Jorge Orta extended his batting streak to 10 games with a double and triple, knocking in two runs and scoring two, to pace the White Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers. Orta, after drawing a walk and crossing the plate in the first inning, hit his double in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie, driving in Brian Downing, who had singled and reached third on an error.

The White Sox added their winning margin in the seventh. Bucky Dent singled, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on a double by Pat Kelly. Orta tripled to drive in Kelly and then counted himself on a single by Deron Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, June      25, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  9  2
White Sox    1  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  x  -   5  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Kelly rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .284
Cardenas 3b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .259        Coluccio rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  Cubbage ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Orta 2b               3   2   2   2     1   1   .287
Grieve cf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .264      May 1b                3   0   1   0     1   0   .298
Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .225      D. Johnson dh         2   0   1   2     0   0   .238
Fregosi 1b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .289        Richard pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Henderson cf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .248
  Pruitt ph,lf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Hargrove lf,1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .338      Nyman lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .188
Randle 2b,3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .271      Dent ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .295
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Downing c             3   1   2   0     0   0   .247
Sundberg c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .211      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bacsik p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   9   2     1   3             Totals               31   5   9   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  6,590
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 8
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Grieve, Randle
Doubles: Fregosi (3), Grieve (6), Orta (13), Kelly (7)
Triples: Nyman (3), Orta (7)
Stolen Bases: May (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Downing (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Randle (4), D. Johnson (4)
GIDP: Randle (4)
Hit by Pitch: D. Johnson (1,by Bacsik)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bacsik L(0-1)           6.1   7   5   4   3   5   0  30   2.65
Foucault                1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.26
Totals                  8     9   5   4   3   5   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(11-4)            7     8   2   2   0   3   0  28   2.89
Upshaw                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.97
Hamilton SV(1)          1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.19
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   3   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Bacsik (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry Barnett


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Cardenas
singled to center; Grieve forced Cardenas (shortstop to second);
Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta
walked; May singled to center [Orta to third]; D. Johnson hit a
sacrifice fly to second [Orta scored]; Henderson flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Fregosi doubled to left; Hargrove grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Fregosi to third]; Randle hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Fregosi scored]; Smalley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton made an out to second; Nyman tripled; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg made an out to second; Tovar made an out
to second; Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kelly struck out; Orta was called out on strikes;
May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve struck out; Burroughs flied out to center;
Fregosi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Johnson was hit by a pitch; Henderson was
called out on strikes; Melton struck out; Nyman struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Randle grounded out
(second to first); Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent flied out to left; Downing singled; Kelly
reached on a fielder's choice [Downing to third (error by
Randle)]; Orta doubled [Downing scored (unearned), Kelly out at
third (shortstop to third)]; May flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
flied out to center; Cardenas singled to center; Grieve doubled
to left [Cardenas to third]; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: D. Johnson flied out to right; Henderson walked;
Melton flied out to center; Nyman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Fregosi singled to left; Hargrove singled to right
[Fregosi to second]; Randle grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to first) [Fregosi to third, Hargrove out at
second]; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent singled to center; Downing out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dent to second]; Kelly
doubled to center [Dent scored (RBI), Kelly to third (error by
Grieve)]; Orta tripled [Kelly scored]; May was walked
intentionally; FOUCAULT REPLACED BACSIK (PITCHING); D. Johnson
singled to center [Orta scored, May to second]; RICHARD RAN FOR
D. JOHNSON; May stole third; Henderson made an out to shortstop;
Melton lined to second; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: RICHARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); COLUCCIO
REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING RF); Sundberg singled to center; Tovar
singled to left [Sundberg to second]; UPSHAW REPLACED KAAT
(PITCHING); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Cubbage flied out to
center; Grieve singled to center [Sundberg scored, Tovar to
second]; Burroughs grounded out (third to first) [Tovar to
third, Grieve to second]; SPENCER BATTED FOR FREGOSI; HAMILTON
REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); PRUITT BATTED FOR SPENCER; Pruitt
walked; Debut game for Ron Pruitt; Hargrove flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PRUITT
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HARGROVE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); RANDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Nyman grounded out
(first unassisted); Dent grounded out (first to pitcher);
Downing singled; Coluccio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle flied out to center; Smalley popped to first
in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 5.