Bill Melton became the first home-run champion in the history of the White Sox, hitting his 33rd of the season, to mark a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Melton finished one homer ahead of Reggie Jackson of the Athletics and Norm Cash of the Tigers.

Tony Muser tripled and scored on a single by Chuck Brinkman in the second inning before Melton provided the deciding run with his smash in the third. The White Sox used five pitchers. After the Brewers scored in the ninth on a single by Jose Cardenal, two errors and a pass to Darrell Porter with one out, Stan Perzanowski saved the game by getting Tom Matchick to hit into a forceout at the plate and Roberto Pena lined out. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 30, 1971 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  2  1
White Sox    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  9  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .258      Melton 3b             2   1   1   1     0   0   .269
Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .203        Williams 3b,rf      1   0   1   0     1   0   .294
Cardenal rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Kelly rf,cf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .291
Briggs 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      McKinney 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
May cf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .277      Hottman lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .125
Theobald 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Johnstone cf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .260
  Schofield 2b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Morales ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Kosco ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Muser 1b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .313
Porter c              3   0   0   1     1   1   .214      Richard ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Heise 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Brinkman c            2   0   1   1     1   1   .200
  Ratliff ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .165      Magnuson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Matchick 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Huntz ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Parsons p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Eddy p              1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Krausse p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .023        May ph              0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
  Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        O'Toole p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pena ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   2   1     5   5             Totals               30   2   9   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  2,814
Left on Base: Brewers 8, White Sox 8
DP: Brewers 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Heise, Muser, Richard
Doubles: Eddy (1)
Triples: Muser (1)
Home Runs: Melton (33)
Stolen Bases: Harper 2 (25)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (9), Johnstone (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Richard (5)
GIDP: Kelly (3)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons L(13-17)        5.2   8   2   2   2   6   1  26   3.20
Morris                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.72
Krausse                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.94
Sanders                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.91
Totals                  8     9   2   2   3   7   1  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Magnuson                2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.50
Hinton W(3-4)           2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.44
Eddy                    2     1   0   0   3   1   0  10   2.38
O'Toole                 2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Perzanowski SV(1)       1     1   1   0   1   1   0   7  12.00
Totals                  9     2   1   0   5   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett


BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to left; Auerbach grounded out
(third to first); Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly
singled to center; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); McKinney reached on an error by Heise [McKinney to
first]; Hottman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnstone singled to right; Johnstone was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Muser tripled to center;
Richard struck out; Brinkman singled to center [Muser scored];
HUNTZ BATTED FOR MAGNUSON; Huntz grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

BREWERS 3RD: HINTON REPLACED HUNTZ (PITCHING); Porter struck
out; Heise flied out to left; Parsons grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Melton homered; Kelly struck out; McKinney lined
to third; Hottman made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

BREWERS 4TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Harper flied
out to center; Auerbach flied out to center; Cardenal grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone struck out; Muser was called out on
strikes; Richard flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

BREWERS 5TH: EDDY REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Briggs walked; May
walked [Briggs to second]; On a bunt Theobald singled [Briggs to
third, May to second]; Porter popped to catcher in foul
territory; Heise popped to first in foul territory; Parsons
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox
2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Brinkman was called out on strikes; Eddy doubled
to center; Williams singled to center [Eddy to third]; Kelly was
walked intentionally [Williams to second]; McKinney struck out;
Hottman forced Kelly (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Harper walked; Harper stole second; Auerbach flied
out to center; Cardenal made an out to second; Briggs struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: SCHOFIELD REPLACED THEOBALD (PLAYING 2B);
Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); Muser singled to
right; Richard out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Muser
to second]; Brinkman was walked intentionally; MAY BATTED FOR
EDDY; MORRIS REPLACED PARSONS (PITCHING); REICHARDT BATTED FOR
MAY; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
White Sox 2.

BREWERS 7TH: O'TOOLE REPLACED REICHARDT (PITCHING); May flied
out to center; Schofield struck out; Porter grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Williams walked; Kelly grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Williams out at second];
KRAUSSE REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); McKinney flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 2.

BREWERS 8TH: RATLIFF BATTED FOR HEISE; Ratliff was called out on
strikes; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Tepedino flied out to
center; Harper walked; Harper stole second; Auerbach grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MATCHICK REPLACED RATLIFF (PLAYING 3B); SANDERS
REPLACED TEPEDINO (PITCHING); Hottman singled to left; MORALES
BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Morales made an out to second; Muser
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hottman to second]; Richard
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox
2.

BREWERS 9TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); KELLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); PERZANOWSKI REPLACED O'TOOLE (PITCHING); Cardenal singled
to left; Briggs reached on an error by Richard [Cardenal to
second, Briggs to first]; May reached on an error by Muser
[Cardenal to third, Briggs to second, May to first]; KOSCO
BATTED FOR SCHOFIELD; Kosco struck out; Porter walked [Cardenal
scored (unearned), Briggs to third, May to second]; Matchick
forced Briggs (first to catcher) [May to third, Porter to
second]; PENA BATTED FOR SANDERS; Pena lined to first; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, White Sox 2.