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White Sox
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 17, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 17, 1970 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 17, 1970 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 17, 1970 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bart Johnson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Cal Koonce |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 12,658 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bob Stewart 1B: Ron Luciano 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Merle Anthony |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Syd O'Brien | Third Baseman |
Tommy McCraw | First Baseman |
Carlos May | Left Fielder |
Bill Melton | Right Fielder |
Ed Herrmann | Catcher |
Ken Berry | Center Fielder |
Bobby Knoop | Second Baseman |
Rich Morales | Shortstop |
Bart Johnson | Pitcher |
Don Gutteridge | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mike Andrews | Second Baseman |
Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
Tony Conigliaro | Right Fielder |
Rico Petrocelli | Shortstop |
Billy Conigliaro | Left Fielder |
John Kennedy | Third Baseman |
Jerry Moses | Catcher |
Cal Koonce | Pitcher |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 17, 1970
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Koonce
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Koonce
McCraw strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
May vs. Koonce
May strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Koonce
Melton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Johnson
Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith takes first base on ball four. Andrews moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. Andrews scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Petrocelli vs. Johnson
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields it and throws to home to get Smith. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro takes first base on ball four. Conigliaro moves to third. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Kennedy vs. Johnson
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Koonce
Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Koonce covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Koonce
Berry bunts towards the mound. Koonce fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Knoop vs. Koonce
Knoop hits a fly ball into left field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Koonce
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koonce fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Johnson
Moses hits a popup towards short. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Koonce vs. Johnson
Koonce strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Johnson
Andrews hits a popup towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Koonce
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Koonce
O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Koonce
McCraw strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Johnson
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Koonce
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Koonce
Melton hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. May moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Herrmann vs. Koonce
Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Koonce covering. It's a double play. May moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Berry vs. Koonce
Berry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Knoop vs. Koonce
Knoop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Johnson
Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Johnson
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Koonce vs. Johnson
Koonce takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Andrews vs. Johnson
Andrews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Andrews reaches second base with a double. Moses scores. Koonce moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Koonce scores. Andrews scores. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
There goes Smith. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Morales applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Koonce
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Koonce
Walt Williams pinch hits for Bart Johnson.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Koonce
O'Brien strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Murphy
Danny Murphy now pitching.
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Murphy
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Murphy
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Conigliaro vs. Murphy
Conigliaro hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Koonce
George Thomas now playing left field. Billy Conigliaro now playing center field.
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Koonce
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Koonce
Melton strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Herrmann vs. Koonce
Herrmann takes first base on ball four. May moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Berry vs. Koonce
Berry takes first base on ball four. May moves to third. Herrmann moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Knoop vs. Koonce
Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Knoop for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Murphy
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Murphy
Moses strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Koonce vs. Murphy
Koonce hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Murphy
Andrews hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of May. Andrews reaches second base with a double. May throws the ball in to Herrmann who tags Andrews trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Koonce goes all the way around to score. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Koonce
Morales strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Koonce
Ossie Blanco pinch hits for Danny Murphy.
Blanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Koonce
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Koonce
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCraw for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Stange
Ossie Blanco now playing first base. Lee Stange now pitching.
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Stange
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Stange
Conigliaro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Stange
Petrocelli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Koonce
May hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Conigliaro. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melton vs. Koonce
Melton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
Herrmann hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Lyle
Herrmann hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Lyle
Berry hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knoop vs. Lyle
Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Stange
Conigliaro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Stange
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Stange
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lyle vs. Stange
Lyle hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Lyle
George Scott now playing first base.
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Lyle
Blanco strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Lyle
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/17/1970 -- Chicago at Boston (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI O'Brien S, 3b 5 0 2 0 Andrews M, 2b 4 2 3 2 McCraw T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Smith R, cf 2 1 2 3 Stange L, p 0 0 0 0 Thomas G, lf 1 0 0 0 May C, lf 3 1 2 0 Yastrzemski C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Melton B, rf 4 1 2 2 Scott G, 1b 0 0 0 0 Herrmann E, c 3 0 0 0 Conigliaro T, rf 4 1 2 2 Berry K, cf 2 0 2 0 Petrocelli R, ss 4 0 1 0 Knoop B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Conigliaro B, lf-cf 3 0 1 0 Morales R, ss 4 0 0 0 Kennedy J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Johnson B, p 1 0 0 0 Moses J, c 4 1 1 0 Williams W, ph 1 0 0 0 Koonce C, p 2 2 1 0 Murphy D, p 0 0 0 0 Lyle S, p 1 0 0 0 Blanco O, ph-1b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 8 2 33 7 11 7 Chicago 000 000 020 -- 2 Boston 101 301 10x -- 7 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Johnson B (L) 4.0 6 5 5 3 2 Murphy D 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 Stange L 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Koonce C (W)* 7.0 7 2 2 4 8 Lyle S (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Kennedy J DP -- Boston 2 LOB -- Chicago 8, Boston 5 2B -- Conigliaro T, Andrews M 2, Petrocelli R, May C HR -- Smith R, Conigliaro T, Melton B CS -- Smith R T -- 2:26 A -- 12658
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