Bill Melton homered with a man on base and two out in the ninth inning to lift the White Sox to an 8-7 victory in a split of a doubleheader with the Indians, who won the first game, 4-2. In the lidlifter, Ed Herrmann homered for the White Sox and Duke Sims for the Indians to effect a 1-1 tie. The Indians pulled away with two runs in the sixth. Roy Foster doubled and scored on a single by Graig Nettles. After Tony Horton forced Nettles, singles by Ted Uhlaender and Eddie Leon added the deciding run. Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, August 2, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IIndians 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 14 0 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brown ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .274 McCraw lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Pinson rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .296 Stange p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foster lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Aparicio ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .322 Bradford cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 O'Brien 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Nettles 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .233 Melton rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .272 Horton 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Hopkins 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Uhlaender cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Herrmann c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .284 Sims c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .268 Berry cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .255 Leon 2b 3 0 2 1 0 1 .246 Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .215 Hand p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Crider p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Hinton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .253 Totals 39 4 14 4 0 4 Totals 34 2 7 2 1 8 Time of Game: 2:31 Left on Base: Indians 9, White Sox 6 DP: Indians 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Berry Doubles: Foster (18), Knoop (9), Williams (15) Home Runs: Sims (14), Herrmann (12) Stolen Bases: Pinson (4) Sacrifice Hits: Leon (18) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hand W(4-9) 7 4 1 1 1 6 1 26 3.93 Higgins SV(7) 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 9 4.62 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 8 1 35 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Crider L(3-5) 6 11 4 4 0 2 1 29 3.58 Wood 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 3.05 Stange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.17 Totals 9 14 4 4 0 4 1 40 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Ed Runge INDIANS 1ST: Brown singled to shortstop; Pinson flied out to left; Foster popped to third in foul territory; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw flied out to left; Aparicio popped to shortstop in foul territory; O'Brien flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Horton popped to shortstop; Uhlaender popped to third; Sims homered; Leon singled to right; Hand forced Leon (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton flied out to right; Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); Herrmann homered; Berry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. INDIANS 3RD: Brown flied out to left; Pinson singled to center; Foster flied out to center; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop doubled to center; On a bunt Crider struck out; McCraw flied out to center [Knoop to third]; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. INDIANS 4TH: Horton grounded out (third to first); Uhlaender flied out to center; Sims singled to right; Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Melton struck out; Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. INDIANS 5TH: Hand flied out to left; Brown grounded out (third to first); Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann struck out; Berry singled to left; Knoop popped to first in foul territory; Crider popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, White Sox 1. INDIANS 6TH: Foster doubled to center [Foster to third (error by Berry)]; Nettles singled to center [Foster scored]; Horton forced Nettles (pitcher to shortstop); Uhlaender singled to center [Horton to second]; Sims forced Uhlaender (second to shortstop) [Horton to third]; Leon singled to right [Horton scored, Sims to second]; Hand flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: McCraw flied out to center; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); O'Brien was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, White Sox 1. INDIANS 7TH: Brown singled to left; Pinson singled to left [Brown to second]; WOOD REPLACED CRIDER (PITCHING); Foster made an out to shortstop; Nettles singled to left [Brown out at home (left to catcher), Pinson to second]; Pinson stole third; Horton singled to shortstop [Pinson scored, Nettles to second]; Uhlaender struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Melton was called out on strikes; Hopkins singled to third; Herrmann walked [Hopkins to second]; Berry forced Herrmann (shortstop to second) [Hopkins to third]; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 1. INDIANS 8TH: Sims singled to center; Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Sims to second]; HINTON BATTED FOR HAND; Hinton grounded out (third to first); Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: HIGGINS REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR WOOD; Williams doubled to center; McCraw flied out to center [Williams to third]; Aparicio singled to pitcher [Williams scored]; O'Brien popped to second; Melton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 2. INDIANS 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); STANGE REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Pinson grounded out (catcher to first); Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: BRADFORD REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING CF); UHLAENDER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hopkins was called out on strikes; Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); Berry singled to center; Knoop flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, White Sox 2. |
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