Trying for his 20th victory, Wilbur Wood drew his 11th defeat instead when the Twins beat the White Sox, 3-1, behind the four-hit pitching of Jim Kaat. Wood extended his scoreless string to 24 innings before being tagged for two runs in the third. Minnesota Twins 3, Chicago White Sox 1Game Played on Wednesday, September 8, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park ITwins 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf,rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .302 Williams rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Braun 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .253 Hershberger cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Killebrew 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .251 May 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .294 Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Oliva rf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .346 Reichardt lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Nettles cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Huntz 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Cardenas ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .277 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Brye lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .258 Alvarado ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .048 Mitterwald c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .251 McKinney ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .291 Kaat p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Totals 34 3 10 3 1 4 Totals 31 1 4 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 7,888 Left on Base: Twins 9, White Sox 3 DP: Twins 0, White Sox 0 Errors: May Doubles: Cardenas (22) Caught Stealing: Braun (3) Sacrifice Hits: Kaat (6), Soderholm (1) Sacrifice Flies: Brye (1) Hit by Pitch: Oliva (2,by Wood) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat W(11-12) 9 4 1 1 0 5 0 31 3.59 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 5 0 31 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(19-11) 9 10 3 3 1 4 0 39 2.04 Totals 9 10 3 3 1 4 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Wood (6) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Braun struck out; Killebrew singled to left; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams made an out to shortstop; Hershberger flied out to center; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (third to first); Reichardt flied out to center; Huntz made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald singled to center; Kaat out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mitterwald to second]; Tovar singled to right [Mitterwald scored, Tovar to second (on throw)]; Braun singled to right [Tovar scored]; Killebrew flied out to center; Braun was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann struck out; Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. TWINS 4TH: Oliva was hit by a pitch; Cardenas doubled to right [Oliva to third]; Brye hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oliva scored]; Soderholm made an out to shortstop; Mitterwald struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Hershberger grounded out (shortstop to first); May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 5TH: Kaat flied out to center; Tovar singled to left; Braun flied out to right; Killebrew walked [Tovar to second]; Oliva forced Killebrew (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Melton flied out to left; Reichardt grounded out (first unassisted); Huntz singled to right; Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 6TH: Cardenas singled to center; Brye singled to left [Cardenas to second]; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cardenas to third, Brye to second]; Mitterwald reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenas out at home (third to catcher), Brye to third]; Kaat reached on a fielder's choice [Brye out at home (pitcher to catcher), Mitterwald to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Alvarado grounded out (pitcher to first); Wood flied out to right; Williams singled to center; Hershberger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 7TH: Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Braun reached on an error by May [Braun to first]; Killebrew singled to right [Braun to third]; Oliva popped to first in foul territory; Cardenas made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton struck out; Reichardt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 8TH: Brye struck out; Soderholm flied out to left; Mitterwald singled to shortstop; Kaat flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: Huntz made an out to second; Herrmann flied out to center; Alvarado grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 9TH: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); NETTLES REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MCKINNEY BATTED FOR WOOD; McKinney singled to center; Williams flied out to right; Hershberger grounded out (first to second to pitcher) [McKinney to second]; May singled to center [McKinney scored]; Melton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 1. |
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