Taking charge with five runs in the first inning, the White Sox defeated the Tigers, 8-2, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was rained out in the top half of the fourth inning with the Tigers leading, 2-0, and will be replayed in its entirety at a later date. Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 2Game Played on Sunday, June 6, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park ITigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 10 1 White Sox 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 x - 8 11 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .193 Richard ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .244 Kaline rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .322 Stroud cf,rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .177 Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .341 May 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .289 Horton lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Melton 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .269 Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .295 Maye rf 1 1 0 1 0 0 .304 Freehan c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Hershberger ph,cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Stanley cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Egan c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .306 Brinkman ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Johnstone lf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .246 Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alvarado 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Bradley p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .094 Kilkenny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kealey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Denehy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 10 2 1 4 Totals 35 8 11 8 4 1 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 25,356 Left on Base: Tigers 6, White Sox 7 DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 4 Errors: Coleman, May Doubles: Kaline (8), Brinkman (7), Egan (5), Alvarado (3) Triples: Stroud (3) Home Runs: McAuliffe (7), Johnstone 2 (6), Melton (7) GIDP: Horton (6), Stanley (2), McAuliffe (3), Jones (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman L(5-2) 0.2 3 5 5 2 0 1 7 4.48 Kilkenny 3.1 2 1 1 2 0 0 14 8.44 Niekro 3 4 2 2 0 1 2 13 4.94 Denehy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.84 Totals 8 11 8 8 4 1 3 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bradley W(6-4) 8.2 9 2 2 1 4 1 33 1.67 Kealey SV(2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.44 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 4 1 35 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe homered; Kaline walked; Jones popped to third in foul territory; Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kaline out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: On a bunt Richard singled to pitcher [Richard to second (error by Coleman)]; Stroud walked; May walked [Richard to third, Stroud to second]; Melton made an out to second; Maye forced May (first to shortstop) [Stroud to third, Richard scored]; Egan doubled to left [Maye scored, Stroud scored]; Johnstone homered [Egan scored]; KILKENNY REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Alvarado grounded out (third to first); 5 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 5. TIGERS 2ND: Cash struck out; Freehan flied out to center; Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bradley grounded out (second to first); Richard walked; Stroud tripled to center [Richard scored]; May grounded out (second to first); Melton was walked intentionally; HERSHBERGER BATTED FOR MAYE; Hershberger flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. TIGERS 3RD: HERSHBERGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); STROUD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Kilkenny struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 3RD: Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); Alvarado doubled to center; Bradley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. TIGERS 4TH: Kaline doubled to left; Jones popped to catcher in foul territory; Horton flied out to left; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 4TH: Richard flied out to center; Stroud flied out to center; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to left; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman doubled to left; COLLINS BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Collins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: NIEKRO REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Melton popped to catcher in foul territory; Hershberger lined to pitcher; Egan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Kaline made an out to first; On a bunt Jones made an out to third; Horton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnstone homered; Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradley was called out on strikes; Richard singled to shortstop; Stroud forced Richard (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 7. TIGERS 7TH: Cash struck out; Freehan singled to left; Stanley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 7TH: GUTIERREZ REPLACED BRINKMAN (PLAYING SS); May made an out to shortstop; Melton homered; Hershberger flied out to left; Egan singled to center; Johnstone made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 8. TIGERS 8TH: Gutierrez reached on an error by May (assist by Alvarado); G. BROWN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; G. Brown forced Gutierrez (shortstop to second); McAuliffe grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [G. Brown out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 8. WHITE SOX 8TH: DENEHY REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Alvarado flied out to left; Bradley singled to center; Richard made an out to catcher; Stroud singled to center [Bradley to second]; May flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 8. TIGERS 9TH: Kaline singled to left; Jones grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kaline out at second]; Horton singled to left; Cash singled to left [Horton to second]; Freehan singled to right [Cash to second, Horton scored]; KEALEY REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Stanley singled to second [Freehan to second, Cash to third]; Gutierrez made an out to third; 1 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 8. |
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