The largest opening-day crowd in White Sox history, 43,253 paid, saw Rich McKinney drive home a run with a two-out single in the ninth inning to beat the Twins, 3-2. Rich Morales singled, reached second on a sacrifice by Vicente Romo, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on McKinney's hit. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Friday, April     9, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  9  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              5   0   2   0     0   2   .462      Richard ss            4   0   0   0     1   2   .250
Carew 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Johnstone cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Oliva rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .545        McKinney ph         1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
Killebrew 3b          4   0   2   0     0   2   .545      Andrews 2b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .455
  Powell pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Melton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .300
  Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Herrmann c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reese 1b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .167      May 1b                3   1   2   1     1   1   .364
Holt cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Reichardt lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Cardenas ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .182      Williams rf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Ratliff c             2   0   0   0     1   2   .000        Stroud ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Egan c                3   0   1   0     0   1   .286
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Morales pr,3b       1   1   1   0     0   0   .500
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Bradley p             2   0   0   0     1   2   .000
  Mitterwald c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hall p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .500
  Campisi p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tischinski c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alyea ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Barber pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     3   9             Totals               33   3   9   3     4   9

Time of Game: 3:19   Attendance: 43,253
Left on Base: Twins 9, White Sox 9
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Richard
Doubles: Killebrew (1), Andrews (2), Williams (1), Egan (1)
Stolen Bases: May 2 (2), Andrews (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Romo (1)
GIDP: Holt (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall                    5.2   6   2   2   2   8   0  24   3.18
Campisi                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Williams                2     1   0   0   2   0   0   9   0.00
Perranoski L(0-1)       0.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   4  13.50
Totals                  8.2   9   3   3   4   9   0  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley                 8     9   2   2   2   8   0  34   2.25
Romo W(1-0)             1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   9   0  38

Passed Balls: Tischinski (1)
Wild Pitches: Perranoski (1), Bradley (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Nick Avants, 3B - Frank Umont


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Carew grounded out (third
to first); Oliva singled to left; Killebrew was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard walked; Richard was picked off first
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Johnstone struck out; Andrews
doubled to left; Melton lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese was called out on strikes; Holt grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cardenas walked; Ratliff struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to left; Reichardt flied out to left;
May stole second; Williams doubled to left [May scored]; Egan
struck out; Bradley struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
White Sox 1.

TWINS 3RD: Hall struck out; Tovar singled to center; Carew
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Tovar to second]; Bradley threw
a wild pitch [Tovar to third]; Oliva grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Richard flied out to left; Johnstone grounded out
(first to pitcher); Andrews singled to center; Melton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew singled to shortstop; Reese flied out to
left; Holt grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May struck out; Reichardt grounded out (third to
first); Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

TWINS 5TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Ratliff
was called out on strikes; Hall singled to left; Tovar singled
to right [Hall to second]; Carew grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Egan popped to catcher in foul territory; Bradley
struck out; Richard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva grounded out (second to pitcher); Killebrew
struck out; Reese flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnstone made an out to second; Andrews walked;
Andrews stole second; Melton struck out; May singled to center
[Andrews scored]; Reichardt singled to center [May to third];
CAMPISI REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Williams flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 2.

TWINS 7TH: Holt popped to first in foul territory; Cardenas
grounded out (third to first); Ratliff walked; KAAT RAN FOR
RATLIFF; BRAUN BATTED FOR CAMPISI; Braun grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); TISCHINSKI
REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING C ); Egan doubled to center; MORALES RAN
FOR EGAN; Bradley walked; Tischinski allowed a passed ball
[Bradley to second, Morales to third]; Richard flied out to
right; Johnstone flied out to center; Andrews made an out to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 2.

TWINS 8TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HERRMANN
REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING C ); Tovar struck out; Carew struck
out; Oliva singled to right; Killebrew doubled to right [Oliva
to third]; POWELL RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Reese singled to center
[Powell scored, Oliva scored]; Holt grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 3B); Herrmann
made an out to shortstop; May walked; May stole second;
Reichardt grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to third];
STROUD BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Stroud made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 2.

TWINS 9TH: STROUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cardenas singled
to center; MANUEL BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; ROMO REPLACED BRADLEY
(PITCHING); Manuel forced Cardenas (second to shortstop) [Manuel
to second (error by Richard)]; ALYEA BATTED FOR TISCHINSKI;
Alyea walked; BARBER RAN FOR ALYEA; Tovar was called out on
strikes; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING C );
PERRANOSKI REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Morales singled to
center; Romo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Morales to second]; Perranoski threw a wild pitch [Morales to
third]; Richard was called out on strikes; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR
JOHNSTONE; McKinney singled to left [Morales scored]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.