Although suffering from control troubles, Sam McDowell allowed only two hits and struck out 11 in pitching the Indians to a 4-0 victory over the White Sox. The fastballing lefthander walked nine. The Indians decided the outcome with two runs in the first inning on a walk to Graig Nettles, double by Vada Pinson and single by Roy Foster. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Indians      2  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .190      Richard ss            3   0   0   0     2   1   .254
Pinson cf             5   2   2   0     0   1   .253      Hershberger cf        2   0   0   0     2   1   .310
R. Foster rf          5   0   2   2     0   1   .260      Reichardt lf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .321
Harrelson 1b          3   1   1   0     2   2   .212      Melton 3b             1   0   0   0     1   1   .279
  Ford pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Morales 3b          1   0   0   0     1   1   .381
Uhlaender lf          3   0   0   1     1   1   .299      McKinney rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .358
  Hinton ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .279      May 1b                3   0   0   0     1   0   .301
Fosse c               4   0   2   1     1   0   .288      Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .248      Egan c                2   0   0   0     2   1   .256
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .143      Johnson p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Chambliss ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Eddy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heidemann ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Alvarado ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
McDowell p            4   0   0   0     0   2   .231        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .246

Totals               36   4   8   4     6   9             Totals               28   0   2   0     9  11

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 10,005
Left on Base: Indians 11, White Sox 10
DP: Indians 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Richard 2
Doubles: Pinson 2 (7), R. Foster (9)
Stolen Bases: Fosse (3), Nettles (1)
GIDP: May (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell W(4-5)         9     2   0   0   9  11   0  37   3.33
Totals                  9     2   0   0   9  11   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(4-6)          5.2   5   4   3   4   6   0  26   4.20
Eddy                    1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.63
Romo                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.47
Forster                 1.1   1   0   0   1   3   0   7   2.30
Kealey                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.98
Totals                  9     8   4   3   6   9   0  42

Wild Pitches: McDowell (6), Johnson (5)
Balks: Romo (2)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Merle Anthony


INDIANS 1ST: Nettles walked; Pinson doubled to center [Nettles
to third]; R. Foster singled to center [Pinson scored, Nettles
scored]; Harrelson was called out on strikes; Uhlaender struck
out; Fosse walked [R. Foster to second]; Leon struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard flied out to center; Hershberger walked;
Reichardt singled to third [Hershberger to second]; Melton
walked [Hershberger to third, Reichardt to second]; McKinney
popped to catcher in foul territory; May grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Stanley walked; McDowell struck out while Stanley
was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop);
Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Andrews flied out to left; Egan walked; On a bunt
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Richard walked [Egan
to second]; Hershberger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson doubled to right; R. Foster reached on an
error by Richard [Pinson to third]; Harrelson struck out;
Uhlaender forced R. Foster (shortstop to second) [Pinson scored
(unearned)]; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Reichardt struck out; Melton struck out; McKinney
singled to center; May walked [McKinney to second]; Andrews
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox
0.

INDIANS 4TH: MORALES REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Leon grounded
out (second to first); Stanley flied out to left; McDowell flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Egan struck out; Johnson flied out to center;
Richard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Nettles flied out to left; Pinson flied out to
right; R. Foster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Hershberger walked; Reichardt struck out; Morales
struck out; McDowell threw a wild pitch [Hershberger to second];
McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Harrelson singled to left; Uhlaender walked
[Harrelson to second]; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Harrelson to
third]; Fosse singled to right [Uhlaender to third, Harrelson
scored]; Leon was called out on strikes; Fosse stole second;
Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); EDDY REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); McDowell flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews was
called out on strikes; Egan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Nettles flied out to left; Pinson flied out to
right; R. Foster doubled to left; Harrelson was walked
intentionally; Uhlaender grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ALVARADO BATTED FOR EDDY; Alvarado struck out;
Richard walked; Hershberger flied out to left; Reichardt
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
White Sox 0.

INDIANS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED ALVARADO (PITCHING); Fosse singled to
center; Romo balked [Fosse to second]; Leon flied out to right;
CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR STANLEY; FORSTER REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING);
Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Fosse to third];
Debut game for Chris Chambliss; On a bunt McDowell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING SS);
Morales walked; McKinney struck out; May grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Nettles singled to right; Pinson struck out;
Nettles stole second; R. Foster struck out; Harrelson was walked
intentionally; FORD RAN FOR HARRELSON; HINTON BATTED FOR
UHLAENDER; Hinton reached on an error by Richard [Ford to
second, Nettles to third]; KEALEY REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING);
Fosse flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HINTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FORD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Andrews grounded out (third to first);
Egan walked; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR KEALEY; Williams struck out;
Richard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox
0.