Tuesday September 21, 1971
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Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, September 21, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

White Sox 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 1 A's 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 12 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Williams lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .298 Anderson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Kelly rf 4 1 3 3 0 0 .302 Rudi lf 5 0 3 0 0 1 .269 McKinney 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .275 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Melton 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .271 Hendrick rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .241 May 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .297 Davis 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .329 Johnstone cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251 Bando 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .272 Egan c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Tenace c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Alvarado ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .214 Mangual cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294 John p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .152 Brown 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .199 Romo p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364 Odom p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Locker p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Campaneris ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Totals 37 6 12 6 2 6 Totals 39 2 12 1 0 10 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 3,810 Left on Base: White Sox 7, A's 10 DP: White Sox 1, A's 1 Errors: Alvarado, Jackson, Odom Doubles: Alvarado (14), Davis (8), Rudi (23) Triples: May (7) Home Runs: Bando (23) Stolen Bases: Egan (1), May (16) Sacrifice Hits: Kelly (1) GIDP: McKinney (12), Mangual (8) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(13-15) 6.1 10 2 2 0 4 1 29 3.66 Romo SV(5) 2.2 2 0 0 0 6 0 10 3.38 Totals 9 12 2 2 0 10 1 39 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Odom L(10-12) 4 8 6 6 1 1 0 21 4.29 Locker 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 12 2.81 Grant 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.08 Totals 9 12 6 6 2 6 0 40 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to left; Kelly out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Williams to second]; McKinney popped to catcher in foul territory; Melton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Anderson flied out to right; Rudi grounded out (second to first); Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone lined to center; Egan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando homered; Tenace reached on an error by Alvarado [Tenace to first]; Mangual forced Tenace (shortstop to second); Brown popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado doubled to left; John flied out to center; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly singled to right [Alvarado scored]; McKinney flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Odom grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson grounded out (first to pitcher); Rudi singled to third; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton singled to left; May tripled to center [Melton scored]; Johnstone lined to first; Egan reached on a fielder's choice [May out at home (third to catcher)]; Egan stole second; Alvarado popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Davis singled to center; Bando singled to left [Davis to second]; On a bunt Tenace singled [Davis to third, Bando to second]; Mangual grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Davis scored (no RBI), Bando to third, Tenace out at second]; Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: John singled to left; On a bunt Williams singled to pitcher [John to third (error by Odom), Williams to second]; Kelly singled to right [John scored, Williams scored, Kelly to second (error by Jackson)]; McKinney walked; LOCKER REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Melton singled to right [Kelly scored, McKinney to second]; May singled to center [McKinney scored, Melton to third]; May stole second; Johnstone struck out; Egan grounded out (first unassisted); Alvarado was walked intentionally; John made an out to second; 4 R, 5 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Locker was called out on strikes; Anderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi singled to right; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: HENDRICK REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); McKinney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Davis doubled to center; Bando singled to left [Davis to third]; Tenace reached on a fielder's choice [Davis out at home (third to catcher to third), Bando to second]; Mangual grounded out (catcher to first) [Bando to third, Tenace to second]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Melton flied out to left; May was called out on strikes; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: CAMPANERIS BATTED FOR LOCKER; Campaneris singled to center; Anderson forced Campaneris (second to shortstop); Rudi doubled to center [Anderson to third]; ROMO REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Hendrick struck out; Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: GRANT REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PITCHING); Egan struck out; Alvarado lined to shortstop; Romo singled to right; Williams forced Romo (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando made an out to second; Tenace struck out; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Kelly singled to center; McKinney grounded into a double play (second to first) [Kelly out at second]; Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Brown singled to center; HEGAN BATTED FOR GRANT; Hegan struck out; Anderson singled to shortstop [Brown to second]; Rudi struck out; Hendrick flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

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