Rain enabled the While Sox to defeat the Athletics, 4-3, by washing out the tying runs scored by the A's in the top half of the eighth inning before the game was halted by a downpour. Buddy Bradford and Ken Henderson hit homers for the White Sox, Henderson's blow in the fourth providing what proved to be the winning run.

In the A's eighth, with Terry Forster on the mound in relief of Wilbur Wood, Angel Mangual singled. Herb Washington, running for Mangual, was picked off first but was able to reach second safely in a rundown play. Gaylen Pitts followed with a single, scoring Washington. Rain then stopped play and umpires called the contest after waiting one hour, 26 minutes. As a result, the score reverted to seven full innings with the White Sox winning. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       16, 1974 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  1  1    0  0  1    0  -   3  9  2
White Sox    1  0  2    1  0  0    0  -   4  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .195      Bradford rf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .308
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      May lf                3   0   2   0     1   0   .283
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .312      D. Allen 1b           3   1   0   1     1   1   .261
Tenace 1b             2   1   1   0     2   1   .239      Melton 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .234
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Santo 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .242
Alou dh               4   2   3   1     0   0   .256      K. Henderson cf       3   1   1   1     0   0   .312
Mangual rf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Downing dh            3   0   1   0     0   0   .375
Kubiak 2b             2   0   1   1     0   0   .230      Herrmann c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .305
Pitts 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Dent ss               1   0   0   0     1   1   .216
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   9   3     3   1             Totals               26   4   9   4     5   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 12,818
Left on Base: A's 9, White Sox 7
DP: A's 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Fosse, Mangual, D. Allen
Doubles: Tenace (5), North (7), Downing (2)
Home Runs: Bradford (4), K. Henderson (5)
Stolen Bases: North (13), Campaneris (10), D. Allen (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Kubiak (1)
GIDP: Fosse (4), Santo (5), Bradford (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(3-5)         2.2   5   3   2   2   1   1  13   3.77
Odom                    3.1   4   1   1   3   0   1  16   7.71
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.14
Totals                  7     9   4   3   5   2   2  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(6-5)             5.2   8   3   3   3   0   0  28   4.14
Acosta                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.76
Forster SV(6)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.64
Totals                  7     9   3   3   3   1   0  33

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; Campaneris singled to right [North
to second]; North stole third and Campaneris stole second; Rudi
flied to center; Tenace was walked intentionally; Fosse grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Tenace out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford singled to left; May singled to right
[Bradford to third (error by Mangual)]; D. Allen forced May
(shortstop to second) [Bradford scored (unearned)]; Melton
walked [D. Allen to second]; Santo grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Melton out at second]; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou singled to center; Mangual singled to right
[Alou to third]; Kubiak hit a sacrifice fly to center [Alou
scored]; Pitts flied to left; North reached on an error by D.
Allen (assist by Santo) [Mangual to third]; Campaneris grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: K. Henderson flied to right; Downing popped to
third; Herrmann singled to right [Herrmann out at second (right
to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi flied to center; Tenace doubled to left;
Fosse lined to left; Alou singled to left [Tenace scored];
Mangual grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent struck out; Bradford homered; May flied out
to right; D. Allen walked; D. Allen stole second [D. Allen to
third (error by Fosse)]; Melton singled to left [D. Allen
scored]; ODOM REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Santo flied to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Kubiak flied out to right; Pitts popped to
catcher; North popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: K. Henderson homered; Downing grounded out (third
to first); Herrmann singled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Herrmann to second]; Bradford flied to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris popped to first; Rudi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tenace walked; Fosse forced Tenace
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May singled to right; D. Allen grounded out
(third to first) [May to second]; Melton grounded out (third to
first); Santo walked; K. Henderson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou singled to left; Mangual lined to center;
Kubiak singled to right [Alou to third]; Pitts popped to
shortstop; North doubled to right [Alou scored, Kubiak to
third]; ACOSTA REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Campaneris popped to
first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Downing doubled to left; Herrmann grounded out
(third to first); Dent walked; Bradford grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Dent out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi singled to center; FORSTER REPLACED ACOSTA
(PITCHING); Tenace struck out; Fosse flied out to right; Alou
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May walked; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); D.
Allen was called out on strikes; Melton forced May (pitcher to
second); Santo grounded out (second to first); In the top of
the 8th, Washington hit for Mangual and singled; He stole
second; Kubiak grounded out 1-3 with Washington holding at
second; Pitts singled Washington home; at that point there was a
1:26 rain delay before the game was called; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 4.