Carlos May and Pat Kelly each drove in four runs to lead the White Sox to 5-1 and 6-2 victories in the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Athletics. May batted in two runs in each game, while Kelly accounted for one RBI in the opener and three in the nightcap. Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 21, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumWhite Sox 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 5 6 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .292 Campaneris ss 3 0 1 1 2 0 .250 Johnstone cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .254 Rudi lf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .265 McKinney 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .279 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .280 Melton 3b 1 1 1 0 3 0 .270 Epstein 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .236 May 1b 3 0 1 2 0 1 .295 Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Reichardt lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Monday cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .245 Alvarado ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .212 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .258 Johnson p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .193 Brown 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .198 Kealey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Dobson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Blefary ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Davis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .325 Hendrick pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 29 5 6 5 5 6 Totals 32 1 6 1 5 13 Time of Game: 2:17 Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 10 DP: White Sox 0, A's 0 Doubles: May (21) Home Runs: McKinney (8) Stolen Bases: Melton (3), Kelly 2 (13), Campaneris (33) Caught Stealing: Bando (7) Sacrifice Hits: Johnstone (5), Johnson (3) Sacrifice Flies: May (5) Hit by Pitch: Herrmann (2,by Fingers), Epstein (12,by Johnson) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson W(12-10) 8 3 0 0 5 12 0 32 2.93 Kealey SV(6) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.87 Totals 9 6 1 1 5 13 0 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson L(15-5) 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 18 3.55 Knowles 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.74 Fingers 2 3 3 3 2 2 0 12 2.79 Totals 9 6 5 5 5 6 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Johnson (6), Fingers (8) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Jim Honochick WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to left; Johnstone flied out to right; McKinney homered; Melton walked; May lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Rudi struck out; Campaneris stole second; Jackson struck out; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt struck out; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Alvarado popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Monday struck out; Bando was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan walked; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Dobson popped to first in foul territory; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: McKinney grounded out (third to first); Melton walked; May doubled to right [Melton scored, May out at third (right to second to pitcher to third)]; Reichardt flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Epstein walked; Bando flied out to left; Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann struck out; Alvarado grounded out (second to first); Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan flied out to center; Brown lined to left; BLEFARY BATTED FOR DOBSON; Blefary struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); Kelly singled to left; Johnstone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Kelly to second]; McKinney grounded out (third to first) [Kelly to third]; Melton was walked intentionally; Melton stole second; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris walked; Rudi singled to third [Campaneris to second]; Jackson was called out on strikes; Epstein lined to center; Bando made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Reichardt grounded out (third to first); Herrmann struck out; Alvarado grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Monday grounded out (first to pitcher); Duncan was called out on strikes; Brown singled to left; DAVIS BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Davis singled to left [Brown to second]; HENDRICK RAN FOR DAVIS; Campaneris forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED HENDRICK (PITCHING); Johnson was called out on strikes; Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Johnstone walked; McKinney singled to center [Kelly scored, Johnstone to second]; Melton singled to third [Johnstone to third, McKinney to second]; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Johnstone scored]; Reichardt struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi was called out on strikes; Jackson struck out; Epstein was hit by a pitch; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: Herrmann was hit by a pitch; Alvarado forced Herrmann (second to shortstop); Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Alvarado to second]; Mike Epstein ejected by HP umpire Larry McCoy for fighting with Bart Johnson who suffered an injured left wrist; HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); Kelly singled to right [Alvarado scored]; Kelly stole second; Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: KEALEY REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Monday singled to center; Duncan struck out; Brown singled to center [Monday to second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR FINGERS; Garrett made an out to third; Campaneris singled to right [Monday scored, Brown to second]; Rudi flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Athletics 1. |
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