Friday June 30, 1972
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After scoring five times in the first inning, the White Sox could not hold the lead and needed a gift run on a pass with the bases loaded in the 11th to defeat the Athletics, 6-5. The assault of the White Sox on Ken Holtzman in the first included a three-run homer by Dick Allen. The A's fought their way back to tie the score with a homer by Bill Voss in the second, doubles by Tim Cullen and Bert Campaneris and a homer by Joe Rudi in the fifth, and a triple by Mike Epstein and sacrifice fly by Dave Duncan in the eighth.

In the 11th, Rollie Fingers gave up a single to Luis Alvarado and walked Allen with one out before yielding to Darold Knowles. Jay Johnstone grounded out, leading to an intentional pass to Carlos May. Mike Andrews then drew a walk on a 3-and-2 count to force in the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Friday, June 30, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 13 2 White Sox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 1 1 1 1 1 .233 Williams rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .245 Rudi lf 6 1 1 2 0 0 .316 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .254 Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Epstein 1b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .279 Alvarado ss 6 2 2 0 0 0 .239 Voss rf 4 1 1 1 0 3 .167 D. Allen 1b 4 1 1 3 2 2 .300 Bando 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .255 Reichardt cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .281 Duncan c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .235 Johnstone ph,cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .160 Cullen 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .276 May lf 4 1 2 0 2 0 .312 Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Andrews 2b 5 0 1 2 1 1 .252 Martinez 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Egan c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Brinkman c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Horlen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Morales 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .209 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Bahnsen p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Kelly ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Fingers p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 5 13 5 3 8 Totals 44 6 11 6 6 11 Time of Game: 3:39 Attendance: 30,906 Left on Base: A's 9, White Sox 13 DP: A's 0, White Sox 3 Errors: Bando, Martinez Doubles: Cullen (3), Campaneris (12) Triples: Epstein (1) Home Runs: Voss (1), Rudi (7), D. Allen (14) Stolen Bases: May (14) Sacrifice Hits: Voss (2) Sacrifice Flies: Duncan (5) GIDP: Rudi 2 (7) Hit by Pitch: Bando (4,by Forster), Egan (1,by Holtzman) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman 0 6 5 5 0 0 1 7 2.46 Horlen 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 16 2.28 Locker 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 1.98 Fingers L(5-2) 4.1 2 1 1 1 7 0 16 2.51 Knowles 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1.14 Totals 10.2 11 6 6 6 11 1 51 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen 4.1 7 4 4 0 5 2 20 4.43 Romo 2.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.63 Forster 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.82 Acosta W(3-0) 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 12 3.00 Totals 11 13 5 5 3 8 2 47 Hit by Pitch: Holtzman (3), Forster (2) Wild Pitches: Holtzman (1), Locker (3) Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi flied to right; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to right; Alvarado singled to right [Williams to second]; D. Allen homered [Williams scored, Alvarado scored]; Reichardt singled to left; Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Reichardt to second]; May singled to second [Reichardt to third]; Andrews singled to second [Reichardt scored, May to second]; Egan was hit by a pitch [May to third, Andrews to second]; HORLEN REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Morales singled to center [May scored, Andrews to third, Egan to second]; On a bunt Bahnsen struck out; Williams flied to center; Alvarado flied to left; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Voss homered; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan singled to left; Cullen flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Allen popped to shortstop; Reichardt reached on an error by Bando [Reichardt to first]; May walked [Reichardt to second]; Andrews flied to left; Egan forced May (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 3RD: Horlen struck out (catcher to first); Campaneris was called out on strikes; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 3RD: Morales flied to center; Bahnsen struck out; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson struck out; Epstein singled to left; Voss struck out; Bando singled to center [Epstein to third]; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 4TH: Alvarado grounded out (second to first); D. Allen struck out; Reichardt singled to third; May grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 5TH: Cullen doubled to right; HEGAN BATTED FOR HORLEN; Hegan grounded out (second to first) [Cullen to third]; Campaneris doubled to center [Cullen scored]; Rudi homered [Campaneris scored]; ROMO REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Jackson singled to left; Epstein hit into a double play (right to first) [Jackson out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 5TH: LOCKER REPLACED HEGAN (PITCHING); Andrews flied to right in foul territory; Egan was called out on strikes; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED EGAN (PLAYING C ); Voss struck out; Bando singled to center; Duncan flied to left; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR CULLEN; Shamsky flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING 2B); Romo grounded out (second to first); Williams singled to left; Alvarado forced Williams (shortstop to second) [Alvarado to first]; D. Allen walked [Alvarado to second]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR REICHARDT; Locker threw a wild pitch [Alvarado to third, D. Allen to second]; Johnstone walked; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MANGUAL BATTED FOR LOCKER; Mangual singled to left; ODOM RAN FOR MANGUAL; Campaneris flied to left; Rudi forced Odom (shortstop to second); FORSTER REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING); Jackson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Andrews popped to second; Brinkman struck out (catcher to first); Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Epstein tripled to center; Voss struck out; Bando was hit by a pitch; Duncan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Epstein scored]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR FORSTER; Kelly was called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Alvarado grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ACOSTA REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Fingers singled to center; On a bunt Campaneris made an out to pitcher; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fingers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: D. Allen struck out; Johnstone was called out on strikes; May singled to right; May stole second [May to third (error by Martinez)]; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 10TH: Jackson walked; Epstein singled to left [Jackson to second]; Voss out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jackson to third, Epstein to second]; Bando was walked intentionally; On a bunt Duncan struck out; Martinez popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 10TH: Brinkman popped to third in foul territory; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. ATHLETICS 11TH: Fingers grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris walked; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 11TH: LYTTLE BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Lyttle lined to second; Alvarado singled to center; D. Allen walked [Alvarado to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Johnstone grounded out (second to first) [Alvarado to third, D. Allen to second]; May walked; Andrews walked [Alvarado scored, D. Allen to third, May to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 6.

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