On the verge of his fifth straight loss, Wilbur Wood came out a winner instead when the White Sox rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Twins, 4-3. Bert Blyleven, who had the White Sox in check with four hits, lost his stuff and was removed after giving up two runs on a homer by Carlos May, triple by Ken Henderson and single by Lee Richard. After Tom Burgmeier relieved, Deron Johnson batted for Tony Muser and hit the first pitch for a homer to turn the game around. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Thursday, April     24, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   3  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nyman lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .210      Ford cf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .115
Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Ferrer 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Kelly rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .306      Brye rf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .391
  Stein 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Darwin dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .217
May dh                4   1   2   1     0   1   .353      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Henderson cf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .351      Hisle lf              3   1   0   0     1   2   .271
Melton 3b             1   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Kusick 1b             4   1   3   0     0   0   .333
  Richard pr,3b,ss    1   1   1   1     0   0   .500        Braun pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Muser 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  D. Johnson ph,1b    1   1   1   2     0   0   .275      Gomez ss              3   0   2   1     0   0   .250
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Sharp ph,rf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bradford ph,rf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .077        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Downing c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .098        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     3   8             Totals               32   3   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  2,516
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 6
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 1
Triples: Henderson (1)
Home Runs: May (2), D. Johnson (2)
Stolen Bases: Downing (1), Hisle 2 (3)
Caught Stealing: Bradford (1), Gomez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Ferrer (1)
GIDP: Muser (2), Soderholm (5)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (1,by Blyleven)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(1-4)             8     7   3   3   3   1   0  32   4.50
Forster SV(2)           1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.25
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   3   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                8     7   3   3   2   7   1  33   3.05
Burgmeier L(1-1)        0     1   1   1   1   0   1   2   1.29
Campbell                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.53
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   8   2  37

Passed Balls: Downing (2)
Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1)
Wild Pitches: Wood (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Ron Luciano


WHITE SOX 1ST: Nyman flied out to center; Orta was called out on
strikes; Kelly was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Ford popped to catcher in foul territory; Ferrer
grounded out (first unassisted); Brye flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May struck out; Henderson grounded out (first
unassisted); Melton walked; Muser grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Hisle struck out but advanced to
first on a passed ball; Hisle stole second; Kusick singled to
left [Hisle out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent flied out to left; Downing walked; Downing
stole second; Nyman popped to third in foul territory; Orta
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann flied out to center; On a bunt Gomez singled
to third; Ford popped to third; Ferrer flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly flied out to center; May singled to right;
Henderson popped to third; Melton was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Brye popped to shortstop; Darwin popped to catcher in
foul territory; Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Muser grounded out (second to first); Dent flied
out to center; Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick
singled to left; Borgmann grounded out (third to first) [Kusick
to second]; Wood threw a wild pitch [Kusick to third]; Gomez
singled to center [Kusick scored]; Gomez was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nyman grounded out (first unassisted); Orta flied
out to center; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferrer
grounded out (third to first); Brye singled; Darwin grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May grounded out (second to first); Henderson
singled to center; Melton was hit by a pitch [Henderson to
second]; RICHARD RAN FOR MELTON; Muser grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Richard out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: RICHARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Soderholm
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle walked; Hisle stole
second; Kusick flied out to center; Borgmann singled to left
[Hisle scored]; Gomez lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SHARP BATTED FOR DENT; Sharp singled to right;
Downing lined to left; Nyman singled to center [Sharp to
second]; Orta flied out to center [Sharp to third]; Kelly was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins
2.

TWINS 8TH: SHARP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RICHARD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); STEIN REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 3B); Ford
walked; Ferrer out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Ford
to second]; Brye was walked intentionally; Darwin singled to
center [Ford scored, Brye to second]; Soderholm grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Darwin out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: May homered; Henderson tripled to right; Richard
singled [Henderson scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); D. JOHNSON BATTED FOR MUSER; D. Johnson homered
[Richard scored]; BRADFORD BATTED FOR SHARP; Bradford walked;
CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Bradford was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Downing struck out; Nyman
flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: D. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FORSTER
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Hisle was called out on strikes; Kusick singled to left; BRAUN
RAN FOR KUSICK; Borgmann lined to center; WALTON BATTED FOR
GOMEZ; Walton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Twins 3.