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Milwaukee Brewers @ Chicago White Sox

1971-09-29 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5106 · night · 1:52

Chicago White Sox defeated Milwaukee Brewers 2–1. Wilbur Wood earned the win. Bill Melton went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
CHA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7

W: Wilbur Wood L: Jim Slaton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: George Maloney · 2B: Jim Evans · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Auerbach	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dave May	4	0	1	0	0	2
Andy Kosco	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Briggs	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Pena	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ellie Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Theobald	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jim Slaton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Cardenal	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Melton	4	2	2	2	0	0
Pat Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rich McKinney	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Hottman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Muser	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Herrmann	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Richard	3	0	2	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	2	0	1	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Slaton	7.0	7	1	0
Jerry Bell	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Wood	9.0	5	1	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Harper: 9
Rick Auerbach: E6.B-1
Dave May: S9.1X3(95)
Andy Kosco: 63

Bot 1

Bill Melton: HR
Pat Kelly: 7
Rich McKinney: 9
Ken Hottman: 7

Top 2

John Briggs: K
Roberto Pena: K
Ellie Rodriguez: K

Bot 2

Jay Johnstone: 6
Tony Muser: 53
Ed Herrmann: 53

Top 3

Ron Theobald: W
Jim Slaton: 34/SH.1-2
Tommy Harper: 8
Rick Auerbach: 9

Bot 3

Lee Richard: S7
Wilbur Wood: 34/SH/DP.1X3(45)
Bill Melton: HR
Pat Kelly: 63

Top 4

Dave May: K
Andy Kosco: K/C
John Briggs: 31

Bot 4

Rich McKinney: 8
Ken Hottman: 6
Jay Johnstone: 4

Top 5

Roberto Pena: K
Ellie Rodriguez: 13
Ron Theobald: 7

Bot 5

Tony Muser: 43
Ed Herrmann: 9
Lee Richard: S8
Wilbur Wood: S9.1-2#
Bill Melton: 7

Top 6

Jim Slaton: S8
Tommy Harper: 64(1)/FO
Rick Auerbach: SB2#
Rick Auerbach: K/C
Dave May: K

Bot 6

Pat Kelly: 341
Rich McKinney: W
Ken Hottman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Andy Kosco: D8
John Briggs: 63
Roberto Pena: 63
Ellie Rodriguez: K23

Bot 7

Jay Johnstone: S9
Tony Muser: CS2(26)
Tony Muser: 5
Ed Herrmann: S6
Lee Richard: 9

Top 8

Ron Theobald: K+PB.B-1
Jim Slaton: PB.1-2
Jose Cardenal: 5
Tommy Harper: 8
Rick Auerbach: D7.2-H(UR)
Dave May: 7

Bot 8

Wilbur Wood: K/C
Bill Melton: 53
Pat Kelly: K

Top 9

Andy Kosco: S8
John Briggs: 8
Roberto Pena: 16(1)3/GDP