After the unaccustomed luxury of five days' rest, Wilbur Wood took the mound and pitched the White Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Indians. The White Sox scored all their runs off Dick Tidrow in the first inning.

Pat Kelly singled, stole second, took third on an infield out and counted on a sacrifice fly by Dick Allen before consecutive singles by Bill Melton, Carlos May and Rick Reichardt added what proved to be the winning run. The Indians' tally in the sixth was unearned on a wild throw by Mike Andrews. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Friday, May 5, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

White Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .342 Unser cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .254 Orta ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 D. Allen 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .333 Colbert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Melton 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .298 A. Johnson lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 May lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .346 Fosse c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Reichardt cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .133 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Johnstone cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Bell rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .170 McCraw 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Herrmann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 Duffy ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .147 Wood p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .063 Tidrow p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Camilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leon ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Totals 32 2 7 2 2 4 Totals 32 1 5 1 0 7 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 8,969 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Indians 4 DP: White Sox 0, Indians 1 Errors: Andrews, Fosse, McCraw Doubles: Herrmann (2) Stolen Bases: Kelly 2 (4), May 2 (4), A. Johnson (1) Sacrifice Flies: D. Allen (1) GIDP: Wood (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(4-1) 9 5 1 0 0 7 0 32 1.13 Totals 9 5 1 0 0 7 0 32 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow L(1-2) 6 7 2 2 1 3 0 25 3.91 Hargan 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00 Colbert 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 4 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to center; Kelly stole second; Orta grounded out (second to first) [Kelly to third]; D. Allen hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kelly scored]; Melton singled to center; May singled to right [Melton to second]; Reichardt singled to right [Melton scored, May to third]; Andrews flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (catcher to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); A. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann doubled to left; Wood grounded out (second to first) [Herrmann to third]; Kelly popped to third in foul territory; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles flied out to right; Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: D. Allen struck out; Melton struck out; May singled to center; May stole second; Reichardt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: McCraw flied out to left; On a bunt Duffy singled; Tidrow made an out to third; Unser singled to right [Duffy to third]; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Andrews grounded out (second to first); Herrmann made an out to second; Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: A. Johnson flied out to right; Fosse made an out to third; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kelly singled to right; Orta made an out to shortstop; Kelly was picked off first but was safe on an error by McCraw [Kelly to second]; D. Allen grounded out (third to first); Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Bell struck out; McCraw struck out (catcher to first); Duffy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: May walked; May stole second; Reichardt flied out to right [May to third]; May was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); Andrews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: CAMILLI BATTED FOR TIDROW; Camilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser singled to second [Unser to second (error by Andrews)]; Brohamer grounded out (second to first) [Unser to third]; A. Johnson singled [Unser scored (unearned)]; A. Johnson stole second; Fosse flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: HARGAN REPLACED CAMILLI (PITCHING); Herrmann reached on an error by Fosse [Herrmann to first]; On a bunt Wood grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to second) [Herrmann out at second]; Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Orta grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING CF); Nettles struck out; Bell struck out; McCraw singled to right; Duffy popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: D. Allen grounded out (second to first); Melton popped to first in foul territory; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: LEON BATTED FOR HARGAN; Leon grounded out (second to first); Unser struck out (catcher to first); Brohamer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: LEON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); COLBERT REPLACED BROHAMER (PITCHING); Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); Andrews struck out; Herrmann popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: A. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Fosse grounded out (third to first); Nettles made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 1.

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