The White Sox played their first game under Jimmy Adair as interim manager, succeeding Don Gutteridge, and lost to the Athletics, 2-1. The White Sox scored in the second inning on a single by Duane Josephson, forceout by Ken Berry, two wild pitches by Blue Moon Odom and an error by Bert Campaneris. Odom accounted for his own tying run in the third, stretching a bloop hit into a double, stealing third and continuing home on a two-out triple by Campaneris. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 2, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1
A's          0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   2  5  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McCraw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   1     1   1   .283
Aparicio ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .315      Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
May lf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .294      Alou rf,lf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Melton rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Davis lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Josephson c           4   0   2   0     0   0   .329        LaRussa 2b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Berry cf              3   1   0   0     0   0   .283      Mincher 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
McKinney 3b           3   0   0   1     1   0   .113      Bando 3b              2   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .381
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .173
Johnson p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Hovley ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .255
  Herrmann ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .279        Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Odom p                2   1   1   0     0   1   .250
                                                            Jackson ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .224

Totals               31   1   4   1     3   2             Totals               28   2   5   1     4   9

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  9,932
Left on Base: White Sox 8, A's 6
DP: White Sox 1, A's 3
Errors: Josephson, Campaneris, LaRussa, Bando
Doubles: Odom (2)
Triples: Campaneris (3)
Stolen Bases: May (7), Aparicio (6), Odom (1)
GIDP: Knoop (7), McKinney (2), May (18), Bando (9)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (7,by Odom), Berry (6,by Odom)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(2-4)          8     5   2   1   4   9   0  32   5.34
Totals                  8     5   2   1   4   9   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(7-5)             7     2   1   1   3   1   0  28   4.33
Grant SV(24)            2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   1.72
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   2   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Odom 2 (4)
Wild Pitches: Odom 2 (10)
Balks: Johnson (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw flied out to right; Aparicio walked; May
forced Aparicio (second unassisted); May stole second; Melton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Monday was called out on
strikes; Alou walked; Davis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Josephson singled to left; Berry forced Josephson
(shortstop to second); Odom threw a wild pitch [Berry to
second]; Odom threw a wild pitch [Berry to third]; McKinney
reached on an error by Campaneris [Berry scored]; Knoop grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McKinney out
at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Mincher grounded out (first unassisted); Bando
singled to center; Johnson balked [Bando to second]; Tenace was
called out on strikes; Green flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); McCraw
grounded out (first unassisted); Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Odom doubled to left; Odom stole third [Odom
scored (error by Josephson) (unearned)]; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Monday struck out; Alou flied out to left;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Melton was
hit by a pitch; Josephson singled to center [Melton to second];
Berry forced Josephson (pitcher to shortstop) [Melton to third];
McKinney walked [Berry to second]; Knoop forced McKinney (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis popped to third in foul territory; Mincher
flied out to center; Bando walked; Tenace was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnson flied out to center; McCraw grounded out
(first to pitcher); Aparicio reached on an error by Bando;
Aparicio stole second; May walked; Melton made an out to first;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green struck out; Odom was called out on strikes;
Campaneris walked; Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Josephson grounded out (third to first); Berry
was hit by a pitch; McKinney grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Berry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou singled to shortstop; Davis singled to right
[Alou to second]; Mincher forced Alou (first to third) [Davis to
second]; Bando grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Mincher out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Knoop grounded out (third to first); Johnson
flied out to left; McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace flied out to center; HOVLEY BATTED FOR
GREEN; Hovley walked; JACKSON BATTED FOR ODOM; Jackson struck
out; Campaneris tripled to center [Hovley scored]; Monday flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GRANT
REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); LARUSSA REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 2B);
ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Aparicio singled to right;
May grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Aparicio
out at second]; Melton singled; Josephson flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); LaRussa
struck out; Mincher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Berry reached on an error by LaRussa; McKinney
popped to first in foul territory; HOPKINS BATTED FOR KNOOP;
Hopkins made an out to shortstop; HERRMANN BATTED FOR JOHNSON;
Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 2.