The White Sox enjoyed their home opener before a crowd of 20,943, romping to a 14-0 victory over the Rangers. While Wilbur Wood held the Rangers to three hits, the White Sox piled up 15, including a homer, double and two singles by Carlos May, who drove in six runs. Pat Kelly joined in the attack with two triples and a double. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 14, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     18, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2
White Sox    5  0  0    4  5  0    0  0  x  -  14 15  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .250      Kelly rf              3   3   3   1     2   0   .625
Nelson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .231      Orta ss               4   3   3   2     0   0   .400
Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .182      D. Allen 1b           4   3   2   2     1   0   .438
Billings c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Melton 3b             3   2   2   2     2   0   .267
Grieve lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .286      May lf                4   1   4   6     1   0   .471
Maddox rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Reichardt cf          5   0   0   0     0   3   .071
Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .111      Andrews 2b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .118
Harrah ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .125      Herrmann c            3   1   1   0     0   1   .273
Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Egan pr,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wood p                4   1   0   0     0   3   .000
  Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  King ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               28   0   3   0     1   7             Totals               36  14  15  13     6   9

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 20,943
Left on Base: Rangers 2, White Sox 7
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Randle, Howard, Orta
Doubles: Randle (1), Orta (1), D. Allen (2), May (1), Kelly (2)
Triples: Kelly 2 (2)
Home Runs: May (1)
Caught Stealing: Melton (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Orta (1), Wood (1)
GIDP: Maddox (1), Howard (3)
Hit by Pitch: Herrmann (1,by Shellenback)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski L(0-1)       3.2   8   8   8   3   6   1  21  19.64
Panther                 0.2   6   6   5   1   1   0  10  67.50
Paul                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Shellenback             3     0   0   0   2   2   0  11   0.00
Totals                  8    15  14  13   6   9   1  45

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(1-0)             9     3   0   0   1   7   0  29   0.50
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   7   0  29

Passed Balls: Billings (1)
Hit by Pitch: Shellenback (1)
Wild Pitches: Gogolewski (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Deegan


RANGERS 1ST: Randle struck out; Nelson grounded out (second to
first); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly tripled to center; Orta singled to left
[Kelly scored]; D. Allen walked [Orta to second]; Melton singled
to left [Orta scored, D. Allen to second]; May homered [D. Allen
scored, Melton scored]; Reichardt struck out; Andrews struck
out; Herrmann was called out on strikes; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 2ND: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
singled to left; Maddox grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Grieve out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Wood struck out; Kelly walked; Orta out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Kelly to second]; D. Allen
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto struck out; Harrah walked; Gogolewski
forced Harrah (second to shortstop) [Gogolewski to second (error
by Orta)]; Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Melton walked; May singled to right [Melton to
second]; Reichardt struck out while Melton was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [May to second]; Billings allowed a
passed ball [May to third]; Andrews was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Nelson flied out to center; Howard struck out;
Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Herrmann grounded out (pitcher to first); Wood
grounded out (second to first); Kelly tripled to center;
Gogolewski threw a wild pitch [Kelly scored]; Orta doubled; D.
Allen doubled to center [Orta scored]; PANTHER REPLACED
GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Melton singled to left [D. Allen scored];
May doubled to center [Melton scored, May to third (error by
Randle)]; Reichardt struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 9.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve popped to first in foul territory; Maddox
flied out to left; Lovitto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 9.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Andrews grounded out (second to first); Herrmann
singled to center; Wood reached on an error by Howard on a
sacrifice bunt [Herrmann to second]; Kelly doubled to left
[Herrmann scored, Wood to third]; Orta singled to left [Wood
scored (unearned), Kelly to third]; D. Allen singled to
shortstop [Kelly scored, Orta to second]; Melton walked [Orta to
third, D. Allen to second]; PAUL REPLACED PANTHER (PITCHING);
May singled to center [Orta scored, D. Allen scored, Melton to
second]; Reichardt forced Melton (third unassisted) [May to
second]; Andrews forced Reichardt (shortstop to second); 5 R (4
ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 14.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (first unassisted); KUBIAK
BATTED FOR PAUL; Kubiak grounded out (third to first); Randle
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 14.

WHITE SOX 6TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Herrmann
was hit by a pitch; EGAN RAN FOR HERRMANN; On a bunt Wood struck
out; Kelly walked [Egan to second]; Orta hit into a double play
to center [Egan to third, Kelly out at second (center to
second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 14.

RANGERS 7TH: EGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Nelson singled to
right; Howard grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Nelson out at second]; Billings made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 14.

WHITE SOX 7TH: D. Allen flied out to center; Melton flied out to
center; May walked; Reichardt forced May (third to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 14.

RANGERS 8TH: Grieve struck out; Maddox made an out to second;
Lovitto flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 14.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); Egan flied
out to right; Wood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 14.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; KING
BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; King grounded out (second to first);
Randle doubled to left; Nelson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 0, White Sox 14.