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California Angels @ Chicago White Sox

1970-09-09 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · 2:07

Chicago White Sox defeated California Angels 11–4. Chicago White Sox put up 4 in the 2nd. Gerry Janeski earned the win. Bill Melton went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	11
CHA	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	1		11	15

W: Gerry Janeski L: Tom Murphy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Merle Anthony · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jay Johnstone	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jim Fregosi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Johnson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roger Repoz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Queen	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Egan	2	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Oyler	1	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Rivers	1	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Syd O'Brien	5	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Aparicio	3	2	1	0	1	0
Carlos May	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Melton	4	2	3	5	0	0
Ed Herrmann	4	1	3	1	0	0
Bob Spence	4	1	1	2	0	0
Ken Berry	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	4	1	2	3	0	0
Gerry Janeski	4	0	0	0	0	3
Rich Morales	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	2.0	6	0	2
Steve Kealey	2.0	2	0	1
Mel Queen	3.0	4	1	0
Terry Cox	1.0	3	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Janeski	9.0	11	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sandy Alomar: 7/F
Jay Johnstone: T9
Jim Fregosi: S7.3-H
Alex Johnson: S8.1-2
Tony Gonzalez: 63/G.2-3;1-2
Ken McMullen: K/C

Bot 1

Syd O'Brien: 53/G
Luis Aparicio: 53/G
Carlos May: 63/G

Top 2

Roger Repoz: 5/FL
Joe Azcue: 63/G
Tom Murphy: K

Bot 2

Bill Melton: 3/FL
Ed Herrmann: S8/89
Bob Spence: HR/7.1-H
Ken Berry: S9
Bobby Knoop: HR/7.1-H
Gerry Janeski: K
Syd O'Brien: K/C

Top 3

Sandy Alomar: 8/F
Jay Johnstone: K/C
Jim Fregosi: K

Bot 3

Luis Aparicio: S7
Carlos May: S9.1-2
Bill Melton: HR/8.2-H;1-H
Ed Herrmann: S9
Bob Spence: 9/F
Ken Berry: 46(1)3/GDP/G

Top 4

Alex Johnson: 53/G
Tony Gonzalez: S6/G
Ken McMullen: 3/L
Roger Repoz: 36(1)/FO/G

Bot 4

Bobby Knoop: 53/G
Gerry Janeski: K
Syd O'Brien: 8/F

Top 5

Joe Azcue: 53/G
Mel Queen: S9
Sandy Alomar: W.1-2
Jay Johnstone: 6/P
Jim Fregosi: 9/F

Bot 5

Luis Aparicio: W
Carlos May: 6/P
Bill Melton: S8.1-3;BX2(864)
Ed Herrmann: S8.3-H
Bob Spence: 5/FL

Top 6

Alex Johnson: 3/G
Tony Gonzalez: 43/G
Ken McMullen: S8
Roger Repoz: 43/G

Bot 6

Ken Berry: 6/P
Bobby Knoop: 3/FL
Gerry Janeski: 53/G

Top 7

Tom Egan: 7/F
Mel Queen: E3.B-1
Sandy Alomar: 7/F
Jay Johnstone: T7.1-H(UR)
Jim Fregosi: 63/G

Bot 7

Syd O'Brien: 63/G
Luis Aparicio: 53/G
Carlos May: S7
Bill Melton: HR/8.1-H
Ed Herrmann: 43/G

Top 8

Alex Johnson: S8
Tony Gonzalez: 43/G.1-2
Ken McMullen: 53/G
Roger Repoz: 43/G

Bot 8

Bob Spence: 43/G
Ken Berry: D9
Bobby Knoop: S8.2-H
Gerry Janeski: K
Syd O'Brien: S7.1-2
Rich Morales: 7/F

Top 9

Tom Egan: S8
Ray Oyler: S9.1-2
Sandy Alomar: E2.2-3;1-2
Jay Johnstone: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Mickey Rivers: S9.3-H;1-2
Alex Johnson: 8/F
Tony Gonzalez: 7/F