The White Sox smashed three homers off Vida Blue, accounting for their first four runs, but needed two more tallies at the expense of Bob Locker to defeat the Athletics, 6-4. Dick Allen started the White Sox slugging with a solo swat in the first inning, Walt Williams hit another in the third and Tom Egan connected for the circuit with a man on base in the fourth.

The A's came back to tie the score at 4-4, but the White Sox loaded the bases in the seventh when Mike Andrews singled, Allen walked and Rick Reichardt was hit by a pitch. Darold Knowles then replaced Locker to face Carlos May, who ripped a single, driving in the winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      28, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  1  1    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  0
White Sox    1  0  1    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   6 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   2   2   0     0   1   .225      Williams rf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .241
Rudi lf               3   1   1   0     1   2   .332        Kelly ph,rf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Jackson cf            2   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Andrews 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Bando 3b              3   0   1   2     0   0   .259      D. Allen 1b           3   2   2   1     1   0   .300
Epstein 1b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .267      Reichardt cf          3   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Mangual rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .233      May lf                3   1   2   2     1   0   .312
  Hendrick pr,rf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .197      Egan c                4   1   1   2     0   0   .229
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .233        Brinkman c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Cullen 2b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .292      Alvarado ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .233
  Tenace ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Morales 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .209
  Martinez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Lemonds p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .083        Romo p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Horlen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Forster p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .128
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  O. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .202

Totals               32   4   9   3     2  10             Totals               34   6  10   6     2   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 24,503
Left on Base: A's 7, White Sox 7
DP: A's 0, White Sox 1
Doubles: Cullen (2), Campaneris 2 (10)
Home Runs: D. Allen (12), Williams (1), Egan (1)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (5)
Caught Stealing: Hendrick (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (2)
GIDP: Tenace (1)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson 2 (7,by Romo,by Forster), Reichardt (3,by Locker)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    5.1   8   4   4   1   3   3  25   2.91
Horlen                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.91
Locker L(4-1)           0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   4   2.22
Knowles                 1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.16
Totals                  8    10   6   6   2   3   3  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemonds                 4     7   3   3   1   5   0  19   3.03
Romo                    2.2   1   1   1   0   2   0  10   2.88
Forster W(1-1)          2.1   1   0   0   1   3   0   9   1.62
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2  10   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Locker (1), Romo (1), Forster (1)
Wild Pitches: Locker (2), Lemonds (2)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out (catcher to first); Rudi
walked; Jackson struck out; Bando popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (third to first); Andrews
flied to center; D. Allen homered; Reichardt singled to left;
May singled to center [Reichardt to third]; Egan popped to
second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein singled to center; Mangual popped to
second; Duncan flied to right; Cullen doubled to right [Epstein
scored]; Blue struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Alvarado flied to left; Morales popped to third
in foul territory; Lemonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi
singled to third; Jackson singled to center [Rudi to second];
Bando flied to center [Rudi to third]; Jackson stole second;
Lemonds threw a wild pitch [Rudi scored, Jackson to third];
Epstein struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams homered; Andrews flied to center; D.
Allen flied to right; Reichardt flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual singled to pitcher; HENDRICK RAN FOR
MANGUAL; Duncan singled to center [Hendrick to second]; Cullen
forced Duncan (shortstop to second) [Hendrick to third, Cullen
to first]; Hendrick was caught stealing home (pitcher to
catcher); Blue struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: HENDRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May walked;
Egan homered [May scored]; Alvarado flied to center; Morales
struck out; On a bunt Lemonds struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris doubled to left; ROMO REPLACED LEMONDS
(PITCHING); Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Campaneris to third]; Jackson was hit by a pitch; Bando hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Campaneris scored, Jackson to second];
Epstein flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Williams lined to pitcher; Andrews flied to
center; D. Allen singled to left; Reichardt singled to right [D.
Allen to second]; May flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Duncan
struck out; Cullen lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); Alvarado
singled to center; HORLEN REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Morales
flied to right; Romo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: VOSS BATTED FOR HORLEN; Voss popped to shortstop;
Campaneris doubled to left; Rudi was called out on strikes;
FORSTER REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING); Jackson was hit by a pitch;
Bando singled to right [Campaneris scored, Jackson to third];
Epstein struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LOCKER REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Kelly flied to center; Andrews singled to right; D.
Allen walked [Andrews to second]; Locker threw a wild pitch
[Andrews to third, D. Allen to second]; Reichardt was hit by a
pitch; KNOWLES REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); May singled to right
[Andrews scored, D. Allen scored, Reichardt to second]; Egan
popped to first in foul territory; Alvarado flied to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BRINKMAN
REPLACED EGAN (PLAYING C ); Hendrick walked; Duncan struck out;
TENACE BATTED FOR CULLEN; Tenace grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING 2B); Morales
flied to left; Forster grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Kelly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: O. BROWN BATTED FOR KNOWLES; O. Brown grounded
out (first unassisted); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
White Sox 6.