1972 AL Game of Note

April 25, 1972

Wilbur Wood got his 4th complete game win of the season as the Chicago White Sox handed the Cleveland Indians their first defeat of the season 3-1. Wood was excellent on the mound again, but he finally gave up his 1st earned run of the season in the 9th inning on an Alex Johnson homerun. His scoreless inning streak was ended at 34.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Cleveland Indians At 1972 Chicago White Sox          4/25/1972
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Unser CF          4  0  2  0 .324     P.Kelly RF          3  0  0  0 .370  
  E.Leon 2B           4  0  0  0 .222     J.Orta SS           3  0  0  0 .200  
  D.Riddleberger P    0  0  0  0 ----     D.Allen 1B          4  0  1  0 .257  
  A.Johnson LF        4  1  2  1 .333     B.Melton 3B         3  0  0  0 .237  
  G.Nettles 3B        4  0  0  0 .300     C.May LF            3  2  2  0 .321  
  R.Fosse C           4  0  0  0 .194     J.Johnstone CF      4  1  1  3 .333  
  B.Bell RF           3  0  0  0 .222     M.Andrews 2B        3  0  2  0 .313  
  T.McCraw 1B         4  0  0  0 .409     E.Herrmann C        3  0  0  0 .190  
  F.Duffy SS          3  0  2  0 .360     W.Wood P            4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Wilcox P          1  0  0  0 .250                                          
A-A.Phillips PH       1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  S.Hargan P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-F.Stanley PH,2B     1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  6  1                 Totals      30  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wilcox In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hargan In 8th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  1
White Sox....... 0 1 0  2 0 0  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Indians (7-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Wilcox LOSS(2-1)        4       6   3   2   1   3   1   2.57
S.Hargan                  3       0   0   0   3   2   0   0.00
D.Riddleberg              1       1   0   0   2   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8       7   3   2   6   6   1
 
White Sox (6-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
W.Wood WIN(4-0)           9       6   1   1   1   3   1   0.25
Totals                    9       6   1   1   1   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,198 DATE- Tuesday, April 25th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, Art Frantz, Merlyn Anthony, George Maloney
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6  White Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- G.Nettles
DOUBLES- D.Allen(1st), C.May-2(4th)
HOME RUNS- A.Johnson(1st), J.Johnstone(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Kelly(1st), C.May(3rd)
WALKS- B.Bell, P.Kelly, J.Orta, B.Melton, C.May, M.Andrews, E.Herrmann
STRIKE OUTS- T.McCraw, M.Wilcox, F.Stanley, P.Kelly, J.Orta, D.Allen, B.Melton,
             W.Wood-2
GIDP- E.Herrmann
WILD PITCHES- S.Hargan
PASSED BALLS- R.Fosse, E.Herrmann
RLISP 2-out- B.Melton, W.Wood-3, R.Fosse, P.Kelly, J.Orta-2, D.Allen,
             E.Herrmann
 
Wilbur Wood completed the game without help from the bullpen as the Chicago
White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3 to 1.
 
Wood(4-0) put on a good performance.  He allowed only 6 hits and 1 walk in 9
innings.  Chicago totaled 7 hits on the night.  
 
Milt Wilcox(2-1) took the loss.  He gave up 3 runs and 6 hits in 4 innings.