Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, June 4, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 11 0 White Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 5 2 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Williams rf,lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Torres rf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .226 Alvarado 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Murcer cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273 May lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 White lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .247 Reichardt cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .264 Ellis c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Melton 3b 1 2 0 0 3 0 .222 Lanier 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .240 Andrews 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .270 Michael ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .220 Orta pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .194 Kekich p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Morales ss 2 0 0 0 1 2 .208 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 D. Allen ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .331 Brinkman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Lemonds p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 Totals 35 4 11 2 0 3 Totals 26 5 5 5 7 6 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 51,904 Left on Base: Yankees 5, White Sox 4 DP: Yankees 2, White Sox 2 Errors: Alvarado, Melton Doubles: Michael (2), Andrews (5) Triples: May (1) Home Runs: D. Allen (9) Stolen Bases: Lanier (1), Kelly (12) Caught Stealing: Lanier (2) Sacrifice Hits: Michael (1) Sacrifice Flies: Reichardt (1) GIDP: Alou (2), Alvarado (1), Brinkman (2) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kekich 8.1 4 4 4 7 6 0 33 2.86 Lyle L(2-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.27 Totals 8.1 5 5 5 7 6 1 34 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemonds 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 22 2.30 Gossage 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 3.72 Acosta W(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 11 4 1 0 3 0 36 Wild Pitches: Kekich (3), Gossage 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Ron Luciano YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (third to first); Torres struck out; Murcer singled to right; White popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams flied out to right; Alvarado was called out on strikes; May singled to center [May out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. YANKEES 2ND: Alou made an out to shortstop; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Lanier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt lined to left; Melton walked; Kekich threw a wild pitch [Melton to second]; Andrews flied out to right; Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 0. YANKEES 3RD: Michael doubled to left; On a bunt Kekich singled to third [Michael scored (error by Melton) (unearned) (no RBI)]; On a bunt Clarke hit into a double play (pitcher to first) [Kekich out at second]; Torres grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemonds struck out; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 0. YANKEES 4TH: Murcer flied out to left; White struck out; Alou singled to left; Ellis singled to center [Alou to second]; Lanier flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Alvarado made an out to shortstop; May tripled to right; Reichardt hit a sacrifice fly to left [May scored]; Melton walked; Andrews doubled to left [Melton scored]; Morales was walked intentionally; Brinkman forced Morales (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 2. YANKEES 5TH: Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); Kekich grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemonds struck out; Williams walked; Alvarado grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, White Sox 2. YANKEES 6TH: Torres reached on an error by Alvarado; Murcer singled to right [Torres to second]; White singled to right [Torres scored (unearned), Murcer to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED LEMONDS (PITCHING); Alou grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer to third, White out at second]; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Murcer scored (unearned)]; Ellis struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: May flied out to right; Reichardt was called out on strikes; Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 2. YANKEES 7TH: Lanier singled to right; Lanier stole second [Lanier to third on a wild pitch]; Michael out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lanier scored]; Kekich grounded out (first unassisted); Clarke singled to left; Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Andrews walked; Morales struck out; Brinkman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 2. YANKEES 8TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); White made an out to second; Alou singled to left; Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR GOSSAGE; Kelly walked; Williams flied out to right; Alvarado flied out to right; Kelly stole second; May grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 2. YANKEES 9TH: ACOSTA REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lanier singled to right; Debut game for Cy Acosta; Lanier was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Michael flied out to center; Kekich grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Reichardt flied out to right; Melton walked; Andrews singled to left [Melton to second]; ORTA RAN FOR ANDREWS; D. ALLEN BATTED FOR MORALES; LYLE REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); D. Allen homered [Melton scored, Orta scored]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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