Alex Johnson won the A. L. batting championship with two hits in three trips before leaving the game, but the Angels had to travel 13 innings to defeat the White Sox, 5-4. Johnson grounded out in the first, singled in the third and beat out an infield hit in the fifth to wind up with an average of .3289 against .3286 for Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox.

The White Sox forced the game into overtime when Walt Williams hit a three-run homer with two out in the ninth and took a 4-3 lead when Bill Melton hit for the circuit in the 13th. However, in the Angels' half, Mickey Rivers walked and scored the tying run on a pinch-double by Billy Cowan and an error on the throw to the plate. Cowan took second and, after an intentional walk to Chico Ruiz, pinch-hitter Mel Queen singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Thursday, October   1, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    1  -   4 10  4
Angels       0  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   5 13  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams lf           6   1   1   3     0   0   .251      Johnson lf            3   1   2   0     0   0   .329
Ortiz cf              5   0   2   0     1   1   .333        Johnstone pr,lf     3   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Matias rf             6   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Gonzalez cf           6   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Melton 3b             6   1   2   1     0   1   .263      Rivers rf             5   2   2   1     1   1   .320
May 1b                5   0   2   0     1   1   .285      Spencer 1b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .274
McKinney ss           6   0   0   0     0   3   .168        Cowan ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Morales 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .161      Alomar 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Brinkman c            5   1   1   0     0   1   .250        Ruiz 3b,ss          4   1   1   0     1   1   .243
Janeski p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .076      Egan c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  O'Brien ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .247        Azcue c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .242
  Eddy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Queen ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Hopkins ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Perez ss              3   0   0   1     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .175        Reynolds 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Griffin 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .127
  Magnuson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garrett p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Oyler ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Repoz ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .238
                                                            K. Tatum p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            J. Tatum ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
                                                            May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .087

Totals               48   4  10   4     3   8             Totals               49   5  13   4     2   7

Time of Game: 3:30   Attendance:  5,689
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Angels 9
DP: White Sox 1, Angels 3
Errors: Matias, May, McKinney, Brinkman, Ruiz, Perez
Doubles: Rivers (2), Griffin (1), Cowan (9)
Home Runs: Williams (3), Melton (33)
Stolen Bases: Melton (2), May (12), Morales (1)
Caught Stealing: May (5)
GIDP: Matias (2), Gonzalez (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Janeski                 6     8   3   1   0   0   0  25   4.77
Eddy                    2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.31
Johnson                 1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   4.82
Moore                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.30
Magnuson L(1-5)         1.1   1   2   1   2   0   0   7   4.84
Murphy                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.69
Totals                 12.1  13   5   2   2   7   0  51

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garrett                 7     4   0   0   3   3   0  27   2.65
Fisher                  2     4   3   3   0   2   1  11   3.04
K. Tatum                3     0   0   0   0   2   0   9   2.94
May W(7-13)             1     2   1   1   0   1   1   4   4.01
Totals                 13    10   4   4   3   8   2  51

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (second to first); Ortiz
walked; Matias grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Ortiz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez
singled to center; Rivers reached on a fielder's choice
[Gonzalez to second]; Spencer flied to left; Alomar forced
Rivers (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: RUIZ REPLACED ALOMAR (PLAYING 3B); Melton singled
to second; May walked [Melton to second]; Melton stole third and
May stole second; McKinney struck out; Morales reached on a
fielder's choice [Melton out at home (third to catcher to
shortstop), May to third]; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Egan grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded
out (third to first); Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Janeski walked; Williams lined into a double play
(second to first) [Janeski out at first]; Ortiz struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Garrett grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
singled to right; Gonzalez reached on an error by McKinney
[Johnson to second, Gonzalez to first]; Rivers singled to center
[Johnson scored (unearned), Gonzalez out at third (center to
first to second), Rivers to second (on throw to 3b)]; Spencer
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Matias struck out; Melton grounded out (third to
first); May singled to center; McKinney flied to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Ruiz singled to first [Ruiz to second (error by
May)]; Egan grounded out (first unassisted) [Ruiz to third];
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ruiz scored
(unearned)]; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales flied to center; Brinkman flied to right;
Janeski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Johnson
singled to third; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR JOHNSON; Gonzalez grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Johnstone
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Williams
flied to center; Ortiz singled to shortstop; Matias popped to
first in foul territory; Melton flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers doubled to right; Spencer singled to center
[Rivers scored]; Ruiz flied to left; Egan singled to left
[Spencer out at second (left to second)]; Perez forced Egan
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: AZCUE REPLACED EGAN (PLAYING C ); May flied to
right; McKinney flied to left; Morales singled to center;
Morales stole second; Brinkman reached on an error by Ruiz
[Morales to third, Brinkman to first]; O'BRIEN BATTED FOR
JANESKI; O'Brien flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: EDDY REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); Griffin flied to
right; OYLER BATTED FOR GARRETT; Oyler was called out on
strikes; Johnstone singled to right [Johnstone to second (error
by Matias)]; Gonzalez singled to left [Johnstone to third];
Rivers struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: FISHER REPLACED OYLER (PITCHING); Williams
reached on an error by Perez [Williams to first]; Ortiz singled
to third [Williams to second]; Matias flied to left; Melton
struck out; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Ruiz was
called out on strikes; Azcue flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: McKinney flied to right; Morales flied to center;
Brinkman singled to right; HOPKINS BATTED FOR EDDY; Hopkins
singled to center [Brinkman to second]; Williams homered
[Brinkman scored, Hopkins scored]; Ortiz flied to left; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); VOSS BATTED FOR
PEREZ; Voss struck out; Griffin doubled to right; REPOZ BATTED
FOR FISHER; Repoz struck out; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: K. TATUM REPLACED REPOZ (PITCHING); REYNOLDS
REPLACED VOSS (PLAYING 3B); RUIZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Matias popped to third; Melton popped to second; May grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Angels 3.

ANGELS 10TH: MOORE REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Gonzalez flied
to left; Rivers popped to first; Spencer grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: McKinney struck out; Morales grounded out
(pitcher to first); Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 11TH: Ruiz flied to center; Azcue struck out; Reynolds
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 12TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR MOORE; McCraw flied to right;
Williams popped to first in foul territory; Ortiz lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 12TH: MAGNUSON REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Griffin popped
to first; J. TATUM BATTED FOR K. TATUM; J. Tatum grounded out
(first to pitcher); Johnstone flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 13TH: MAY REPLACED J. TATUM (PITCHING); Matias flied
to center; Melton homered; May singled to shortstop; McKinney
struck out while May was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 13TH: Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
walked; COWAN BATTED FOR SPENCER; Cowan doubled to left [Rivers
scored (error by Brinkman) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Ruiz was walked
intentionally; MURPHY REPLACED MAGNUSON (PITCHING); QUEEN BATTED
FOR AZCUE; Queen singled to right [Cowan scored, Ruiz to
second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 5.