After scoring their first three runs on a pair of homers, the White Sox added two tallies on a double by Bobby Knoop in the eighth inning to beat the Twins, 5-3. Gail Hopkins homered in the second and Syd O'Brien hit for the circuit after a single by Bart Johnson in the third. Bill Melton walked in the eighth and O'Brien was safe on an error before Knoop rapped his double. Brant Alyea homered for the Twins, marking the eighth straight game in which he had driven in one or more runs. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 12, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 7 1 Twins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 10 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG O'Brien 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .253 Tovar cf,rf 4 0 3 0 1 0 .298 Morales 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Nettles rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .315 Thompson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 May lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .286 Melton rf 2 1 0 0 3 0 .264 Allison pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Josephson c 5 0 0 0 0 3 .320 Alyea lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .306 Hopkins 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .282 Reese 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Berry cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276 Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 McCraw cf,1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Ratliff c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .260 Knoop 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .222 Quilici 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Johnson p 4 1 2 0 0 0 .304 Holt ph,cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Manuel ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haydel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Hill ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Totals 35 5 7 5 6 5 Totals 36 3 10 1 4 12 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 14,181 Left on Base: White Sox 9, Twins 10 DP: White Sox 2, Twins 0 Errors: Morales, Killebrew, Cardenas Doubles: May (27), Knoop (12), Ratliff (7) Home Runs: Hopkins (6), O'Brien (8), Alyea (16) Stolen Bases: May (8), Aparicio (7) Caught Stealing: Tovar (14) GIDP: Ratliff (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson W(3-5) 8 10 3 1 3 10 1 35 5.51 Wood SV(20) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 3.02 Totals 9 10 3 1 4 12 1 40 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(9-7) 7 6 3 3 2 4 2 30 3.25 Williams 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 2.05 Haydel 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 3.00 Totals 9 7 5 3 6 5 2 41 Passed Balls: Josephson (11) Wild Pitches: Johnson (3), Wood (4), Haydel (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jake O'Donnell WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Aparicio was called out on strikes; May reached on an error by Cardenas [May to first]; Melton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Nettles forced Tovar (first to shortstop); Killebrew walked [Nettles to second]; Alyea lined to left; Reese struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Josephson struck out; Hopkins homered; McCraw flied to center; Knoop grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Cardenas singled to shortstop; Ratliff grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cardenas out at second]; Quilici flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson singled to center; O'Brien homered [Johnson scored]; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied to center; Melton walked; Josephson forced Melton (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Blyleven was called out on strikes; Tovar walked; Nettles walked [Tovar to second]; Killebrew struck out while Tovar was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Hopkins flied to left; McCraw singled to left; Knoop popped to shortstop; Johnson singled to right [McCraw to third]; O'Brien walked [Johnson to second]; Aparicio forced O'Brien (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Alyea homered; Reese grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Ratliff doubled to left; Quilici lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: May doubled to left; May stole third; Melton grounded out (second to first); Josephson struck out; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to center; Nettles struck out; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Tovar to second]; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: McCraw struck out; Knoop lined to left; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: BERRY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING CF); MCCRAW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Alyea grounded out (pitcher to first); Reese singled to shortstop; Cardenas struck out; Ratliff struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: O'Brien popped to second; Aparicio flied to left; May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED O'BRIEN (PLAYING 3B); HOLT BATTED FOR QUILICI; Holt grounded out (second to first); MANUEL BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Manuel struck out; Tovar singled to shortstop; Nettles singled to right [Tovar to third]; Killebrew flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS REPLACED MANUEL (PITCHING); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMPSON REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 2B); Melton walked; Josephson struck out; Berry reached on an error by Killebrew [Melton to second]; McCraw flied to left; Knoop doubled to left [Melton scored (unearned), Berry scored (unearned)]; Johnson popped to second; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: Alyea struck out; Reese grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenas popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: HAYDEL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Morales grounded out (second to first); Aparicio walked; Aparicio stole second; May walked; Haydel threw a wild pitch [Aparicio to third]; May was picked off first (catcher to first); Melton walked; Josephson forced Melton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Ratliff singled to right; Holt singled to right [Ratliff to second]; HILL BATTED FOR HAYDEL; WOOD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); RENICK BATTED FOR HILL; Josephson allowed a passed ball [Ratliff to third, Holt to second]; Renick struck out; Tovar flied to center; Thompson reached on an error by Morales [Ratliff scored (unearned) (no RBI), Holt to third, Thompson to first]; Wood threw a wild pitch [Holt scored (unearned), Thompson to second]; Killebrew walked; ALLISON RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Alyea struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Twins 3.

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