6/30-7/2/70 vs Oakland and the May Review
AL player of the week: Boston SS Rico Petrocelli- .462-3-11 in 8 games
NL player of the week: St Louis 1B Dick Allen- .483-4-8
Power Rankings Top 5
1. Baltimore Orioles
2. California Angels
3. Houston Astros
4. St Louis Cardinals
5. Minnesota Twins
We have moved up to 20th.
Angels CF Mickey Rivers has a 20-game hitting streak.
The Padres have made a trade with the Indians. The Padres get 30-year old mediocre reliever Dick Ellsworth and a minor prospect for two minor prospects. Both teams are bad. Unless the Padres can stage a big comeback with Ellsworth(7 games back and 3 games under .500), I guess the Indians win the trade because they cleared a player off of their secondary roster.
6/30 A's 7 White Sox 2
The big inning did in Joe Horlen. He was leading 2-1 in the fifth and was cruising along when he suddenly lost it and allowed a 4-run fifth. He is now 3-13, and I expected a lot more from him.
May AL hitter of the month- Baltimore 1B Boog Powell- .313-10-25
May NL hitter of the month- St Louis 1B Dick Allen- .311-10-31
May AL pitcher of the month- California SP Andy Messersmith- 4-0, 1.16, 34 K
May NL pitcher of the Month- San Diego SP Dave Roberts- 4-1, 1.68, 27 K
May AL Rookie of the Month- Minnesota SP Bert Blyleven- 3-0, 1.48, 32 K
May NL Rookie of the Month- Houston LF Cesar Cedeno- .353-5-31
Our Sox look like this.
Here are our team stats.
Here are the current league standings.
Here are the current standings after I scrolled down to show the pitching leaders.
7/1/70 White Sox 9 A's 6
Tommy John struggled a bit, but our offense came through. Most notably, Bill Melton was 2 for 3 with 2 walks and a homer.
Elsewhere, Willie Mays earned his 3000th hit with a 7th inning single against San Diego's Danny Coombs. Mays tacked on his 3001st hit with another single in the bottom of the ninth, but the Padres won 8-4.
There was another trade in what has been an eventful summer of trading. Kansas City got weak hitting 2B Bernie Allen from Washington for a 1.5 star minor league prospect with terrible scouting ratings across the board.
7/2/70 White Sox 9 A's 8
After Jim Magnuson fell behind 7-0 and had to be relieved in the fourth, I thought we had no chance. Then Jack Hamilton, Denny O'Toole, Floyd Weaver, and Wilbur Wood held Oakland while we chipped our way back into it until an Ossie Blanco RBI-single ended it in the bottom of the ninth. Blanco was 3-for-4 and also homered. Luis Aparicio was also 3-for-4 and had a double and a triple.
Record: 32-46