With last-out help from Terry Forster, Wilbur Wood gained his sixth victory when the White Sox defeated the Twins, 4-3. The White Sox counted twice off Jim Perry in the first inning on a single by Pat Kelly, double by Mike Andrews, a wild pitch and double by Bill Melton. Dick Allen drove in two other runs with a bases-loaded single in the second. Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Monday, May 15, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park ITwins 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 1 White Sox 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Kelly rf 3 2 1 0 1 2 .354 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Andrews 2b 2 1 2 0 1 0 .213 Carew 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .311 Reichardt lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .190 Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .257 D. Allen 1b 4 0 1 1 0 3 .318 Darwin cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Melton 3b 3 0 1 1 0 2 .244 Brye lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .206 Orta ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Johnstone cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Mitterwald c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .160 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .192 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Morales ss,3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Corbin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .095 Monzon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renick ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 6 3 0 6 Totals 28 4 6 2 5 9 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 6,186 Left on Base: Twins 4, White Sox 7 DP: Twins 1, White Sox 1 Errors: Perry, Herrmann, Morales Doubles: Soderholm (4), Brye (3), Andrews (3), Melton (2) Home Runs: Killebrew (3) Stolen Bases: Tovar (5) Caught Stealing: Andrews (1) Sacrifice Hits: Carew (3), Andrews (3), Wood (4) Sacrifice Flies: Mitterwald (1) GIDP: Soderholm (2) Hit by Pitch: Tovar (7,by Wood) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(3-2) 1.1 5 4 4 3 2 0 13 2.50 Corbin 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0.71 Norton 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 11 0.96 LaRoche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.09 Totals 8 6 4 4 5 9 0 35 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(6-2) 8.2 6 3 1 0 5 1 33 1.38 Forster SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.35 Totals 9 6 3 1 0 6 1 34 Hit by Pitch: Wood (2) Wild Pitches: Perry (1) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Art Frantz TWINS 1ST: Tovar was hit by a pitch; Thompson struck out; Tovar stole second [Tovar to third (error by Herrmann)]; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tovar scored (unearned)]; Killebrew flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to second; Andrews doubled to right [Kelly to third]; Perry threw a wild pitch [Kelly scored, Andrews to third]; Reichardt walked; D. Allen struck out; Melton doubled to right [Andrews scored, Reichardt to third]; Johnstone made an out to second; Herrmann was walked intentionally; Morales flied to left in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye singled to right; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brye out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 2ND: Wood singled to right; Kelly walked [Wood to second]; Andrews reached on an error by Perry on a sacrifice bunt [Wood scored (no RBI), Kelly to third, Andrews to second]; Reichardt struck out; D. Allen singled to center [Kelly scored, Andrews to third]; CORBIN REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Melton struck out while Andrews was caught stealing home (catcher to third); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald flied out to left; Corbin flied out to right; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnstone made an out to third; Herrmann made an out to shortstop; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. TWINS 4TH: Thompson flied out to center; Carew struck out; Killebrew struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Wood grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly struck out; Andrews singled to left; Reichardt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. TWINS 5TH: Darwin reached on an error by Morales; Brye forced Darwin (second unassisted); Soderholm doubled to left [Brye to third]; Mitterwald hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brye scored (unearned)]; MONZON BATTED FOR CORBIN; Monzon struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: NORTON REPLACED MONZON (PITCHING); D. Allen struck out; Melton struck out; Johnstone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. TWINS 6TH: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Morales walked; Wood out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Morales to second]; Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. TWINS 7TH: MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ORTA REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING SS); Killebrew popped to catcher in foul territory; Darwin grounded out (third to first); Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Andrews walked; Reichardt forced Andrews (right to shortstop); D. Allen struck out; Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. TWINS 8TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); RENICK BATTED FOR NORTON; Renick singled to left; Tovar singled to center [Renick to second]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Johnstone made an out to third; Herrmann flied out to right; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew homered; Darwin flied out to center; Brye doubled to center; FORSTER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Soderholm was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 4. |
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