Mel Stottlemyre pitched a shutout for his first victory since August 13 and Charlie Spikes, rookie outfielder from West Haven (Eastern), made his debut with two singles as the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 4-0. Spikes singled in the second inning on his first time at bat in the major leagues and scored on a single by Celerino Sanchez and sacrifice fly by Gene Michael. In the fifth, after a walk to Bobby Murcer and single by Roy White, Spikes singled for his first RBI. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, September 1, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Yankees      0  2  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   4 11  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Johnstone cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .187      Munson c              4   0   3   2     0   0   .292
D. Allen 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .318      Murcer cf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .292
May lf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .293      White lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .279
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Spiezio 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Spikes rf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .500
Herrmann c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .227        Torres rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Alvarado ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Sanchez 3b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .251
Lemonds p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .120        Lanier 3b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .216
  Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Michael ss            3   0   1   1     0   1   .228
  Orta ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Stottlemyre p         3   1   1   0     0   0   .206
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     0   4             Totals               32   4  11   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 18,145
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Yankees 9
DP: White Sox 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Spiezio, Lanier
Doubles: Munson (15)
Triples: Stottlemyre (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Stottlemyre (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Michael (4)
GIDP: D. Allen (12), Clarke (6)
Hit by Pitch: Clarke (4,by Lemonds)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemonds L(3-5)          3.2   6   2   2   1   1   0  19   2.67
Fisher                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.92
Gossage                 1.2   4   2   2   1   1   0   9   3.72
Frailing                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Drabowsky               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.20
Kealey                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.80
Totals                  8    11   4   4   2   3   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre W(13-15)    9     4   0   0   0   4   0  31   3.47
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   4   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Lemonds (1)
Wild Pitches: Lemonds (3), Gossage (7)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Larry Napp


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
singled to second; D. Allen grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Johnstone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled to center; Murcer walked [Munson to second]; White
forced Murcer (shortstop to second) [Munson to third]; Alou
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees
0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May was called out on strikes; Andrews grounded
out (third to first); Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Spikes singled to left; Debut game for Charlie
Spikes; Sanchez singled to left [Spikes to third]; Michael
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Spikes scored]; Stottlemyre flied
out to left; Clarke singled to right [Sanchez to second]; Munson
singled to right [Sanchez scored, Clarke to third]; Murcer flied
out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann singled to left; Alvarado flied out to
center; Lemonds struck out; Kelly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White flied to center; Alou grounded out (pitcher
to first); Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone flied out to left; D. Allen singled to
left; May singled to left [D. Allen to second]; Andrews lined to
right; Spiezio popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
singled to left; Stottlemyre out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Michael to second]; Lemonds threw a wild pitch [Michael
to third]; Clarke was hit by a pitch; FISHER REPLACED LEMONDS
(PITCHING); Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: LANIER REPLACED SANCHEZ (PLAYING 3B); Herrmann
reached on an error by Lanier; Alvarado made an out to first;
ORTA BATTED FOR FISHER; Orta flied out to right; Kelly was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED ORTA (PITCHING); Murcer walked;
White singled to right [Murcer to third]; Alou lined to first in
foul territory; Spikes singled to right [Murcer scored, White to
third, Spikes out at second (right to second)]; Lanier lined to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnstone flied out to left; D. Allen was called
out on strikes; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Michael struck out; Stottlemyre tripled to right;
Clarke popped to third in foul territory; Munson doubled to
right [Stottlemyre scored]; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Munson
to third]; FRAILING REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Murcer grounded
out (first unassisted); Debut game for Ken Frailing; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Andrews flied out to left; Spiezio popped to
second; Herrmann flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: White singled to left; DRABOWSKY REPLACED FRAILING
(PITCHING); Alou flied to left; Spikes flied out to left; Lanier
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: TORRES REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Alvarado
flied out to left; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: KEALEY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Michael
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stottlemyre reached on an
error by Spiezio; Clarke grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Stottlemyre out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Johnstone popped to second; D. Allen grounded out
(shortstop to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 4.