White Sox @ Orioles
July 29, 1970

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Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 2 8 0
Orioles 1 5 0
Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 2 8 0
Orioles 1 5 0

Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .284
OBP .250 .350
At Bats 4 215
Hits 1 61
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 35

Wilbur Wood Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 10 12
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Memorial Stadium - July 29, 1970
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Wilbur Wood
Duane Josephson
Bob Spence
Bobby Knoop
Rich Morales
Luis Aparicio
Carlos May
Ken Berry
Bill Melton
Merv Rettenmund

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 2 8 0 5
Baltimore Orioles 1 5 0 10
Winning Pitcher Wilbur Wood
Losing Pitcher Jim Hardin
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Spence
Attendance 15,302
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morales fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Buford strikes out.
Bottom 9 Paul Blair pinch hits for Pete Richert. Blair hits a line drive towards first. Spence reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berry hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pete Richert now pitching. Spence hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Melton tags and scores.
Top 9 Josephson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Melton moves to third.
Top 9 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Andy Etchebarren now catching. May hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Grich strikes out. Josephson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Grich out.
Bottom 8 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wilbur Wood now pitching. Rich Morales now playing third base. Andy Etchebarren pinch hits for Elrod Hendricks. Etchebarren hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 8 Hardin fires to first and has McCraw trapped. There's the throw to Grich who tags McCraw for the out.
Top 8 Tommy McCraw pinch hits for Bob Miller. McCraw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Powell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Buford moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hardin strikes out.
Top 7 Knoop hits a fly ball towards right. Robinson catches it and throws to home to double up Josephson.
Top 7 Berry is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Spence bunts towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Josephson moves to third.
Top 7 Josephson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Melton scores. Josephson moves to second.
Top 7 Melton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Melton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spence scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hendricks for the out.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Hardin covering, for the out.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hendricks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Powell takes first base on ball four. Rettenmund moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Buford hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio catches it and throws to first to double up Hardin.
Bottom 5 Hardin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Knoop hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Berry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Spence hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hendricks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendricks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Josephson hits a popup towards short. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes May. The throw from Hendricks and he is out, Grich applying the tag.
Top 4 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rettenmund strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hardin bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Grich moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Brien for the out.
Top 3 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hendricks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson strikes out.
Top 2 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Josephson moves to third.
Top 2 Spence strikes out.
Top 2 Josephson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Josephson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rettenmund strikes out.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a fly ball into right field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Melton hits a popup towards short. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. May reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.