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The Rangers failed to hold a 4-1 lead and lost to the White Sox, 7-4, for their 10th straight defeat. After catching up at 4-4, the White Sox won with three runs in the eighth inning. Lee Richard singled, took third on a single by Pat Kelly and scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Andrews to break the tie, and Dick Allen then clinched the game with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News] Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IRangers 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0
White Sox 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 x - 7 15 2
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Nelson 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .230 Kelly rf 3 1 3 0 2 0 .267
Lovitto cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .224 Andrews 2b,1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .223
Ford rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .233 D. Allen 1b 4 1 2 4 1 0 .309
Billings c 3 1 1 0 1 2 .253 Orta 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Grieve lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .209 May lf 3 0 2 0 2 0 .301
Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Johnstone pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184
Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Reichardt cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .250
Harris 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .131 Bradford pr,cf 0 1 0 0 2 0 .268
Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .078 Spiezio 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .235
Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .249
Gogolewski p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Alvarado ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Muser ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .243
Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Morales ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .203
Hinton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Wood p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .142
Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Lyttle ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .246
H. Allen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Egan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .188
Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Richard ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 35 4 9 4 3 5 Totals 32 7 15 7 8 3
Time of Game: 3:10 Attendance: 8,430
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 11
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Spiezio, Herrmann
Doubles: Harris 2 (5), Spiezio (10)
Triples: Harris (1)
Home Runs: Ford (14), D. Allen (37)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (45), Bradford (2)
Caught Stealing: Lovitto (11), Kelly (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Andrews (7)
GIDP: Lovitto (8)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gogolewski 3.1 9 3 3 2 1 0 18 4.23
Lindblad 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.56
Pina 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 3.27
Hinton L(1-1) 3.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 13 4.32
Broberg 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 4.29
Stanhouse 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.83
Totals 8 15 7 7 8 3 1 42
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wood 4 5 4 4 1 2 1 18 2.50
Acosta 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 1.60
Gossage W(7-0) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.39
Forster SV(28) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.30
Totals 9 9 4 4 3 5 1 38
Passed Balls: Billings (11), Herrmann (18)
Wild Pitches: Broberg (14), Wood (10)
Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead
RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
grounded out (second to first); Ford grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly singled to left; Kelly was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Andrews grounded out (third to first); D.
Allen popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Billings struck out; Grieve reached on an error by
Spiezio; Wood threw a wild pitch [Grieve to second]; Biittner
popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to right; Reichardt singled to center
[May to third]; Spiezio lined into a double play (third to
first) [Reichardt out at first]; Herrmann was walked
intentionally; MUSER BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Muser struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, White Sox 0.
RANGERS 3RD: MORALES REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING SS); Harris doubled
to left; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Harris to third];
Gogolewski grounded out (pitcher to first); Nelson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Harris stayed at third]; Lovitto singled
to right [Harris scored]; Lovitto was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, White Sox
0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Wood singled to right; Kelly walked [Wood to
second]; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Kelly to second, Wood to third]; D. Allen singled to center
[Wood scored, Kelly out at home (center to catcher)]; May
singled to right [D. Allen to third]; Reichardt forced May
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, White
Sox 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Ford homered; Billings singled to left; Grieve
walked [Billings to second]; Biittner flied out to right; Harrah
made an out to second; Harris doubled to left [Grieve scored,
Billings scored]; Gogolewski struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Spiezio singled to left; Herrmann flied out to
center; Morales singled to left [Spiezio to second]; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR WOOD; Lyttle singled to third [Morales to second,
Spiezio scored]; H. ALLEN RAN FOR LYTTLE; LINDBLAD REPLACED
GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Kelly walked [Morales to third, H. Allen
to second]; PINA REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Andrews was
called out on strikes; D. Allen walked [Morales scored, H. Allen
to third, Kelly to second]; May forced Kelly (third unassisted);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 3.
RANGERS 5TH: ACOSTA REPLACED H. ALLEN (PITCHING); Nelson singled
to left; Nelson stole second [Nelson to third (error by
Herrmann)]; Lovitto struck out; Ford made an out to first;
Billings walked; Grieve made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 3.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Reichardt singled to first; BRADFORD RAN FOR
REICHARDT; Bradford stole second; Spiezio doubled to left
[Bradford scored]; HINTON REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Herrmann
grounded out (second to first) [Spiezio to third]; Spiezio was
out trying to advance to home (catcher to third to pitcher);
Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
RANGERS 6TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Biittner
lined to shortstop; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory;
Harris tripled to right; Hinton was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 6TH: EGAN BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Egan struck out; Kelly
singled to left; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Andrews popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
RANGERS 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED EGAN (PITCHING); Nelson made an
out to second; Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Ford made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 7TH: D. Allen grounded out (third to first); May
walked; Bradford walked [May to second]; Spiezio made an out to
first; Herrmann flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
RANGERS 8TH: Billings was called out on strikes; Grieve walked;
Biittner flied out to left; Harrah singled to shortstop [Grieve
to second]; Harris forced Harrah (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Morales flied out to left; RICHARD BATTED FOR
GOSSAGE; Richard singled to center; Kelly singled to center
[Richard to third]; BROBERG REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); MARTINEZ
REPLACED HINTON (PLAYING 2B); Andrews hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kelly to second, Richard scored]; Broberg threw a wild
pitch [Kelly to third]; D. Allen homered [Kelly scored]; May
walked; JOHNSTONE RAN FOR MAY; STANHOUSE REPLACED BROBERG
(PITCHING); Billings allowed a passed ball [Johnstone to
second]; Bradford walked; Spiezio made an out to second; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 7.
RANGERS 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORSTER
REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); ORTA REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING
2B); ANDREWS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Martinez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Nelson singled to center; Lovitto
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Nelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White
Sox 7.
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