Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
October 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 3 1 1 0
  Berry cf 1 0 0 0
Morales ss 4 1 2 0
  Aparicio ph 1 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 1 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Melton 3b 1 0 1 0
  Hansen 3b 3 0 1 2
Christian lf 3 1 0 0
Hopkins 1b 4 1 1 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz cf,rf 4 0 2 2
Lazar p 3 0 0 0
  Herrmann c 0 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf,2b 4 1 2 0
Reese 1b 3 1 2 2
  Nash 1b 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
Oliva rf 3 1 2 1
  Holt pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Allison lf 3 1 2 2
  Tischinski c 1 0 1 0
Mitterwald c,lf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Quilici 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hill cf 1 0 0 0
Kaat p 1 1 1 0
  Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodson p 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Chicago 022 010 000590
Minnesota 101 102 10x6101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lazar   6.0 7 5 5 1 1
  Johnson  L (1-3) 2.0 3 1 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
1
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   5.0 7 5 5 2 4
  Woodson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Grzenda  W (4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Worthington   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Perranoski  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
5

  E–Kaat (8).  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Herrmann (19).  2B–Chicago Ortiz (1,off Kaat), Minnesota Tovar (25,off Lazar); Allison (8,off Lazar).  3B–Chicago Morales (1,off Kaat); Hansen (1,off Kaat).  HR–Minnesota Reese (16,1st inning off Lazar 0 on, 1 out); Oliva (24,4th inning off Lazar 0 on, 0 out); Allison (8,6th inning off Lazar 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Williams (3,by Woodson).  IBB–Christian (1,by Kaat).  SF–Reese (3,off Lazar).  WP–Kaat (9).  HBP–Woodson (3,Williams).  IBB–Kaat (15,Christian).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:19.  A–7,171.
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