A safe bunt by Sandy Alomar, pass to Tommie Reynolds and single by Jim Fregosi in the ninth inning produced a run to give the Angels a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. All three White Sox runs off Andy Messersmith were unearned.

The Angels picked up a tainted tally in the seventh inning and rallied to tie the score at 3-3 with the aid of an error in the eighth. Jay Johnstone failed to field a single by Ken McMullen to center field, allowing Fregosi to score from first base. McMullen wound up at third and counted the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Friday, September 24, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  1  -   4  9  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard ss            4   1   0   0     0   0   .230      Alomar ss             5   1   2   1     0   0   .254
Kelly rf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .298      Rivers rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
McKinney 2b           2   1   2   2     2   0   .278        T. Reynolds ph,rf   1   0   0   0     1   0   .187
Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Fregosi 1b,lf         4   1   2   1     1   0   .227
May 1b                4   0   2   1     0   1   .297      McMullen 3b           3   1   1   1     1   1   .247
Johnstone cf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .255      Cowan lf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Williams lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .292        Spencer ph,1b       1   0   0   1     0   0   .240
Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .216      Parker 2b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .264
Forster p             2   1   2   0     0   0   .400      Berry cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Horlen p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Repoz ph,cf         2   0   1   0     0   1   .192
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torborg c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .220
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Gonzalez ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .244
  Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .429        Kusnyer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stephenson ph,c     0   0   0   0     1   0   .220
                                                          Messersmith p         4   0   1   0     0   1   .178

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   8             Totals               33   4   9   4     5   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 14,563
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Angels 11
DP: White Sox 0, Angels 1
Errors: Richard, Rivers, Messersmith
Doubles: Forster (1), McKinney (10), Repoz (10)
Triples: McMullen (1)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Williams (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (5)
GIDP: Muser (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster                 5.1   2   0   0   3   4   0  21   4.10
Horlen                  1.1   2   1   0   0   1   0   7   4.32
Hinton                  1     3   2   2   0   1   0   6   4.84
Kealey                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.86
Perzanowski L(0-1)      0     2   1   1   1   0   0   3  14.40
Totals                  8     9   4   3   5   6   0  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(19-13)    9     8   3   1   3   8   0  36   3.06
Totals                  9     8   3   1   3   8   0  36

Passed Balls: Herrmann (14)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard popped to third in foul territory; Kelly
was called out on strikes; McKinney walked; Melton struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (third to first); Rivers popped
to second; Fregosi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to left; May was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Johnstone struck out; Williams struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen struck out; Cowan flied out to right;
Parker walked; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Parker to
second]; Berry lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann struck out; Forster singled to center;
Richard reached on an error by Rivers [Forster to second,
Richard to first]; Richard was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Messersmith [Forster to third, Richard to second];
Kelly struck out; McKinney singled to right [Forster scored
(unearned), Richard scored (unearned)]; Melton flied out to
left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Torborg flied out to right; Messersmith grounded out
(second to first); Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May struck out; Johnstone grounded out (pitcher
to first); Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers flied out to right; Fregosi grounded out
(shortstop to first); McMullen walked; Cowan singled to center
[McMullen to second]; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann flied out to center; Forster doubled to
right; Richard flied out to center; Kelly singled to shortstop
[Forster to third]; Kelly stole second; McKinney walked; Melton
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Berry lined to second; Torborg singled to left;
Messersmith struck out; Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
struck out; Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers was called out on strikes; Fregosi walked;
HORLEN REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); McMullen grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Fregosi to second]; SPENCER BATTED FOR
COWAN; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FREGOSI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Herrmann grounded out (second to
first); Horlen flied out to left; Richard popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Parker reached on an error by Richard [Parker to
first]; REPOZ BATTED FOR BERRY; Repoz was called out on strikes;
GONZALEZ BATTED FOR TORBORG; Gonzalez forced Parker (second to
shortstop); Messersmith singled to left [Gonzalez to second];
Alomar singled to left [Gonzalez scored (unearned), Messersmith
to second]; HINTON REPLACED HORLEN (PITCHING); T. REYNOLDS
BATTED FOR RIVERS; T. Reynolds flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: REPOZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KUSNYER
REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING C ); T. REYNOLDS STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING RF); Kelly grounded out (second to first); McKinney
doubled to left; Melton flied out to center [McKinney to third];
May singled to center [McKinney scored, May out at second
(center to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Fregosi singled to center; McMullen tripled to
center [Fregosi scored]; Spencer hit a sacrifice fly to center
[McMullen scored]; Parker struck out; Repoz doubled to center;
KEALEY REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); STEPHENSON BATTED FOR
KUSNYER; Stephenson was walked intentionally; Messersmith popped
to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: STEPHENSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Johnstone
singled to center; Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Johnstone to second]; Herrmann was walked intentionally;
MUSER BATTED FOR KEALEY; Muser grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Herrmann out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: PERZANOWSKI REPLACED MUSER (PITCHING); On a bunt
Alomar singled to pitcher; T. Reynolds walked [Alomar to
second]; Fregosi singled to left [Alomar scored, T. Reynolds to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 4.

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