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Chicago White Sox @ Seattle Pilots

1969-04-13 · Day game · Sick's Stadium · Att: 10031 · 2:58

Chicago White Sox defeated Seattle Pilots 12–7. Chicago White Sox put up 4 in the 1st. Wilbur Wood earned the win. Gail Hopkins went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	4	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	13
SE1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	11

W: Wilbur Wood L: Marty Pattin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Don Denkinger · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Bradford	4	1	1	0	2	0
Luis Aparicio	4	2	2	2	1	0
Pete Ward	4	1	1	2	0	2
Bill Melton	3	2	2	2	1	0
Don Pavletich	2	3	2	2	1	0
Gail Hopkins	4	1	3	2	1	1
Ron Hansen	3	0	1	1	0	0
Woodie Held	4	1	1	1	1	2
Gary Peters	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	1	0	0	0	0	1
Duane Josephson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Berry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Alomar	1	1	0	0	0	0

Seattle Pilots — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	4	2	2	0	1	0
Wayne Comer	3	0	1	2	2	1
Tommy Davis	3	1	1	1	2	0
Rich Rollins	5	0	1	0	0	0
Don Mincher	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Vidal	4	2	2	1	1	0
Larry Haney	4	1	2	1	1	1
Ray Oyler	5	1	1	0	0	0
Gene Brabender	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Ferraro	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Morris	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Gil	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Peters	3.1	6	4	2
Wilbur Wood	5.2	5	3	2

Seattle Pilots — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marty Pattin	0.1	3	2	0
Gene Brabender	2.1	4	1	1
Jim Bouton	1.1	3	1	0
John Morris	4.0	3	3	4
Steve Barber	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Bradford: 9
Luis Aparicio: W
Pete Ward: HR.1-H
Bill Melton: HR
Don Pavletich: W
Gail Hopkins: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Ron Hansen: 8/SF/DP.3-H;2XH(82)

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: S7
Wayne Comer: W.1-2
Tommy Davis: SB3;SB2.2-H(E2/TH3)(UR);1-3
Tommy Davis: 9
Rich Rollins: 8
Don Mincher: 8

Top 2

Woodie Held: HR
Gary Peters: 9
Buddy Bradford: 63
Luis Aparicio: 8

Bot 2

Jose Vidal: W
Larry Haney: K/C
Ray Oyler: 4
Gene Brabender: K

Top 3

Pete Ward: K
Bill Melton: T8
Don Pavletich: D7.3-H
Gail Hopkins: HR.2-H
Ron Hansen: 63
Woodie Held: W
Gary Peters: 53

Bot 3

Tommy Harper: S7
Wayne Comer: 8
Tommy Davis: W.1-2
Rich Rollins: 4
Don Mincher: 4

Top 4

Buddy Bradford: T7
Luis Aparicio: S8.3-H
Pete Ward: SB2
Pete Ward: 8.2-3
Bill Melton: 9/SF.3-H
Don Pavletich: HR
Gail Hopkins: W
Ron Hansen: 5/FL

Bot 4

Jose Vidal: S7
Larry Haney: D8.1-H
Ray Oyler: S8.2-3
Mike Ferraro: 9
Tommy Harper: W.1-2
Wayne Comer: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Tommy Davis: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Tommy Davis: W
Rich Rollins: 9
Don Mincher: K

Top 5

Woodie Held: E6.B-2
Wilbur Wood: 14/SH/BOOT.2-3
Buddy Bradford: W/BOOT
Luis Aparicio: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Pete Ward: K

Bot 5

Jose Vidal: 6
Larry Haney: S7
Ray Oyler: 6
John Morris: S8.1-3#
Tommy Harper: 4

Top 6

Bill Melton: W
Duane Josephson: 16(1)3/GDP/BOOT
Gail Hopkins: K/C/BOOT

Bot 6

Wayne Comer: W
Tommy Davis: 64(1)3/GDP
Rich Rollins: D8
Don Mincher: 3

Top 7

Ron Hansen: S9
Woodie Held: SB2
Woodie Held: K
Duane Josephson: 31.2-3
Buddy Bradford: W
Luis Aparicio: S8.3-H;1-2#
Ken Berry: 63

Bot 7

Jose Vidal: 8
Larry Haney: 5/L
Ray Oyler: 53

Top 8

Bill Melton: 13
Wilbur Wood: K/C
Gail Hopkins: D9
Sandy Alomar: 53

Bot 8

Gus Gil: 53
Tommy Harper: 8
Wayne Comer: K

Top 9

Woodie Held: K
Duane Josephson: 63
Buddy Bradford: 8/L

Bot 9

Tommy Davis: HR
Rich Rollins: 53
Don Mincher: 5/FL
Jose Vidal: HR
Larry Haney: W
Ray Oyler: 3

Notes & reviews

Wilbur Wood and Duane Josephson batted out of turn their first time up after entering the game; there was no objection from the Pilots and they batted correctly for the rest of the game

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