The White Sox came from behind to win the first game of a doubleheader, 6-5, in 10 innings, setting an example for the Senators, who rallied to win the second game, 5-3. The White Sox, who trailed in the opener, 3-0 and 5-2, pulled into a tie in the eighth inning. Jay Johnstone, who drove in the second run of the rally with a single, showed alert baserunning to score the tying tally. With the bases loaded, Luis Alvarado grounded to Dave Nelson, who forced Ed Herrmann at the plate. Johnstone, advancing from second, continued home and scored when catcher Dick Billings threw to first in an unsuccessful attempt to complete the double play. In the 10th, Rick Reichardt singled and Johnstone drove in the winning run with a triple. Frank Howard had four hits, including a homer, for the Senators.

In the nightcap, the Senators wiped out a 3-0 deficit and then scored the winning pair in the ninth inning on a single by Del Unser, pass to Don Mincher and double by Howard. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Washington Senators 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      24, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Senators     2  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  -   5 11  2
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0    1  -   6  9  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 3b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .318      Kelly rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Randle 2b             3   3   1   0     2   2   .228        Egan ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Howard 1b             5   2   4   2     0   0   .303        Melton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Harrah pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Billings c            5   0   2   2     0   1   .246        Hershberger ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Burroughs lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .286        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Andrews 2b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .278
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May 1b                5   0   0   0     0   1   .285
  Mincher ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .297      McKinney 3b,rf        5   1   1   0     0   1   .309
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .176      Reichardt lf          5   2   2   0     0   0   .301
Unser rf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .279      Herrmann c            3   1   2   2     1   0   .241
Cullen ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Bradley pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Gogolewski p          2   0   0   0     1   1   .125        Brinkman c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Johnstone cf          4   1   2   2     1   1   .243
  McCraw lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Morales ss,3b         2   0   0   0     2   1   .293
                                                          John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .089
                                                            Spence ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .125
                                                            Alvarado pr,ss      1   1   0   1     0   0   .206

Totals               38   5  11   5     4   9             Totals               37   6   9   6     6   5

Time of Game: 3:11
Left on Base: Senators 8, White Sox 9
DP: Senators 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Nelson 2, McKinney
Doubles: Howard (18), Andrews (13)
Triples: Johnstone (1)
Home Runs: Howard (17), Herrmann (7)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (2), Billings (3), Morales (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cullen (4)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski              6.2   3   2   2   4   4   1  27   2.76
Lindblad                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.57
Cox                     0     3   3   2   0   0   0   4   3.13
Pina                    2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.16
Grzenda L(4-2)          0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   1.44
Totals                  9.1   9   6   5   6   5   1  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    7     5   3   3   3   6   1  28   2.86
Kealey                  0     3   2   2   1   0   0   4   4.72
Hinton                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Johnson W(6-6)          2     3   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.15
Totals                 10    11   5   5   4   9   1  43

Passed Balls: Herrmann (5)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty


SENATORS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
singled to shortstop; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Randle to
second]; Howard homered [Randle scored]; Billings flied out to
right; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to center; Andrews grounded out
(third to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Maddox flied out to center; Unser grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: McKinney struck out; Reichardt singled to center;
Herrmann popped to third in foul territory; Johnstone walked
[Reichardt to second]; Morales forced Reichardt (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Gogolewski struck out; Nelson flied out to right;
Randle struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: John grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly
grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Billings
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May was called out on strikes; McKinney grounded
out (shortstop to first); Reichardt flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Maddox walked; On a bunt Unser singled to third
[Maddox to second]; Cullen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Maddox to third, Unser to second]; Maddox was caught
stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Unser to third]; Gogolewski
walked; Nelson forced Gogolewski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann walked; Nelson dropped a foul fly hit by
Johnstone for an error; Johnstone made an out to second; Morales
walked [Herrmann to second]; On a bunt John forced Herrmann
(third unassisted) [Morales to second]; Kelly flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 6TH: Randle walked; Howard singled to shortstop [Randle
to third]; Billings was called out on strikes; Burroughs forced
Howard (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Randle scored]; Maddox
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 3,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Andrews doubled to left; May grounded out
(pitcher to first); McKinney flied out to center; Reichardt made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 3, White
Sox 0.

SENATORS 7TH: On a bunt Unser singled to third [Unser to second
(error by McKinney)]; Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Unser to third]; Gogolewski grounded out (third to first);
Nelson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 3, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Herrmann homered; Johnstone struck out; Morales
struck out; SPENCE BATTED FOR JOHN; Spence walked; ALVARADO RAN
FOR SPENCE; LINDBLAD REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); EGAN BATTED
FOR KELLY; Egan walked [Alvarado to second]; MELTON RAN FOR
EGAN; Andrews singled to left [Alvarado scored, Melton to
second]; May grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Senators 3, White Sox 2.

SENATORS 8TH: KEALEY REPLACED MELTON (PITCHING); ALVARADO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
MCKINNEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Randle walked; Howard
doubled to center [Randle to third]; Billings singled to right
[Randle scored, Howard scored]; Burroughs singled to center
[Billings to second]; HINTON REPLACED KEALEY (PITCHING); Maddox
flied out to center; Unser was called out on strikes; Billings
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: COX REPLACED BURROUGHS (PITCHING); MCCRAW
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PLAYING LF); McKinney singled to second;
Reichardt reached on an error by Nelson [McKinney to second,
Reichardt to first]; Herrmann singled to right [McKinney scored,
Reichardt to third]; BRADLEY RAN FOR HERRMANN; Johnstone singled
to right [Reichardt scored (unearned), Bradley to second]; PINA
REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Morales walked [Bradley to third,
Johnstone to second]; Alvarado reached on a fielder's choice
[Bradley out at home (third to catcher), Johnstone scored (RBI),
Morales to third, Alvarado to second]; HERSHBERGER BATTED FOR
HINTON; Morales was caught stealing home (catcher to third);
Hershberger was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 5, White Sox 5.

SENATORS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HERSHBERGER (PITCHING); BRINKMAN
REPLACED BRADLEY (PLAYING C ); Cullen grounded out (first to
pitcher); McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
singled to right; Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); May flied
out to left; McKinney popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, White Sox 5.

SENATORS 10TH: Howard singled to third; HARRAH RAN FOR HOWARD;
Billings singled to center [Harrah to third]; MINCHER BATTED FOR
PINA; Mincher struck out; Maddox flied out to center; Unser
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 5, White
Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 10TH: MINCHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GRZENDA
REPLACED HARRAH (PITCHING); Reichardt singled to left; On a bunt
Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; Johnstone tripled to
right [Reichardt scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5,
White Sox 6.