [Heidemann to
second]; HARGAN RAN FOR ROLLINS; Leon singled to center
[Heidemann scored, Hargan to second]; MURPHY REPLACED JOHN
(PITCHING); NETTLES BATTED FOR BROWN; Nettles struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: NETTLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); UHLAENDER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ELLSWORTH REPLACED HARGAN
(PITCHING); Melton singled to left; Herrmann out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Melton to second]; Spence flied to
center; Berry walked; Knoop forced Berry (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Foster homered; Fosse singled to right; Horton
forced Fosse (third to second) [Horton to first]; Bradford
popped to shortstop; Uhlaender walked [Horton to second];
Heidemann struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, White
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR MURPHY; Josephson singled to
right; MCCRAW RAN FOR JOSEPHSON; O'Brien singled to center
[McCraw to second]; LASHER REPLACED ELLSWORTH (PITCHING); On a
bunt Aparicio singled to pitcher [McCraw to third, O'Brien to
second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Hopkins singled to second
[McCraw scored, O'Brien to third, Aparicio to second]; HENNIGAN
REPLACED LASHER (PITCHING); Melton hit a sacrifice fly to center
[O'Brien scored]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 5.