Ron Perranoski, who rescued Bill Zepp in the seventh inning, survived a homer by Bill Melton in the eighth and saved the Twins' 5-4 victory over the White Sox. The defeat spoiled Chuck Tanner's debut as manager of the White Sox. Bill Adair had been the acting manager since September 2 when Don Gutteridge was relieved of command. Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 4Game Played on Friday, September 18, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park ITwins 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 1 White Sox 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .302 McCraw 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Josephson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .319 Oliva rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .318 Eddy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .261 Williams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Alyea lf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .295 Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .316 Brye lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 May lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .289 Holt cf 3 0 2 2 1 1 .254 Melton rf 3 2 1 1 0 2 .267 Mitterwald c 4 0 1 2 0 1 .213 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232 McKinney ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .122 Zepp p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .136 Ortiz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .043 Brinkman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Brien 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Berry cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Knoop 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .226 Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Matias 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Totals 31 5 8 5 5 8 Totals 36 4 9 4 1 5 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 5,403 Left on Base: Twins 4, White Sox 7 DP: Twins 0, White Sox 3 Errors: Tovar, McCraw Doubles: O'Brien (13), Berry (11) Triples: Holt (3), Aparicio (3) Home Runs: Melton (29) Caught Stealing: Cardenas (5) GIDP: Cardenas (11), Alyea (9), Mitterwald (10) Hit by Pitch: Melton (9,by Zepp) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zepp W(9-4) 6.1 6 3 3 1 3 0 27 3.24 Perranoski SV(31) 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 1 11 2.30 Totals 9 9 4 4 1 5 1 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson L(3-6) 7 8 5 3 4 4 0 29 5.35 Eddy 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 3 5 8 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Zepp (9) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bob Stewart, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Cardenas walked [Tovar to second]; Oliva singled to right [Tovar scored, Cardenas to second]; Reese was called out on strikes; Alyea flied to right; Holt tripled to center [Cardenas scored, Oliva scored]; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Zepp was called out on strikes; Tovar flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton was hit by a pitch; Herrmann flied to center; O'Brien doubled to left [Melton to third]; Berry grounded out (first to pitcher) [Melton scored, O'Brien to third]; Knoop singled to left [O'Brien scored]; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 2. TWINS 3RD: Cardenas singled to center; Oliva flied to left; Cardenas was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Reese walked; McCraw dropped a foul fly hit by Alyea for an error; Alyea walked [Reese to second]; Holt walked [Reese to third, Alyea to second]; Mitterwald singled to center [Reese scored (unearned), Alyea scored (unearned), Holt to second]; Thompson flied to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw was called out on strikes; Aparicio tripled to right; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Aparicio scored]; Melton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. TWINS 4TH: Zepp was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to center; Cardenas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Herrmann popped to catcher in foul territory; O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry doubled to center; Knoop was walked intentionally; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. TWINS 5TH: Oliva singled to center; Reese popped to first in foul territory; Alyea grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: McCraw singled to left; Aparicio flied to center; May flied to center; Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. TWINS 6TH: Holt singled to left; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Holt out at second]; Thompson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Herrmann flied to center; O'Brien lined to right; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. TWINS 7TH: Zepp grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (third to first); Cardenas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: BRYE REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING LF); Knoop singled to third [Knoop to second (error by Tovar)]; MAYE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Maye flied to right [Knoop to third]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED ZEPP (PITCHING); JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Josephson struck out; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. TWINS 8TH: EDDY REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); MATIAS REPLACED MAYE (PLAYING 1B); Oliva popped to third; Reese walked; Brye struck out; Holt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: May struck out; Melton homered; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR HERRMANN; McKinney singled to right; ORTIZ RAN FOR MCKINNEY; O'Brien grounded out (second to first) [Ortiz to second]; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 4. TWINS 9TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED ORTIZ (PLAYING C ); Mitterwald flied to left; Thompson was called out on strikes; Perranoski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: Knoop flied to center; MORALES BATTED FOR MATIAS; Morales flied to right; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR EDDY; Williams singled to center; Aparicio flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 4. |
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