At least for one time at bat, Bill Melton broke out of his slump with a three-run homer to power the White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Brewers. Melton's homer, after he had fouled off six consecutive pitches, came in the sixth inning following a double by Dick Allen and intentional pass to Carlos May. A walk, triple by Billy Conigliaro and single by John Felske gave the Brewers their pair off Wilbur Wood in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Friday, June      9, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  6  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   3  5  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Theobald 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .185      Kelly rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .302
May cf                3   1   0   0     1   1   .196      Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .193        Alvarado 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Conigliaro lf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .267      D. Allen 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .327
Felske 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      May lf                3   1   1   0     1   0   .294
  Davis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Melton 3b             2   1   1   3     1   0   .215
Lahoud rf             1   0   0   0     2   0   .195      Reichardt cf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Johnstone cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .165
Ferraro 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .338      Morales ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Lockwood p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Wood p                2   0   0   0     1   1   .162
  Heise ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Stephenson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   6   2     3   1             Totals               25   3   5   3     5   4

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 11,871
Left on Base: Brewers 4, White Sox 4
DP: Brewers 2, White Sox 1
Doubles: D. Allen (11)
Triples: Conigliaro (2)
Home Runs: Melton (6)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (13)
Caught Stealing: Theobald (2), Morales (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (8)
GIDP: Ferraro (3), Reichardt 2 (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood L(2-6)         7     5   3   3   5   4   1  28   3.59
Stephenson              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.41
Totals                  8     5   3   3   5   4   1  31

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(9-4)             9     6   2   2   3   1   0  33   1.88
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   1   0  33

Wild Pitches: Wood (2)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Russ Goetz


BREWERS 1ST: Theobald singled to left; May forced Theobald
(shortstop to second); Auerbach made an out to second;
Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to center; Andrews out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kelly to second]; D. Allen
flied out to center; May lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Felske flied out to right; Lahoud walked; Ferraro
grounded out (third to first) [Lahoud to second]; Wood threw a
wild pitch [Lahoud to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton walked; Reichardt grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Melton out at second]; Herrmann
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Lockwood singled to third; Theobald flied out to
center; May forced Lockwood (second to shortstop); May was
picked off first (pitcher to first to second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morales made an out to shortstop; Wood was called
out on strikes; Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Andrews struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Auerbach flied out to left; Conigliaro grounded out
(first unassisted); Felske grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Allen walked; May singled to left [D. Allen to
second]; Melton flied out to center; Reichardt grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Lahoud grounded out (first unassisted); Ferraro
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Herrmann made an out to second; Morales grounded
out (second to first); Wood walked; Kelly flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Lockwood flied out to center; Theobald singled to
right; Theobald was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); May struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Andrews flied out to center; D. Allen doubled to
center; May was walked intentionally; Melton homered [D. Allen
scored, May scored]; Reichardt flied out to center; Herrmann
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 3.

BREWERS 7TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING CF); Auerbach
grounded out (shortstop to first); Conigliaro grounded out
(second to first); Felske popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morales singled to left; Morales was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); On a bunt Wood made an out
to first; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
White Sox 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Lahoud walked; Ferraro grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Lahoud out at second]; Rodriguez
singled to right; HEISE BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Heise forced
Rodriguez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: STEPHENSON REPLACED HEISE (PITCHING); Andrews
flied out to right; D. Allen grounded out (pitcher to first);
May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, White
Sox 3.

BREWERS 9TH: ALVARADO REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING 2B); Theobald
grounded out (third to first); May walked; Auerbach lined to
second; Conigliaro tripled to center [May scored]; Felske
singled to third [Conigliaro scored]; DAVIS RAN FOR FELSKE;
SCOTT BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Scott forced Davis (second to
shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, White Sox 3.