Thanks to Bill Melton, who hit a two-run homer, Wilbur Wood was able to pitch the White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Tigers. With the score tied, 1-1, Pat Kelly walked in the sixth inning and, on a run-and-hit play, scored from first base on a single by Mike Andrews and error by Willie Horton. Melton followed with his homer off Joe Coleman, who was stopped on his personal six-game winning streak. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    18, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Williams lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .299
Taylor 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .250      Kelly rf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .316
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .295      Andrews 1b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .277
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .292      Melton 3b             4   1   2   2     0   1   .286
Freehan c             4   0   2   1     0   1   .289      Huntz 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Stanley cf            3   1   2   0     1   1   .284      Johnstone cf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
I. Brown 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .223
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Morales ss            2   1   1   0     0   1   .241
  Cash ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .284        May ph              0   0   0   0     1   0   .286
Coleman p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .099        Alvarado ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Wood p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .043
  Northrup ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .279
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     2   9             Totals               30   4   8   3     4   8

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 14,059
Left on Base: Tigers 6, White Sox 7
DP: Tigers 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Horton
Doubles: Kelly (5)
Triples: Stanley (4)
Home Runs: Melton (26)
Caught Stealing: Williams (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Wood (12)
GIDP: I. Brown (4)
Hit by Pitch: Horton (6,by Wood)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(13-7)         5.1   8   4   4   2   7   1  25   3.70
Timmermann              0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.24
Perranoski              2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   6.61
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   8   1  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(16-9)            9     7   2   2   2   9   0  35   1.96
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   9   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Wood (4)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez lined to shortstop; Taylor walked; Kaline
reached on a fielder's choice [Taylor to second]; Horton was hit
by a pitch [Taylor to third, Kaline to second]; Freehan singled
to left [Taylor scored, Kaline to third, Horton to second];
Stanley struck out; I. Brown flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams walked; Kelly struck out; Andrews
singled to center [Williams to third]; Melton struck out while
Williams was caught stealing home (catcher to second to
catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman struck out; Coleman lined to right;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Huntz popped to third in foul territory;
Johnstone grounded out (second to first); Herrmann popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, White
Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Taylor singled to center [Taylor out at second
(center to second)]; Kaline struck out; Horton struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morales singled to center; Wood out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Morales to second]; Williams
was called out on strikes; Kelly doubled to left [Morales
scored]; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan flied out to center; Stanley singled to
left; I. Brown flied out to right; Brinkman grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton singled to shortstop; Huntz made an out to
second; Johnstone was called out on strikes; Herrmann struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Coleman flied out to right; Rodriguez struck out;
Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales struck out; Wood struck out; Williams
made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox
1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline singled to center [Kaline out at second
(center to first)]; Horton flied out to center; Freehan struck
out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly walked; Andrews singled to left [Kelly
scored (error by Horton) (no RBI), Andrews to second]; Melton
homered [Andrews scored]; Huntz grounded out (second to first);
Johnstone singled to right; Herrmann singled to center
[Johnstone to third]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING);
MAY BATTED FOR MORALES; May walked [Herrmann to second]; Wood
was called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 7TH: ALVARADO REPLACED MAY (PLAYING SS); Stanley tripled
to center; I. Brown struck out (catcher to first); Brinkman
lined to third; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Northrup singled
to left [Stanley scored]; Rodriguez forced Northrup (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED NORTHRUP (PITCHING); Kelly
grounded out (second to first); Andrews walked; Melton flied out
to right; Huntz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Taylor flied out to right; Kaline lined to third;
Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Johnstone grounded out (second to first);
Herrmann flied out to center; Alvarado grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan singled to center; Stanley walked [Freehan
to second]; I. Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Freehan to third, Stanley out at second]; CASH BATTED
FOR BRINKMAN; Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 4.