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Chicago White Sox @ California Angels

1969-09-05 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 12243 · 2:08

California Angels defeated Chicago White Sox 3–1. California Angels put up 2 in the 1st. Tom Murphy earned the win and Ken Tatum picked up the save. Jay Johnstone went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
CAL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	6

W: Tom Murphy L: Joe Horlen SV: Ken Tatum

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Walt Williams	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Aparicio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Melton	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ed Herrmann	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Bradford	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Knoop	4	0	1	0	0	0
Angel Bravo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Horlen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Ward	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Hansen	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	1	1	2	0	1
Jim Fregosi	2	1	0	0	1	0
Rick Reichardt	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Voss	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Spencer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Horlen	7.0	5	1	1
Danny Murphy	1.0	1	0	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	7.0	5	0	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	1.2	2	2	1
Ken Tatum	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Walt Williams: 43
Luis Aparicio: 7
Gail Hopkins: 8

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: S1
Jay Johnstone: SB2
Jay Johnstone: HR/9.2-H
Jim Fregosi: 8
Rick Reichardt: 63
Bill Voss: 8

Top 2

Bill Melton: S7
Ed Herrmann: S7.1-2
Buddy Bradford: S7.1-2;2-H
Bobby Knoop: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Angel Bravo: 7(B)2(3)/DP

Bot 2

Jim Spencer: S6
Aurelio Rodriguez: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Joe Azcue: 53

Top 3

Joe Horlen: 8
Walt Williams: S9
Luis Aparicio: 53.1-3(E5)
Gail Hopkins: 43

Bot 3

Tom Murphy: 63
Sandy Alomar: 6/L
Jay Johnstone: 43

Top 4

Bill Melton: 4
Ed Herrmann: 31
Buddy Bradford: 8

Bot 4

Jim Fregosi: W
Rick Reichardt: S8.1-3
Bill Voss: S8.1-2;3-H
Jim Spencer: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9

Top 5

Bobby Knoop: 63
Angel Bravo: HP
Joe Horlen: 63.1-2
Walt Williams: WP.2-3
Walt Williams: 6

Bot 5

Joe Azcue: 63
Tom Murphy: 43
Sandy Alomar: 43

Top 6

Luis Aparicio: 9
Gail Hopkins: 3/L
Bill Melton: D8
Ed Herrmann: 8

Bot 6

Jay Johnstone: K
Jim Fregosi: 7
Rick Reichardt: 9

Top 7

Buddy Bradford: K/C
Bobby Knoop: 9
Angel Bravo: 3/G

Bot 7

Bill Voss: 43
Jim Spencer: 43
Aurelio Rodriguez: 6/L

Top 8

Bob Spence: 43
Walt Williams: K
Luis Aparicio: S1
Gail Hopkins: W.1-2
Bill Melton: 5/FL

Bot 8

Joe Azcue: 7
Hoyt Wilhelm: K
Sandy Alomar: S1
Jay Johnstone: SB2
Jay Johnstone: 9

Top 9

Ed Herrmann: 9
Buddy Bradford: 53
Bobby Knoop: D7
Pete Ward: WP.2-3
Pete Ward: W
Ron Hansen: 6

Notes & reviews

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