Today’s game seesawed back and forth between the White Sox and the Pilots, with the Sox coming from behind three times -- and the third time proved to be the nail in the coffin. This was in the bottom of the seventh inning, which the Pilots could have escaped unscathed had they played errorless ball. Instead, the tying run scored when John Donaldson bobbled a grounder hit by Gail Hopkins. Worse was to come after former White Sox Bob Locker threw a wild pitch which enabled the go-ahead run to score — and after Jerry McNertney’s return throw went into right field, two more runs scored as well. After the seventh mercifully ended, the score was 13-10 White Sox, and that would be the final score.
Gary Bell, the man who was traded to the White Sox for Locker, isn’t doing much better. “Broke bread with Gary Bell,” reports Jim Bouton, “and he was feeling down. He said he hadn’t been able to find his rhythm and that he was afraid he’d lost it altogether. Gary said Ray Berres was a good pitching coach, but that nothing could help him anymore and he was terribly worried about his future. Not only that, his wife was still in Seattle and he hadn’t been able to find a place in Chicago that wasn’t crazy expensive, and all in all it was depressing.”
Conversation in the bullpen (at least the parts that Bouton chooses to record) continues to feature salary disputes, owners, and the man who’s shaking up the baseball owners.
We got to talking about Marvin Miller. Pag said that when he was the player rep in Pittsburgh John Galbreath, the owner of the club, had a heart-to-heart talk with him about Miller. Galbreath said Miller would be bad for baseball.
”It just shows how out of touch those guys are, “ Pag said. “After his long heart-to-heart talk I had to tell him it was too late. Miller had already been signed.
There had been, by the way, a concerted effort to stop the players from hiring Miller. The St. Louis players were told by the front office, for example, that of all the candidates for the job Miller would be the worst choice. They voted for him unanimously.
My own mind was made up about Miller when Joe Reichler put his arm around me and solemnly warned me to be “very, very, very careful about this guy Miller.”
…. The problem was not Miller, but the owners, who were so used to having things their way, getting away with technicalities, pushing things on us, that they were now affronted when all Miller was doing was his job.
BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilots | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| White Sox | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | x | 13 | 11 | 1 |
WP: Wilbur Wood (3-2) • LP: Mike Marshall (3-9)
Pilots Batting
2B: Wayne Comer (5); Tommy Davis (11)
HR: Jerry McNertney (6)
HBP: Wayne Comer (1)
TB: Jerry McNertney 6; Tommy Davis 4; Wayne Comer 2; Steve Whitaker; Mike Hegan; Tommy Harper
RBI: Jerry McNertney 5 (26); Tommy Davis 4 (38); Wayne Comer (29)
Team LOB: 4
With RISP: 5 for 6
Pilots Fielding
- DP: 1. John Donaldson-Ray Oyler-Mike Hegan
E: Ray Oyler 2 (11); John Donaldson (3); Jerry McNertney (4)
Pilots Baserunning
SB: Tommy Harper (36)
White Sox Batting
2B: Don Pavletich (3)
HR: Carlos May (14); Bill Melton (8)
TB: Carlos May 4; Bill Melton 4; Bobby Knoop 2; Don Pavletich 2; Ed Herrmann 2; Luis Aparicio 2; Pete Ward; Ken Berry
GIDP: Tommy McCraw (1)
RBI: Bill Melton 4 (28); Bobby Knoop 2 (24); Carlos May 2 (40); Gail Hopkins (16)
Team LOB: 6
With RISP: 3 for 12
White Sox Fielding
E: Cisco Carlos (1)
Outfield Assists: Carlos May
White Sox Baserunning
SB: Luis Aparicio (13)
Pitching
| team | pitcher | IP | H | BB | R | ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEP | Pattin | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| SEP | Bouton | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SEP | Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| SEP | Locker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SEP | O’Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CHW | Nyman | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| CHW | Secrist | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| CHW | Carlos | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| CHW | Osinski | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CHW | Wood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WP: Bob Locker (3)
HBP: Cisco Carlos (2)
Other information
Umpires: HP - Art Frantz 1B - Hank Soar 2B - (none) 3B - Emmett Ashford
Time of Game: 2.53
Attendance: 2,318
Location: White Sox Park
NL EAST STANDINGS
| Team | W | L | GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 41 | 23 | — |
| NYM | 33 | 27 | 6 |
| PIT | 34 | 30 | 7 |
| STL | 31 | 32 | 9.5 |
| PHI | 24 | 35 | 14.5 |
| MON | 16 | 44 | 23 |
NL WEST STANDINGS
| Team | W | L | GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 37 | 25 | — |
| LAD | 36 | 26 | 1 |
| SFG | 34 | 28 | 3 |
| CIN | 32 | 27 | 3.5 |
| HOU | 31 | 36 | 8.5 |
| SDP | 26 | 42 | 14 |
AL EAST STANDINGS
| Team | W | L | GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAL | 47 | 17 | — |
| BOS | 38 | 24 | 8 |
| DET | 34 | 25 | 10.5 |
| NYY | 32 | 35 | 16.5 |
| WSA | 31 | 35 | 17 |
| CLE | 22 | 37 | 22.5 |
AL WEST STANDINGS
| Team | W | L | GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 34 | 26 | — |
| OAK | 33 | 26 | — |
| SEP | 27 | 34 | 7 |
| CHW | 26 | 33 | 7 |
| KCR | 25 | 37 | 9.5 |
| CAL | 20 | 39 | 13 |
Submitted June 19, 2019 at 07:50PM by SofieTerleska http://bit.ly/2Krhghg
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