Successful in his fourth try, Wilbur Wood posted his 13th victory of the season when the White Sox defeated the Indians, 5-4. Tony Muser, who entered the game after Dick Allen hurt his foot in the fifth inning, singled in the ninth, took second on a sacrifice by Rick Reichardt and scored the winning run on a single by Carlos May. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      12, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   5 11  1
Indians      0  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           5   1   3   2     0   0   .268      Bell cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .237
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .252      Brohamer 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .259
D. Allen 1b           1   1   0   0     2   0   .281      A. Johnson lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .232
  Muser 1b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Fosse c               4   1   1   1     0   1   .263
Reichardt cf          4   1   1   2     0   0   .277      Nettles 3b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .253
May lf                4   0   1   1     1   0   .298      Lolich rf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .209
Spiezio 3b            4   0   1   0     1   0   .149      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Egan c                4   1   2   0     0   1   .229      Leon ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .206
  Lemonds pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063      Kilkenny p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Herrmann c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .213        Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Alvarado ss           5   0   0   0     0   1   .252        Lamb p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wood p                4   0   2   0     0   1   .141        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .269

Totals               37   5  11   5     6   3             Totals               35   4   9   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  5,913
Left on Base: White Sox 12, Indians 6
DP: White Sox 1, Indians 1
Errors: Spiezio, Leon
Doubles: Egan (3), Nettles (15)
Home Runs: Williams (2), Reichardt (5), Fosse (6), Lolich (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reichardt (2), Chambliss (1)
GIDP: Egan (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(13-9)            9     9   4   4   1   5   2  37   2.41
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   5   2  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny                4     4   4   4   5   3   2  21   3.38
Lamb L(2-4)             4.1   6   1   1   0   0   0  19   4.04
Hilgendorf              0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   3   2  44

Passed Balls: Egan 2 (4)
Wild Pitches: Wood (4), Lamb (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams homered; Andrews grounded out (shortstop
to first); D. Allen walked; Reichardt homered [D. Allen scored];
May grounded out (second to first); Spiezio grounded out (third
to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (third to first); Brohamer struck
out; A. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Egan struck out; Alvarado grounded out (shortstop
to first); Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse homered; Nettles walked; Lolich homered
[Nettles scored]; Chambliss popped to shortstop; Leon singled to
center; On a bunt Kilkenny forced Leon (pitcher to shortstop)
[Kilkenny to first]; Bell popped to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 3, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Andrews walked; D. Allen walked [Andrews to second]; Reichardt
popped to first; May walked [Andrews to third, D. Allen to
second]; Spiezio forced May (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: On a bunt Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first);
A. Johnson singled to center; A. Johnson was out trying to
advance to second (catcher to second); Fosse popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Egan doubled to right; Alvarado struck out; Wood
grounded out (third to first); Williams singled to center [Egan
scored]; Andrews walked [Williams to second]; D. Allen forced
Andrews (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Nettles singled to third; Lolich reached on an
error by Spiezio [Nettles to second, Lolich to first]; Chambliss
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Nettles to third,
Lolich to second]; Leon popped to second in foul territory;
FOSTER BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Foster grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: LAMB REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Reichardt
grounded out (shortstop to first); May reached on an error by
Leon [May to first]; Lamb threw a wild pitch [May to second];
Spiezio singled to left [May to third]; Egan grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Spiezio out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: MUSER REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Bell singled
to shortstop; Egan allowed a passed ball [Bell to second];
Brohamer singled to right [Bell scored]; Wood threw a wild pitch
[Brohamer to second]; A. Johnson was called out on strikes
[Brohamer to third on a passed ball, A. Johnson to first]; Fosse
struck out; Nettles lined into a double play to first [A.
Johnson out at first (first unassisted)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Indians 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Wood
singled to right; Williams flied to center; Andrews lined to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Lolich grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
lined to shortstop; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Muser flied to center; Reichardt grounded out
(third to first); May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Lamb grounded out (catcher to first); Bell singled
to left; Brohamer forced Bell (pitcher to shortstop) [Brohamer
to first]; A. Johnson forced Brohamer (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Spiezio grounded out (third to first); Egan
singled to left; LEMONDS RAN FOR EGAN; Alvarado popped to
catcher in foul territory; Wood singled to left [Lemonds to
second]; Williams singled to third [Lemonds to third, Wood to
second]; Andrews popped to third; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: HERRMANN REPLACED LEMONDS (PLAYING C ); Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles doubled to right;
Lolich struck out; Chambliss flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Muser singled to right; Reichardt out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Muser to second];
HILGENDORF REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING); May singled to center
[Muser scored, May to second (on throw)]; Spiezio was walked
intentionally; Herrmann flied to center; Alvarado flied to left;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Leon popped to first in foul territory; MCCRAW
BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; McCraw struck out; Bell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 4.