The White Sox, after tying the score in the ninth inning, added another run on a throwing error by Horace Clarke to defeat the Yankees, 5-4. Ron Swoboda hit his first A. L. homer in the top half of the ninth to send the Yankees ahead, 4-3. Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 4Game Played on Wednesday, July 28, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IYankees 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 2 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 5 10 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Michael ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .242 Williams rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .324 Munson c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Murcer cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .339 Hershberger cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .279 White lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .282 Johnstone pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Cater 3b,1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 McKinney 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .301 Ellis 1b 3 0 1 1 0 2 .238 Melton 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Kenney 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Reichardt lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .307 Swoboda rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .257 Andrews 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .279 Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Richard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236 Peterson p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .060 Egan c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .270 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Kelly ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Morales ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .304 May ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .284 Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .035 Alvarado ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Totals 33 4 6 2 2 10 Totals 33 5 10 3 3 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 10,217 Left on Base: Yankees 5, White Sox 6 DP: Yankees 2, White Sox 0 Errors: Michael, Clarke Doubles: Williams (10) Home Runs: Swoboda (1), Reichardt (13), Andrews (6) Sacrifice Hits: Wood (9) GIDP: Andrews (4), McKinney (8) Hit by Pitch: Ellis (4,by Wood) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson 8 8 4 4 3 4 2 33 3.41 McDaniel L(5-9) 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 5.01 Totals 8.2 10 5 4 3 4 2 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(12-7) 9 6 4 3 2 10 1 36 1.97 Totals 9 6 4 3 2 10 1 36 Passed Balls: Egan 2 (10) Hit by Pitch: Wood (3) Wild Pitches: Peterson (4) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dave Phillips YANKEES 1ST: Michael grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Munson singled to third; Murcer singled to left [Munson to second]; White walked [Munson to third, Murcer to second]; Cater struck out; Ellis was hit by a pitch [Munson scored, Murcer to third, White to second]; Egan allowed a passed ball [Murcer scored, White to third, Ellis to second]; Egan allowed a passed ball [White scored (unearned), Ellis to third]; Swoboda walked; Clarke forced Swoboda (shortstop to second); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams doubled to left; On a bunt Hershberger grounded out (pitcher to first) [Williams stayed at second]; McKinney singled to left [Williams scored (no RBI), McKinney out at second (first to second)]; Melton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. YANKEES 2ND: Peterson grounded out (pitcher to first); Michael struck out; Munson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt singled to center; Andrews grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reichardt out at second]; Egan walked; Morales forced Egan (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. YANKEES 3RD: Murcer struck out; White made an out to first; Cater singled to left; Ellis singled to right [Cater to second]; Swoboda grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Wood struck out; Williams singled to center; Hershberger flied out to center; McKinney forced Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. YANKEES 4TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Peterson grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton flied out to right; Reichardt singled to center; Andrews popped to second; Egan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. YANKEES 5TH: Munson lined to left; Murcer struck out; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales reached on an error by Michael [Morales to first]; Wood out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Morales to second]; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Peterson threw a wild pitch [Morales to third]; Hershberger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. YANKEES 6TH: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis was called out on strikes; Swoboda grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: McKinney popped to second; Melton flied out to right; Reichardt homered; Andrews homered; Egan made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 3. YANKEES 7TH: Clarke popped to first; Peterson grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Morales struck out; Wood was called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 3. YANKEES 8TH: Munson struck out; Murcer flied out to right; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Hershberger singled to center; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR HERSHBERGER; On a bunt McKinney grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Johnstone out at second]; Melton walked; Reichardt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 3. YANKEES 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Cater grounded out (second to first); Ellis struck out; Swoboda homered; Clarke singled to left; Peterson popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: KENNEY REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 3B); CATER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Andrews walked; RICHARD RAN FOR ANDREWS; MCDANIEL REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR EGAN; Kelly singled to left [Richard to third]; MAY BATTED FOR MORALES; May singled to left [Richard scored, Kelly to second]; ALVARADO BATTED FOR WOOD; On a bunt Alvarado popped to catcher in foul territory; HERRMANN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Herrmann forced May (shortstop to second) [Kelly scored (error by Clarke) (unearned), Herrmann to second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5. |
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