Wilbur Wood failed in a bid for his 19th victory, going out in the seventh inning, but Terry Forster relieved and was the winner when the White Sox defeated the Orioles, 5-4. Ken Henderson drove in the first three runs for the White Sox with a single in the first inning and homer in the sixth. The White Sox snapped a 3-3 tie with a run in the seventh on singles by Brian Downing, Buddy Bradford and Jorge Orta before Wood gave way to Forster in the seventh when the Orioles tied the score with a double by Paul Blair, an infield out and scratch single by Don Baylor.

The White Sox pushed over the winning run in the eighth. Bill Melton was hit by a pitch, Henderson sacrificed and Downing decided the game with a single off Doyle Alexander, who was the loser in relief of Dave McNally. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 14, 1974 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  2    1  1  0  -   5  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  0  -   4 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bradford rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .344      Coggins rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .248
  Sharp rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .268        Williams ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Orta 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .312      Blair cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .253
D. Allen 1b           3   2   2   0     2   0   .311      Davis dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .287
Melton 3b             3   1   0   0     0   2   .230      Baylor lf             5   1   3   2     0   0   .244
K. Henderson cf       3   1   2   3     0   0   .292      Robinson 3b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .293
May lf                3   0   1   0     1   1   .281      Powell 1b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .276
Santo dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Motton ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Downing c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .271      Etchebarren c         3   0   1   0     1   0   .203
Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McNally p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   9   5     4   3             Totals               37   4  11   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  8,727
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Orioles 11
DP: White Sox 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Orta
Doubles: Baylor 2 (13), Blair (18)
Triples: Coggins (3)
Home Runs: K. Henderson (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Orta (4), Dent (16), K. Henderson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Blair (4)
GIDP: Downing (5), D. Allen (14), Coggins (3)
Hit by Pitch: Melton 2 (5,by McNally,by Alexander), Grich (16,by Forster)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    6.1   8   4   4   2   1   0  29   3.58
Forster W(7-7)          2.2   3   0   0   1   1   0  13   3.75
Totals                  9    11   4   4   3   2   0  42

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally                 6.1   7   4   4   3   3   1  29   4.39
Alexander L(5-9)        2.2   2   1   1   1   0   0  11   4.35
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   3   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Forster (7), McNally (8), Alexander (3)
Wild Pitches: Forster (6)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Ron Luciano


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bradford flied out to center; Orta grounded out
(pitcher to first); D. Allen walked; Melton was hit by a pitch
[D. Allen to second]; K. Henderson singled to right [D. Allen
scored, Melton to third]; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Coggins struck out; Blair flied out to center;
Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Santo flied out to center; Downing grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich popped to first in foul territory; Baylor
flied out to right; Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bradford walked; Orta out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Bradford to second]; D. Allen walked; Melton
struck out; K. Henderson forced D. Allen (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Powell singled to right; Etchebarren reached on an
error by Orta [Powell to second]; On a bunt Belanger forced
Powell (third to shortstop) [Etchebarren to second]; Coggins
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Belanger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May singled to left; Santo flied out to center;
Downing grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis
grounded out (second to first); Grich singled to center; Baylor
doubled to left [Grich scored]; Robinson singled to center
[Baylor scored]; Powell walked [Robinson to second]; Etchebarren
walked [Robinson to third, Powell to second]; Belanger forced
Powell (third unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent flied out to left; Bradford grounded out
(third to first); Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Coggins tripled; Blair hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Coggins scored]; Davis singled to left; Grich flied out
to left; Baylor doubled to left [Davis to third]; Robinson flied
out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: D. Allen singled to center; Melton struck out; K.
Henderson homered [D. Allen scored]; May grounded out (first
unassisted); Santo popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Etchebarren
flied out to right; Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Downing singled to left; Dent out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Downing to second]; Bradford singled to
right [Downing to third]; Orta singled to left [Downing scored,
Bradford to second]; ALEXANDER REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); D.
Allen grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Orta out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: SHARP REPLACED BRADFORD (PLAYING RF); Coggins flied
out to right; Blair doubled to left; FORSTER REPLACED WOOD
(PITCHING); Davis grounded out (pitcher to second to first)
[Blair to third]; Grich was hit by a pitch; Baylor singled
[Blair scored, Grich to second]; Forster threw a wild pitch
[Grich to third, Baylor to second]; Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton was hit by a pitch; K. Henderson out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Melton to second]; May was
walked intentionally; Santo lined to second; Downing singled to
left [Melton scored, May to second]; Dent flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: MOTTON BATTED FOR POWELL; Motton was called out on
strikes; Etchebarren singled to right; Belanger flied out to
right; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR COGGINS; Williams flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOTTON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sharp grounded out (shortstop to
first); Orta flied out to center; D. Allen singled to right;
Melton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: MUSER REPLACED D. ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Blair singled
to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first) [Blair to
second]; Grich walked; Baylor forced Grich (shortstop to second)
[Blair to third]; Robinson forced Baylor (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 4.

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