A five-run outburst in the third inning started the Angels on their way to a 9-2 victory over the White Sox. Mickey Rivers and Sandy Alomar, who singled, scored on a double by Tony Gonzalez. Jim Spencer accounted for two more with a homer. The fifth run followed on singles by Chico Ruiz and Tom Egan, together with a grounder by Doug Griffin. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 9, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 29, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Angels       0  0  5    1  1  1    0  1  x  -   9 16  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .252      Rivers rf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .313
Ortiz cf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .313      Alomar ss             5   1   1   0     0   0   .252
McKinney ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Gonzalez cf           4   1   2   3     1   0   .271
Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Johnson lf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .327
May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .286      Spencer 1b            5   2   2   2     0   0   .274
O'Brien 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .248      Ruiz 3b               4   1   2   2     0   0   .240
McCraw lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Egan c                5   1   4   0     0   0   .240
Brinkman c            3   1   2   0     0   0   .267      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   2     1   0   .128
Wynne p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Wright p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .171
  Crider p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Matias ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .187
  Magnuson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kusnyer ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  O'Toole p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   5   2     1   5             Totals               39   9  16   9     3   0

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  4,506
Left on Base: White Sox 3, Angels 11
DP: White Sox 0, Angels 1
Errors: Spencer, Egan
Doubles: Egan 2 (6), Gonzalez (2), Rivers (1), Ruiz (3)
Home Runs: Spencer (12)
Stolen Bases: Ortiz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (2), Ruiz (1)
GIDP: McKinney (4)
Hit by Pitch: Rivers (1,by Magnuson)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wynne L(1-4)            2.1   5   4   4   2   0   1  14   5.32
Crider                  2.2   6   3   3   1   0   0  15   4.45
Magnuson                2     2   1   1   0   0   0   9   4.78
O'Toole                 1     3   1   1   0   0   0   6   2.70
Totals                  8    16   9   9   3   0   1  44

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(22-12)         9     5   2   1   1   5   0  32   2.83
Totals                  9     5   2   1   1   5   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Magnuson (1)
Wild Pitches: Wynne (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Nick Avants, 3B - Jake O'Donnell


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams popped to first; Ortiz walked; McKinney
lined to third; Ortiz stole second; Spencer dropped a foul fly
hit by Melton for an error; Melton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers popped to first; Alomar flied to center;
Gonzalez walked; Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May was called out on strikes; O'Brien grounded
out (shortstop to first); McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Spencer popped to third; Ruiz popped to catcher in
foul territory; Egan doubled to left; Griffin walked; Wright
forced Griffin (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; Wynne
grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers singled to second; Alomar singled to center
[Rivers to second]; Gonzalez doubled to left [Rivers scored,
Alomar scored]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynne
threw a wild pitch [Gonzalez to third]; Spencer homered
[Gonzalez scored]; CRIDER REPLACED WYNNE (PITCHING); Ruiz
singled to center; Egan singled to left [Ruiz to third]; Griffin
forced Egan (second to shortstop) [Ruiz scored, Griffin to
first]; Wright grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Ortiz flied to center; McKinney grounded out
(third to first); Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 5.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers doubled to right; Alomar grounded out (second
to first) [Rivers to third]; Gonzalez singled to first [Rivers
scored]; Johnson flied to right; Spencer grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May flied to left; O'Brien grounded out
(shortstop to first); McCraw grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 6.

ANGELS 5TH: Ruiz grounded out (first to pitcher); Egan doubled
to left; Griffin singled to center [Egan scored]; Wright flied
to left; Rivers walked [Griffin to second]; Alomar grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Brinkman singled to right; MATIAS BATTED FOR
CRIDER; Matias singled to center [Brinkman to third]; Williams
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Brinkman scored, Matias to second
(error by Egan)]; Ortiz singled to right [Matias scored
(unearned)]; McKinney grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Ortiz out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 7.

ANGELS 6TH: MAGNUSON REPLACED MATIAS (PITCHING); Gonzalez flied
to left; Johnson singled to center; Spencer forced Johnson
(second to shortstop) [Spencer to first]; Ruiz doubled to center
[Spencer scored]; Egan lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Angels 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Melton flied to center; May popped to shortstop;
O'Brien singled to right; McCraw flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 8.

ANGELS 7TH: Griffin flied to right; Wright grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rivers was hit by a pitch; Alomar flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Brinkman singled to right; KUSNYER BATTED FOR
MAGNUSON; Kusnyer struck out; Williams forced Brinkman (second
to shortstop) [Williams to first]; Ortiz forced Williams (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 8.

ANGELS 8TH: O'TOOLE REPLACED KUSNYER (PITCHING); Gonzalez flied
to left; Johnson singled to center; Spencer singled to right
[Johnson to third]; Ruiz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Johnson
scored]; Egan singled to left [Spencer to third]; Griffin forced
Egan (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Angels 9.

WHITE SOX 9TH: McKinney flied to center; Melton struck out; May
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 9.