Andy Messersmith pitched two-hit ball for seven innings before twisting an ankle and Dave LaRoche allowed one more hit while finishing the Angels' 2-0 victory over the White Sox. Sandy Alomar homered off loser Wilbur Wood in the third and the other run counted in the eighth on a double by Ken Berry, a sacrifice and a passed ball. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 2, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar ss             4   1   1   1     0   0   .253      Williams rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Rivers rf,cf          4   0   0   0     0   4   .273      Johnstone cf          2   0   0   0     1   1   .256
Fregosi 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .224      McKinney 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .276
McMullen 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Melton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Cowan lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      May 1b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .295
  Repoz rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Reichardt lf          3   0   1   0     0   2   .286
Parker 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Berry cf,lf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .222      Alvarado ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Torborg c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Huntz ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Messersmith p         2   0   1   0     1   0   .174      Wood p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .044
  Meoli pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Egan ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .246
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Richard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228

Totals               30   2   4   1     1   8             Totals               26   0   3   0     1   9

Time of Game: 1:53   Attendance:  3,854
Left on Base: Angels 3, White Sox 1
DP: Angels 1, White Sox 0
Doubles: Fregosi (12), Berry (15), McKinney (9)
Home Runs: Alomar (3)
Caught Stealing: Reichardt (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Torborg (2), McKinney (4)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(18-13)    7     2   0   0   1   7   0  22   3.13
LaRoche SV(9)           2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.66
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   9   0  28

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(20-13)           9     4   2   2   1   8   1  32   2.00
Totals                  9     4   2   2   1   8   1  32

Passed Balls: Herrmann (13)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
struck out; Fregosi doubled to right; McMullen grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams popped to first; Johnstone was called
out on strikes; McKinney doubled to center; Melton struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Cowan flied out to center; Parker popped to catcher
in foul territory; Berry popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May struck out; Reichardt struck out; Herrmann
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Torborg flied out to center; Messersmith flied out
to left; Alomar homered; Rivers struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado grounded out (third to first); Wood was
called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Fregosi struck out (catcher to first); McMullen
grounded out (third to first); Cowan flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone lined to second; McKinney flied out to
right; Melton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
1, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Parker popped to second; Berry grounded out (pitcher
to first); Torborg popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Reichardt
singled to center; Reichardt was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
1, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Messersmith singled to center; Alomar flied out to
center; Rivers struck out; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Alvarado popped to shortstop; Wood was called out
on strikes; Williams popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen struck out; Cowan flied out to center;
Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Johnstone walked; McKinney hit into a double play
(third to second) [Johnstone out at third (second to catcher)];
Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
White Sox 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Berry doubled to left; Torborg out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Berry to third]; Herrmann allowed a
passed ball [Berry scored]; Messersmith walked; Andy
Messersmith hurt swinging bat; MEOLI RAN FOR MESSERSMITH;
Alomar flied out to left; Rivers was called out on strikes
(catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); May grounded
out (second to first); Reichardt struck out; Herrmann popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2,
White Sox 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); McMullen
popped to catcher in foul territory; Cowan flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: REPOZ REPLACED COWAN (PLAYING RF); RIVERS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); BERRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
HUNTZ BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Huntz struck out; EGAN BATTED FOR
WOOD; Egan singled to shortstop; RICHARD RAN FOR EGAN; Richard
was picked off first (catcher to first); Williams popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, White
Sox 0.