Graig Nettles collected three hits and scored two runs to enable the Indians to defeat the White Sox, 3-1. Alan Foster held the White Sox scoreless on four hits until the ninth when he gave up a run on a walk and two singles before Ed Farmer relieved with two out and fanned Tom Egan to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      9, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  3
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   3  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Nettles 3b            4   2   3   0     0   0   .218
Stroud cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .182      Leon 2b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .290
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   2   .289      Fosse c               3   0   1   1     1   0   .279
Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .310
Reichardt lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .305      Harrelson lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .246        Uhlaender lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Egan c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .316      R. Foster rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Alvarado 2b           2   0   1   0     1   0   .208      Ford cf               2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Pinson ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .151
  Maye ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      A. Foster p           3   0   0   0     0   2   .100
  Eddy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   8             Totals               30   3   8   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  3,951
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Indians 5
DP: White Sox 2, Indians 2
Errors: Reichardt, Johnstone, Eddy, Nettles
Doubles: May (8), Nettles (4)
GIDP: May (6), Leon (7), Heidemann (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(3-7)             5.1   8   3   3   0   2   0  22   5.02
Romo                    1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   4.33
Eddy                    1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   3.38
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   4   0  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
A. Foster W(5-2)        8.2   6   1   1   2   7   0  33   3.20
Farmer SV(1)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   8   0  34

Wild Pitches: John (6), Farmer (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Don Denkinger


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard grounded out (second to first); Stroud
grounded out (shortstop to first); May was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Nettles doubled to center; Leon singled to right
[Nettles scored (error by Johnstone), Leon to second]; Fosse
reached on a fielder's choice [Leon out at third (shortstop to
second)]; John threw a wild pitch [Fosse to second]; Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fosse to third]; Harrelson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (third to first); Reichardt
struck out; Johnstone lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: R. Foster struck out; Ford grounded out (third to
first); Heidemann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Egan singled to right; Alvarado singled to right
[Egan to third]; On a bunt John hit into a double play (third to
shortstop to catcher) [Egan out at home, Alvarado out at
second]; Richard popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: A. Foster was called out on strikes; Nettles
singled to center; Leon grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Stroud struck out; May doubled to center; Melton
flied out to center [May to third]; Reichardt grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss
flied out to left; Harrelson lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnstone was called out on strikes; Egan flied
out to center; Alvarado walked; John flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: R. Foster grounded out (third to first); Ford
singled to right; Heidemann grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Ford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Richard was called out on strikes; Stroud singled
to center; May grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Stroud out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: A. Foster grounded out (catcher to first); Nettles
singled to left; Leon singled to left [Nettles to second]; Fosse
singled to left [Leon to second, Nettles scored]; Chambliss
singled to left [Leon scored, Fosse to third (error by
Reichardt), Chambliss to second]; ROMO REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING);
Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Foster lined to
left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: UHLAENDER REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING LF); Melton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Reichardt flied out to
center; Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: PINSON BATTED FOR FORD; Pinson grounded out (second
to first); Heidemann was called out on strikes; A. Foster struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Egan flied
out to center; Alvarado reached on an error by Nettles; MAYE
BATTED FOR ROMO; Maye forced Alvarado (first to shortstop);
Richard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: EDDY REPLACED MAYE (PITCHING); Nettles flied out to
right; Leon walked; Leon was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Eddy [Leon to second]; Fosse walked; Chambliss lined to
center; Uhlaender popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Stroud walked; May struck out; Melton struck out;
Reichardt singled to left [Stroud to third]; Johnstone singled
to right [Reichardt to second, Stroud scored]; FARMER REPLACED
A. FOSTER (PITCHING); Farmer threw a wild pitch [Johnstone to
second, Reichardt to third]; Debut game for Ed Farmer;
Egan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 3.