CHICAGO (84-50) @ BOSTON (85-49)
STARTING PITCHERS
12YZ (17-4 2.67) 11Z (12-4 1.78)
The White Sox, looking to square the series and thus gain a tie for best record broke out in front in the 3rd as their team MVP once again drove in a run. That slim lead lasted until the Red Sox ambushed Tommy John in the 6th, plating 5 with the duo of rookie Reggie Smith and George Scott doing the damage. Lee Stange went the distance retiring the last 12 he faced putting this in the win column
CWS 001 000 000 1 4 0
BOS 000 005 01x 6 7 0
2B CWS Wa. Williams 11 Colavito 8
BOS R. Smith 17
3B BOS Scott 7
HR BOS R. Smith 13 (8th off Wilhelm)
RBI CWS Ward 85
BOS R. Smith 3(61) Scott 73 Petrocelli 76 Harrelson 36
SB CWS Buford 29
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
John 6 5 0 5 4 5 5 27 41
Stange 9 4 0 4 7 1 1 35 78
WP Stange 13-4 1.74 LP John 17-5 2.84
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 3 .. Buford walked. Agee hit by a pitch. Ward singled scoring a run. CWS 1 BOS 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Andrews walked. Adair singled. Yastrzemski walked. Harrelson grounded into a force scoring a run. R. Smith doubled scoring two runs. Scott tripled scoring a run. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. CWS 1 BOS 5
BOTTOM 8 .. R. Smith homered CWS 1 BOS 6
NOTES: The Sox from Beantown now are two games in front of the pack. Lee Stange collected his 6th complete game lowering his ERA to the 3rd in the Junior Circuit. Jerry Adair, playing full time has a six game hit streak. On the down side, Yaz saw his streak walk away at 11 games. Speaking of streaks ending, Hoyt Wilhelm scoreless inning streak ended at 30, last run allowed almost two months ago on July 5. Don Buford is second in the league in stolen bases.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 3 RBIs
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