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Friday August 20, 1971
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Four homers -- two by Jay Johnstone and one apiece by Bill Melton and Mike Andrews -- powered the White Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Indians. Johnstone and Melton each connected with a man on base in the first inning.

The only White Sox run that was not produced by a homer counted in the fifth on a walk to Johnstone, double by Andrews and sacrifice fly by Melton. Andrews hit for the circuit in the eighth and Johnstone added his second round-tripper of the game with a man on base in the ninth. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Friday, August 20, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

White Sox    4  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  2  -   9 11  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              5   2   2   0     0   1   .319      Uhlaender lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .279
Johnstone cf          4   3   3   4     1   1   .270      Pinson cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .263
Andrews 1b            4   2   2   1     1   0   .280      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Melton 3b             4   1   1   3     0   0   .286      Nettles 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .280
May lf                4   1   1   0     0   1   .286      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Huntz 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Baker rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .220
Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     2   2   .220      Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Morales ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Stanley ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .226
  Alvarado ss         2   0   1   1     0   0   .201      Colbert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Bradley p             4   0   0   0     0   0   .096        A. Foster p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .050
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .170
                                                            Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071

Totals               37   9  11   9     4   5             Totals               33   1   8   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance:  7,256
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Indians 7
DP: White Sox 2, Indians 0
Errors: Alvarado, Leon
Doubles: Andrews (15), Alvarado (11), Nettles (16)
Home Runs: Johnstone 2 (10), Melton (27), Andrews (10), Pinson (8)
Stolen Bases: Johnstone (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (3)
GIDP: Chambliss (6), Stanley (3)
Hit by Pitch: May (6,by Hargan)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley W(13-10)        7.2   8   1   1   1   4   1  31   2.76
Johnson SV(13)          1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.11
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   5   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colbert L(3-4)          0     3   4   4   1   0   2   4   4.58
A. Foster               7.1   4   3   3   2   4   1  28   3.98
Hennigan                0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.07
Hargan                  1     3   2   2   0   1   1   7   7.53
Totals                  9    11   9   9   4   5   4  43

Hit by Pitch: Hargan (6)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to right; Johnstone homered [Kelly
scored]; Andrews walked; Melton homered [Andrews scored]; A.
FOSTER REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); May was called out on
strikes; Huntz grounded out (first unassisted); Herrmann
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to left; Pinson flied out to
left; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Uhlaender to
second]; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Morales lined to left; Bradley flied out to
right; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
singled to center; Leon flied out to right; Stanley singled to
right [Baker out at third (right to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnstone singled to right; Andrews flied out to
center; Johnstone stole second; Melton flied out to left; May
made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: A. Foster grounded out (catcher to first);
Uhlaender flied out to center; Pinson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Huntz flied out to center; Herrmann walked;
Morales forced Herrmann (third to second) [Morales to second
(error by Leon)]; Bradley grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: ALVARADO REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING SS); Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles singled to right;
Fosse flied out to center; Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Johnstone
walked; Andrews doubled to left [Johnstone to third]; Melton hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Johnstone scored]; May grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon flied out to right; Stanley lined to
shortstop; A. Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Huntz grounded out (third to first); Herrmann
struck out; Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender struck out; Pinson singled to right;
Chambliss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
5, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bradley flied out to left; Kelly popped to third
in foul territory; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Nettles doubled to left; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker struck out; Leon reached on an error
by Alvarado [Nettles to third, Leon to first]; Stanley struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Andrews homered; Melton made an out to shortstop;
May singled to center; HENNIGAN REPLACED A. FOSTER (PITCHING);
Huntz flied out to left; Herrmann walked [May to second];
Alvarado doubled to center [May scored, Herrmann to third];
Bradley grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 7, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Lowenstein flied
out to left; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Pinson
homered; Chambliss singled to right; Nettles walked [Chambliss
to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Fosse lined to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HARGAN REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PITCHING); Kelly
singled to left; Johnstone homered [Kelly scored]; Andrews flied
out to left; Melton grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
May was hit by a pitch; Huntz singled to center [May to third];
Herrmann struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 9, Indians
1.

INDIANS 9TH: Baker walked; Leon struck out; Stanley grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Baker out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Indians 1.



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