1972 AL Game/Player of Note: Chi. at Oak.

August 10, 1972

Chicago outfielder Walt Williams smacked 3 homeruns, leading the White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Oakland A's. The red hot Sox pulled within 8 games of the AL West leading A's with the win.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Chicago White Sox At 1972 Oakland A's                8/10/1972
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Williams RF       5  3  3  3 .240     B.Campaneris SS     4  1  1  0 .266  
  M.Andrews 2B        4  0  0  0 .211     B.Voss CF,RF        4  0  0  0 .274  
  D.Allen 1B          4  0  0  0 .241     J.Rudi LF           4  0  2  0 .333  
  R.Reichardt CF      4  0  1  0 .210     M.Epstein 1B        3  0  0  1 .290  
  C.May LF            4  2  4  0 .310     S.Bando 3B          4  0  1  0 .220  
  E.Spiezio 3B        4  1  2  2 .216     D.Duncan C          3  0  0  0 .177  
  T.Egan C            3  0  0  0 .239     A.Mangual RF,CF     3  0  0  0 .276  
  L.Alvarado SS       4  0  0  0 .180     T.Cullen 2B         2  0  0  0 .276  
  T.Bradley P         4  0  0  0 .203   B-M.Hegan PH          1  0  0  0 .387  
                                        D-G.Tenace 2B         0  0  0  0 .252  
                                          K.Holtzman P        1  0  0  0 .154  
                                        A-G.Marquez PH        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          G.Waslewski P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-D.Mincher PH        1  0  0  0 .236  
                                          J.Horlen P          0  0  0  0 .100  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 10  5                 Totals      30  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Holtzman In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Cullen In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Waslewski In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hegan In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 1 2 1  0 1 0  0 1 0  -  6 10  2
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  4  0
 
White Sox (54-51)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Bradley WIN(15-7)       9       4   1   1   1   5   0   2.38
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   5   0
 
A's (63-44)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
K.Holtzman LOSS(11-7)     6       8   5   5   1   2   3   2.75
G.Waslewski               2       2   1   1   0   2   0   1.42
J.Horlen                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.90
Totals                    9      10   6   6   1   5   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,577 DATE- Thursday, August 10th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Russ Goetz, Hank Morgenweck, John Rice, Marty Springstead
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 4  A's: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  A's: 0
ERRORS- E.Spiezio-2
TRIPLES- E.Spiezio(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Williams-3(5th)
STOLEN BASES- C.May(21st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.May
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Epstein
WALKS- T.Egan, G.Marquez
STRIKE OUTS- W.Williams, D.Allen-3, T.Egan, B.Campaneris, J.Rudi, M.Epstein,
             S.Bando, D.Duncan
GIDP- B.Voss
WILD PITCHES- K.Holtzman
2-out RBI- E.Spiezio
RLISP 2-out- A.Mangual, E.Spiezio, T.Egan
 
Right fielder Walt Williams smacked 3 homeruns and Tom Bradley came through
with a solid 9 innings as the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland A's by a
score of 6 to 1.
 
Williams propelled Chicago to victory.  He smashed a solo-shot out of the park
in the 1st inning, ripped a solo home run in the 3rd inning and delivered a
solo blast in the 5th inning.  Chicago had 10 hits for the night.
 
Bradley(15-7) allowed 1 run on the game. The loss was charged to Ken
Holtzman(11-7).  He served up 3 gopher balls in 6 innings.  
 
The winning ways continue for Chicago.  They now have a record of 8-2 in
recent days.  Oakland has a record of 63-44 after the loss.