Helping Wilbur Wood become a 24-game winner, Dick Allen drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly and homer to lead the White Sox to a 6-0 victory over the Athletics. The shutout was Wood's eighth of the season.

The White Sox started their attack on Vida Blue with a run in the first inning on singles by Walt Williams and Mike Andrews and Allen's fly. A single by Rick Reichardt, triple by Ed Spiezio and sacrifice fly by Ed Herrmann added two runs in the fourth. Allen's clinching homer off Rollie Fingers in the seventh followed a single by Luis Alvarado and walk to Pat Kelly. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
White Sox    1  0  0    2  0  0    3  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         4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Williams rf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .314        Kelly ph,rf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .262
Alou rf               3   0   2   0     1   0   .308      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .221
Jackson cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .263        Morales 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Tenace c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .217      D. Allen 1b           3   1   1   4     0   2   .316
Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Reichardt cf          2   1   1   0     0   1   .256
Bando 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229        Bradford cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Maxvill 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .223      May lf                4   0   2   0     0   2   .300
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Spiezio 3b            3   1   3   1     0   0   .253
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Herrmann c            3   0   0   1     0   0   .235
Blue p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .056      Alvarado ss           2   1   1   0     2   0   .227
  Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .168      Wood p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .147
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               32   0   7   0     1   5             Totals               29   6  10   6     3  10

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 29,968
Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 6
DP: A's 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Blue
Doubles: Jackson (19), Spiezio (9)
Triples: Spiezio (1)
Home Runs: D. Allen (33)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris 2 (38)
Sacrifice Hits: Wood (12)
Sacrifice Flies: D. Allen (3), Herrmann (4)
GIDP: Epstein (5)
Hit by Pitch: Spiezio (1,by Locker)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(5-8)             4     6   3   3   1   4   0  17   3.02
Locker                  1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.21
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.34
Fingers                 2     3   3   3   2   4   1  11   2.69
Totals                  8    10   6   6   3  10   1  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(24-12)           9     7   0   0   1   5   0  33   2.23
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   5   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Locker (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou walked; Jackson doubled
to right [Alou to third]; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to third; Andrews singled to
left [Williams to second]; Andrews was picked off first (pitcher
to first to catcher to second) [Williams to third]; D. Allen hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Williams scored]; Reichardt struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein made an out to second; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to left; May was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Blue [May to second]; May was out trying
to advance to third (first to third); Spiezio singled to right;
Herrmann flied out to right [Spiezio to second]; Alvarado was
walked intentionally; Wood struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue struck out; Campaneris flied out to right;
Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Andrews
flied out to center; D. Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou singled to left; Jackson flied out to left;
Tenace made an out to third; Epstein singled to center [Alou to
third]; Bando made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Reichardt singled to center; May struck out;
Spiezio tripled to center [Reichardt scored]; Herrmann hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Spiezio scored]; Alvarado grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: BRADFORD REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING CF); Maxvill
grounded out (first unassisted); HENDRICK BATTED FOR BLUE;
Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); Campaneris flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: LOCKER REPLACED HENDRICK (PITCHING); Wood struck
out; KELLY BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Kelly flied out to left; Andrews
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rudi flied out
to center; Alou singled to first; Jackson flied out to right;
Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: D. Allen struck out; Bradford grounded out
(shortstop to first); May singled to left; Spiezio was hit by a
pitch [May to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING);
Herrmann made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein made an out to second; Bando singled to
center; DUNCAN BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Duncan struck out; MANGUAL
BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); KUBIAK
REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); Alvarado singled to left; Wood out
on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Alvarado to second];
Kelly walked; Andrews struck out; D. Allen homered [Alvarado
scored, Kelly scored]; Bradford struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MORALES REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING 2B); Campaneris
singled to center; Campaneris stole second; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Campaneris stole third; Alou hit into a
double play (right to catcher) [Campaneris out at home]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: May was called out on strikes; Spiezio doubled to
center; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Alvarado was
walked intentionally; Wood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson singled to second; Tenace struck out;
Epstein grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 6.