Thursday May 22, 1975
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Reliever Rich Gossage twice pitched out of bases-loaded jams as the White Sox edged the Orioles, 2-1. The Sox scored their runs in the third as Brian Downing opened the frame with a walk and moved to second on Bob Coluccio's single. The runners moved up on Bucky Dent's sacrifice and scored on Carlos May's single. Sox starter Jim Kaat got in trouble in the sixth stanza when he yielded a single to Tommy Davis and walks to Don Baylor, Bobby Grich and Lee May to force in a run. Gossage then came on with two out to strike out pinch-hitter Jim Northrup.

Brooks Robinson and pinch-hitter Tom Shopay singled in the seventh and advanced on a sacrifice. Gossage walked pinch-hitter Al Bumbry intentionally, struck out Davis and retired Baylor to stop the threat again. The ace reliever extended his string of innings without allowing an earned run to 33 1/3. Davis' sixth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 16 games. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Thursday, May 22, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 White Sox 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Singleton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Coluccio rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .188 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Dent ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Bumbry ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .342 May lf 3 0 2 2 0 0 .303 DeCinces 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Melton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Davis dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Henderson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Baylor lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .325 D. Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Grich 2b 1 0 0 0 3 0 .279 Muser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 May 1b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .201 Stein dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Blair cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Orta 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Northrup ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Downing c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .210 Robinson 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .179 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordbrook pr,ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .056 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Shopay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Hendricks c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 5 1 7 4 Totals 27 2 7 2 2 2 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 2,467 Left on Base: Orioles 10, White Sox 6 DP: Orioles 2, White Sox 0 Doubles: Singleton (9) Caught Stealing: Grich (3) Sacrifice Hits: Singleton (1), Dent 2 (9) GIDP: Melton 2 (3) Hit by Pitch: May (2,by Cuellar) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cuellar L(2-4) 8 7 2 2 2 2 0 32 3.84 Totals 8 7 2 2 2 2 0 32 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat W(7-1) 5.2 3 1 1 5 0 0 24 2.50 Gossage SV(7) 3.1 2 0 0 2 4 0 14 0.81 Totals 9 5 1 1 7 4 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Cuellar (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton grounded out (third to first); Belanger grounded out (third to first); Davis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio singled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Coluccio to second]; May grounded out (pitcher to first); Melton made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Grich walked; Grich was caught stealing second (pitcher to second); May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Henderson flied out to right; D. Johnson singled to center; Stein flied out to center; Orta flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Blair flied out to center; Robinson flied out to center; Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing walked; Coluccio singled to left [Downing to second]; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Downing to third, Coluccio to second]; May singled to right [Downing scored, Coluccio scored]; Melton grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton doubled to right; Belanger flied out to center; Davis grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); D. Johnson struck out; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Grich walked; May forced Grich (second to shortstop); Blair made an out to third; Robinson singled to right [May to second]; Etchebarren popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Downing grounded out (third to first); Coluccio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Belanger lined to right; Davis singled to shortstop; Baylor walked [Davis to second]; Grich walked [Davis to third, Baylor to second]; May walked [Davis scored, Baylor to third, Grich to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR BLAIR; Northrup was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Dent singled to left; May singled to left [Dent to second]; Melton grounded into a double play (third to second) [Dent out at third, May out at second]; Henderson singled [Melton to second]; D. Johnson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 7TH: MUSER REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Robinson singled to right; SHOPAY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; NORDBROOK RAN FOR ROBINSON; On a bunt Shopay singled [Nordbrook to second]; Singleton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Nordbrook to third, Shopay to second]; BUMBRY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Bumbry was walked intentionally; Davis struck out; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: DECINCES REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING 3B); NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HENDRICKS REPLACED SHOPAY (PLAYING C ); Stein popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 8TH: Grich flied out to right; May struck out; Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent walked; May was hit by a pitch [Dent to second]; Melton flied out to center [Dent to third]; Henderson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2. ORIOLES 9TH: Nordbrook walked; Hendricks made an out to shortstop; Singleton struck out; DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

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