Defeated twice while the White Sox were losing their first five games of the season, Wilbur Wood turned things around with a six-hitter and beat the Angels, 5-4. The White Sox took a 3-2 lead on a homer by Buddy Bradford in the fifth inning and then added two runs in the seventh on a walk to Eddie Leon, forceout by Ed Herrmann, sacrifice fly by Buddy Bradford and triple by Ken Henderson. Chicago White Sox 5, California Angels 4Game Played on Saturday, April 13, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumWhite Sox 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 5 8 1 Angels 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 6 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bradford rf,lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .375 Rivers cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .278 K. Henderson cf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .364 Chalk ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .172 D. Allen 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .138 Valentine lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .350 Melton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Lahoud lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Santo 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .240 Scheinblum ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 May lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Robinson dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Kelly rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Oliver 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .314 Leon dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Epstein 1b 3 1 1 1 1 2 .192 Muser ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 Stanton rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .467 Herrmann c 4 1 0 1 0 1 .259 Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Dent ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .136 Doyle 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Llenas ph,2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 8 5 3 4 Totals 30 4 6 3 3 8 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 23,712 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Angels 6 DP: White Sox 1, Angels 0 Errors: Santo, Doyle Doubles: K. Henderson (4), Dent (1), Stanton (5) Triples: K. Henderson (1), Rivers (1) Home Runs: Bradford (2), Epstein (2) Stolen Bases: Rivers (1) Caught Stealing: Bradford (1) Sacrifice Hits: Leon (1), Rodriguez (1) Sacrifice Flies: D. Allen (1), Bradford (1), Llenas (1) GIDP: Oliver (2) Hit by Pitch: Robinson (1,by Wood), Chalk (2,by Wood) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(1-2) 9 6 4 4 3 8 1 37 3.80 Totals 9 6 4 4 3 8 1 37 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May L(0-1) 6.2 6 5 5 3 2 1 29 5.73 Lockwood 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 2.84 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 4 1 38 Passed Balls: Rodriguez (1) Hit by Pitch: Wood 2 (4) Wild Pitches: Wood (1), May (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Merle Anthony WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford grounded out (shortstop to first); K. Henderson doubled to left; May threw a wild pitch [K. Henderson to third]; D. Allen hit a sacrifice fly to right [K. Henderson scored]; Melton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt Chalk made an out to catcher; Dave Chalk called for interference for running into his own bunt; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Santo singled to left; May singled to left [Santo to second]; Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Santo to third, May to second]; Herrmann grounded out (third to first) [Santo scored, May to third]; Dent grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Robinson was hit by a pitch; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Robinson out at second]; Epstein walked; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bradford walked; Bradford was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); K. Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Rodriguez struck out; Doyle singled to right; Rivers tripled to right [Doyle scored, Rivers scored (error by Santo)]; Ron Santo dropped the relay throw; Chalk walked; Valentine forced Chalk (third to second); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton lined to pitcher (pitcher to shortstop); Santo walked; May popped to first in foul territory; Leon reached on an error by Doyle [Santo to second, Leon to first]; Herrmann popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Oliver singled to center; Epstein struck out; Stanton struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent grounded out (third to first); Bradford homered; K. Henderson struck out; D. Allen popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Doyle lined to shortstop; Rivers popped to second; Chalk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); Santo grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Valentine struck out; Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Angels 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: LAHOUD REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING LF); Leon walked; On a bunt Herrmann forced Leon (pitcher to shortstop); Dent doubled to left [Herrmann to third]; Bradford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Herrmann scored]; Rodriguez allowed a passed ball [Dent to third]; K. Henderson tripled to left [Dent scored]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); D. Allen flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: Epstein homered; Stanton doubled to left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first) [Stanton to third]; LLENAS BATTED FOR DOYLE; Llenas hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stanton scored]; Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Chalk was hit by a pitch; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Scheinblum forced Chalk (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: SCHEINBLUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Melton singled to left; Santo popped to second; May flied out to right; MUSER BATTED FOR LEON; Muser singled to second [Melton to third]; Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 4. ANGELS 8TH: MUSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Robinson flied out to center; Oliver struck out; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Bradford popped to third; K. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 4. ANGELS 9TH: KELLY REPLACED MAY (PLAYING RF); BRADFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Stanton singled to left; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Stanton to second]; Llenas flied out to left; Wood threw a wild pitch [Stanton to third]; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 4. |
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