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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