After building up a 9-0 lead, the White Sox had to struggle before defeating the Tigers, 9-8. Carlos May, Dick Allen and Bill Melton each hit a homer for the White Sox. May's blow with two men on base capped a six-run outburst in the second inning. Allen and Melton hit their round-trippers in the fifth and Bucky Dent drove in the ninth run with a single before the Tigers began their comeback with five runs in the home half of the fifth.

Ed Brinkman homered with a man on base, Willie Horton knocked in two runs with a triple and Jim Northrup singled Horton home. Terry Forster took over for Wilbur Wood in the sixth and gave up three runs on a homer by Mickey Stanley, but the White Sox relief ace settled down thereafter to hold the Tigers at bay. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 8
Game Played on Saturday, July      6, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  6  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   9 10  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  5  3    0  0  0  -   8 16  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .143      Stanley cf            5   1   2   3     0   0   .225
  Orta ph,2b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .327      Sutherland 2b         5   1   2   0     0   0   .252
May lf                3   1   1   3     0   1   .276      Kaline dh             4   1   2   0     1   0   .272
  Sharp lf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .306      Horton lf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .303
D. Allen 1b           4   1   1   1     1   1   .306        Sharon pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Melton dh             4   2   1   1     1   1   .234      Northrup rf           5   0   1   1     0   1   .244
K. Henderson cf       4   2   1   1     1   1   .277      Freehan 1b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Downing rf            4   1   2   0     1   1   .282      Rodriguez 3b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Santo 3b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .232      Moses c               5   2   2   0     0   0   .214
Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Brinkman ss           4   2   3   2     1   0   .218
Dent ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Walker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Slayback p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9  10   9     7   5             Totals               42   8  16   8     2   2

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 17,470
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Tigers 10
DP: White Sox 1, Tigers 0
Errors: D. Allen
Doubles: Downing (5)
Triples: Horton (1)
Home Runs: May (4), D. Allen (21), Melton (10), Brinkman (8), Stanley (5)
Stolen Bases: Melton (3)
Caught Stealing: Sharp (1)
GIDP: Northrup (5)
Hit by Pitch: Horton (3,by Forster)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(14-9)            5    10   5   5   1   0   1  25   3.72
Forster SV(13)          4     6   3   3   1   2   1  20   3.02
Totals                  9    16   8   8   2   2   2  45

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker L(4-1)           1.2   4   6   6   2   1   1  11   3.86
Lemanczyk               3     4   3   3   3   2   2  16   8.76
Slayback                4.1   2   0   0   2   2   0  16   4.05
Totals                  9    10   9   9   7   5   3  43

Hit by Pitch: Forster (5)
Wild Pitches: Wood (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Bill Deegan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard grounded out (shortstop to first); May
struck out; D. Allen popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley popped to third; Sutherland popped to first;
D. Allen dropped a foul fly hit by Kaline for an error; Kaline
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton walked; Melton stole second; K. Henderson
singled to center [Melton scored]; Downing doubled to left [K.
Henderson to third]; Santo singled to center [K. Henderson
scored, Downing scored]; Herrmann grounded out (second to
pitcher) [Santo to second]; Dent grounded out (third to first);
Richard walked; May homered [Santo scored, Richard scored];
LEMANCZYK REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); D. Allen walked; Melton
was called out on strikes; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled to left; Northrup grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Horton out at
second]; Freehan singled to left; Rodriguez popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: K. Henderson struck out; Downing walked; Santo
forced Downing (third to second); Herrmann flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Moses popped to second; Brinkman singled to center;
Stanley singled to second [Brinkman to second]; Sutherland
forced Stanley (second to shortstop); Kaline walked [Brinkman to
third, Sutherland to second]; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 6, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Dent flied out to right; Richard flied out to
left; May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to left; Freehan popped to third
in foul territory; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: D. Allen homered; Melton homered; K. Henderson
walked; Downing popped to first in foul territory; Santo popped
to first in foul territory; Herrmann singled to right [K.
Henderson to third]; Dent singled to left [K. Henderson scored,
Herrmann to second]; SLAYBACK REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING);
Richard grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 9, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: SHARP REPLACED MAY (PLAYING LF); Moses singled to
left; Brinkman homered [Moses scored]; Stanley grounded out
(first unassisted); Sutherland singled to right; Kaline singled
to center [Sutherland to second]; Horton tripled to right
[Sutherland scored, Kaline scored]; Northrup singled to right
[Horton scored]; Wood threw a wild pitch [Northrup to second];
Freehan grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez flied out to
right; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Sharp walked; D. Allen struck out; Melton popped
to catcher in foul territory; Sharp was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: FORSTER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Moses singled to
left; Brinkman singled to right [Moses to second]; Stanley
homered [Moses scored, Brinkman scored]; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kaline singled to center; Horton was hit
by a pitch [Kaline to second]; Northrup was called out on
strikes; Freehan struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 9,
Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: K. Henderson popped to shortstop; Downing was
called out on strikes; Santo singled to center; Herrmann
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 9, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Moses
flied out to right; Brinkman walked; Stanley grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent popped to second; ORTA BATTED FOR RICHARD;
Orta walked; Sharp flied out to left; D. Allen popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Sutherland singled
to center; Kaline flied out to left; Horton singled to left
[Sutherland to second]; SHARON RAN FOR HORTON; Northrup forced
Sharon (shortstop to second) [Sutherland to third]; Freehan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 9, Tigers 8.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SHARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Melton
grounded out (third to first); K. Henderson flied out to right;
Downing singled to third; Santo popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses
flied out to center; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Tigers 8.