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.

The White Sox loaded the bases in the first on a single by Lee Richard and two walks. The next two batters went out, but Tom Egan then doubled to drive in two runs and Jay Johnstone homered to plate three more. Johnstone hit another homer later in the game and Bill Melton also connected for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       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.