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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 2Game Played on Friday, April 9, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park ITwins 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. |
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