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.

In the nightcap, Syd O'Brien singled before Melton broke up the game with his homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    2, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Indians      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.