The White Sox broke a tie with four runs in the seventh inning and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-2, but the Rangers came back behind the pitching of Fergie Jenkins to gain an 8-2 victory in the second game. Jeff Burroughs homered with a man on base in the first inning for the Rangers' runs in the lidlifter. The White Sox, after tying the score, began their outburst in the seventh with a leadoff double by Ron Santo. Jim Bibby retired Ed Herrmann, but pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston singled, scoring pinch-runner Jorge Orta with the go-ahead run. A single by Pat Kelly and sacrifice fly by Tony Muser off reliever Jim Merritt added another tally. Steve Foucault replaced Merritt and gave up run-scoring singles by Dick Allen and Carlos May.

In the nightcap, Kelly hit an inside-the-park homer for the White Sox in the first inning, but Jenkins got batting support from Toby Harrah, Burroughs and Joe Lovitto, who drove in two runs apiece. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       22, 1974 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
White Sox    1  0  0    1  0  0    4  0  x  -   6 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              3   1   1   0     1   2   .218      Kelly rf              4   2   3   0     0   1   .299
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Muser dh,1b           3   0   0   1     0   1   .292
Johnson lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .307      D. Allen 1b           3   2   3   1     1   0   .282
Burroughs rf          3   1   2   2     1   0   .317        Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grieve dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .276        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .316      May lf                4   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Billings c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .240      K. Henderson cf       3   0   1   2     0   0   .314
  Sundberg pr,c       0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .225
Lovitto 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .174      Santo 2b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .244
L. Brown 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .137        Orta pr,2b          0   1   0   0     1   0   .236
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
  Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               2   0   1   0     0   0   .207
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hairston ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .179
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Leon ss             1   0   0   0     0   1   .115

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   7             Totals               32   6  11   6     2   7

Time of Game: 2:40
Left on Base: Rangers 4, White Sox 6
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Sundberg
Doubles: Lovitto (4), Billings (1), Kelly (4), D. Allen 2 (8), Santo (5)
Home Runs: Burroughs (10)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (5), May (4), D. Allen (3), Orta (2)
Sacrifice Flies: K. Henderson (2), Muser (1)
GIDP: Johnson (7), Randle (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(5-7)            6.1   7   4   4   1   5   0  27   5.29
Merritt                 0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   8.64
Foucault                0.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   4   1.95
Allen                   1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.50
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   7   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(7-5)             7     5   2   2   2   6   1  28   4.01
Forster                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.19
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   7   1  33

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Harrah flied out to center;
Johnson flied out to right; Burroughs homered [Tovar scored];
Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly doubled to right; Muser lined to shortstop;
D. Allen doubled to center [Kelly scored]; May reached on a
fielder's choice [D. Allen out at third (shortstop to third to
second)]; May stole second; K. Henderson flied out to left; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Randle popped to shortstop; Billings struck out;
Lovitto doubled to left; L. Brown grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Santo was called out on
strikes; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar struck out; Harrah popped to third; Johnson
singled to left; Johnson stole second; Burroughs walked; Grieve
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Kelly was
called out on strikes; Muser grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle struck out; Billings popped to second;
Lovitto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Allen doubled to left; May grounded out
(second to first) [D. Allen to third]; K. Henderson hit a
sacrifice fly to center [D. Allen scored]; Melton popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: L. Brown flied out to center; Tovar struck out;
Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Santo was called out on strikes; Herrmann
grounded out (second to first); Dent singled to left; Kelly
singled to left [Dent to third, Kelly to second (on throw to
3b)]; Muser struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White
Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs flied out to center; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: D. Allen walked; May flied out to left; K.
Henderson flied out to center; D. Allen stole second; Melton
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Randle grounded out (third to first); Billings
doubled to right; SUNDBERG RAN FOR BILLINGS; Lovitto flied out
to right; L. Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Santo
doubled to left; ORTA RAN FOR SANTO; Herrmann flied to right in
foul territory [Orta to third]; HAIRSTON BATTED FOR DENT;
Hairston singled to center [Orta scored]; MERRITT REPLACED BIBBY
(PITCHING); Kelly singled to center [Hairston to third]; Muser
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hairston scored]; FOUCAULT
REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); D. Allen singled to center [Kelly
to third]; May singled to right [Kelly scored, D. Allen to
third]; K. Henderson singled to left [D. Allen scored, May to
second]; Melton was called out on strikes; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 2, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 8TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LEON REPLACED
HAIRSTON (PLAYING SS); MUSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
WOOD REPLACED D. ALLEN (PITCHING); Tovar walked; FORSTER
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Harrah flied out to center; Johnson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Orta walked;
Herrmann flied out to right; Leon struck out; Orta stole second
[Orta out at home (error by Sundberg) (center to catcher)]; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs singled to center; Grieve struck out;
Randle grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, White Sox 6.