After being shut out for the first six innings, the Brewers kayoed Joe Horlen in the seventh and piled up seven runs to defeat the White Sox. 9-3. Mike Hegan drove in two runs with a single and then batted in the Brewers' final pair with another single in the ninth.

Only 3,094 attended the final home game of the season at Comiskey Park, leaving the White Sox with an attendance of 495,355, a drop of 94,191 from 1969. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 27, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    7  0  2  -   9 15  0
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper 3b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Williams rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .258
  Alvis 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .183      McCraw lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .222
Wicker lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .195      May 1b                4   1   1   0     0   0   .288
  Smith ph,rf         2   1   0   0     0   0   .292      Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
May cf                5   2   3   1     0   2   .233      Josephson c           4   0   2   1     0   0   .316
Burda rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .248      McKinney ss           3   0   1   1     1   0   .183
  Savage ph,lf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Berry cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Hegan 1b              5   1   3   4     0   1   .243        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Pena ss               3   1   2   0     2   0   .240      Knoop 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .229
Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Horlen p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .115
  Francona ph         2   1   1   1     0   0   .237        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McNertney c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .244        O'Toole p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kubiak 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .253        Spence ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Pattin p              4   0   2   1     0   2   .134        Magnuson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  15   8     3   8             Totals               34   3   7   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  3,094
Left on Base: Brewers 7, White Sox 5
DP: Brewers 0, White Sox 3
Errors: McCraw, May
Doubles: Harper (34), Savage (10)
Triples: McCraw (2)
Stolen Bases: May (6)
GIDP: Burda 2 (5), Roof (9)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(14-12)         9     7   3   3   1   3   0  35   3.43
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   3   0  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(6-16)          6.1  10   6   6   1   6   0  28   4.86
Hamilton                0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.98
O'Toole                 1.1   1   0   0   2   2   0   7   0.00
Magnuson                1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   4.79
Totals                  9    15   9   9   3   8   0  43

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


BREWERS 1ST: Harper doubled to center; Wicker reached on an
error by May [Harper to third, Wicker to first]; May struck out;
Burda grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first
to catcher) [Harper out at home, Wicker out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams popped to second; McCraw grounded out
(pitcher to first); May flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hegan popped to third in foul territory; Pena
singled to shortstop; Roof struck out; Kubiak grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: ALVIS REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING 3B); Melton flied
to center; Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); McKinney
walked; Berry flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
White Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Pattin struck out; Alvis was called out on strikes;
Wicker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop singled to catcher; Horlen flied to right;
Williams struck out; McCraw tripled to center [Knoop scored];
May flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox
1.

BREWERS 4TH: May singled to center; Burda grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; Hegan
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton flied to center; Josephson popped to
first; McKinney flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, White Sox 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Pena singled to left; Roof grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Pena out at second]; Kubiak
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Berry struck out; Knoop flied to left; Horlen
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox
1.

BREWERS 6TH: Pattin singled to center; Alvis forced Pattin
(pitcher to shortstop); Wicker grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Alvis to second]; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Williams struck out; McCraw grounded out (pitcher
to first); May grounded out (first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Burda flied to right; On a bunt Hegan singled; Pena
walked [Hegan to second]; FRANCONA BATTED FOR ROOF; Francona
singled to right [Hegan scored, Pena to third]; Kubiak singled
to left [Pena scored, Francona scored (error by McCraw), Kubiak
to third]; On a bunt Pattin singled [Kubiak scored]; Alvis
singled to right [Pattin to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED HORLEN
(PITCHING); SMITH BATTED FOR WICKER; Smith reached on a
fielder's choice [Pattin out at home (third to catcher), Alvis
to second]; May singled to right [Alvis scored, Smith to third];
SAVAGE BATTED FOR BURDA; O'TOOLE REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
May stole second; Savage walked; Hegan singled to right [Smith
scored, May scored, Savage to third]; Pena walked [Hegan to
second]; Francona flied to left; 7 R, 7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers
7, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MCNERTNEY REPLACED FRANCONA (PLAYING C ); SMITH
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SAVAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Melton grounded out (pitcher to first); Josephson singled to
center; McKinney flied to center; Berry popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, White Sox 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Kubiak flied to left; Pattin struck out; Alvis was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Knoop popped to catcher in foul territory; SPENCE
BATTED FOR O'TOOLE; Spence popped to third; Williams grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 7, White
Sox 1.

BREWERS 9TH: MAGNUSON REPLACED SPENCE (PITCHING); Smith popped
to shortstop; May singled to center; Savage doubled to right
[May to third]; Hegan singled to center [May scored, Savage
scored]; Pena popped to catcher in foul territory; McNertney
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
9, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: McCraw singled to center; May singled to right
[McCraw to second]; Melton popped to second; Josephson singled
to left [McCraw scored, May to second]; McKinney singled to left
[May scored, Josephson to second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR BERRY;
Hopkins popped to third; Knoop grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 9, White Sox 3.