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Chicago White Sox @ California Angels

1970-06-23 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 9006 · night · 2:21

Chicago White Sox defeated California Angels 7–3. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Gerry Janeski earned the win and Wilbur Wood picked up the save. Bill Melton went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Gerry Janeski L: Andy Messersmith SV: Wilbur Wood

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Jim Odom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Syd O'Brien	5	0	1	3	0	3
Luis Aparicio	4	1	1	1	0	0
Carlos May	2	1	0	0	2	1
Bill Melton	4	1	1	3	0	0
Ed Herrmann	4	1	1	0	0	2
Gail Hopkins	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Knoop	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Berry	2	2	1	0	2	0
Gerry Janeski	2	0	0	0	0	1
John Matias	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy McCraw	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	1	0	0	0	0	1

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	5	0	1	0	0	1
Roger Repoz	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Fregosi	2	0	0	0	1	2
Alex Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Spencer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chico Ruiz	3	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Messersmith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Cowan	2	1	1	2	0	0
Jarvis Tatum	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Janeski	7.0	7	1	3
Wilbur Wood	2.0	2	1	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Messersmith	7.0	4	1	8
Steve Kealey	1.0	1	2	1
Paul Doyle	1.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Syd O'Brien: 8/F
Luis Aparicio: 43/G
Carlos May: K

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: K/C
Roger Repoz: 4E1/G.B-1
Jim Fregosi: K
Alex Johnson: 43/G

Top 2

Bill Melton: 43/G
Ed Herrmann: K
Gail Hopkins: K

Bot 2

Jim Spencer: 13/G
Jay Johnstone: 9/F
Joe Azcue: 8/F

Top 3

Bobby Knoop: 63/G
Ken Berry: S4
Gerry Janeski: 36(1)4/GDP/BG

Bot 3

Chico Ruiz: 4/P
Andy Messersmith: 13/G
Sandy Alomar: 43/G

Top 4

Syd O'Brien: K
Luis Aparicio: 8/F
Carlos May: 63/G

Bot 4

Roger Repoz: S9
Jim Fregosi: K/C
Alex Johnson: 16(1)3/GDP/G

Top 5

Bill Melton: 63/G
Ed Herrmann: K
Gail Hopkins: E6/G.B-1
Bobby Knoop: S8.1X2(84)

Bot 5

Jim Spencer: 3/G
Jay Johnstone: S7
Joe Azcue: S8.1-3
Chico Ruiz: 4/P
Andy Messersmith: 3/P

Top 6

Ken Berry: 8/F
Gerry Janeski: K
Syd O'Brien: K/C

Bot 6

Sandy Alomar: S8
Roger Repoz: S6.1-2
Jim Fregosi: 14/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Alex Johnson: IW
Jim Spencer: 7(B)2(3)/DP/F

Top 7

Luis Aparicio: S6
Carlos May: SB2
Carlos May: W
Bill Melton: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Ed Herrmann: 8/F
Gail Hopkins: 8/F
Bobby Knoop: K/C

Bot 7

Jay Johnstone: 4/L
Joe Azcue: 53/G
Chico Ruiz: S6.B-2(E3)
Billy Cowan: HR/7.2-H
Sandy Alomar: 43/G

Top 8

Ken Berry: W
John Matias: S9.1-3
Syd O'Brien: K
Luis Aparicio: 8/SF.3-H
Carlos May: IW.1-2
Bill Melton: 5/P

Bot 8

Roger Repoz: 13/BG
Jim Fregosi: W
Alex Johnson: 63/G.1-2
Jim Spencer: 31/G

Top 9

Ed Herrmann: D9/89
Tommy McCraw: S1/BG.2-3
Bobby Knoop: 63/G.1-2
Ken Berry: IW
Wilbur Wood: K/C
Syd O'Brien: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Luis Aparicio: 63/G

Bot 9

Jay Johnstone: S9
Joe Azcue: D8.1-H
Jarvis Tatum: 63/G
Billy Cowan: 8/F
Sandy Alomar: 43/G

Notes & reviews

Gail Hopkins rounded 2B too far

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