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Saturday September 6, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Jim Kaat gained his 20th victory and Rich Gossage picked up his 24th save as the White Sox defeated the Twins, 5-2. Dave McKay doubled and Craig Kusick homered to give the Twins a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning, but the White Sox came back with a two-run homer by Jorge Orta in the fifth and another two-run blow by Deron Johnson in the eighth to beat Bert Blyleven. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0
White Sox    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  2  x  -   5  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock lf            4   0   0   0     1   2   .275      Hairston lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
Terrell ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .308      Squires 1b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .294
  Braun ph,3b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Orta 2b               3   2   2   3     1   0   .305
Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .366      D. Johnson dh         4   1   1   2     0   2   .237
Ford cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .272      Henderson cf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Oliva dh              4   0   1   0     0   2   .279        Coluccio rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .199
McKay 3b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Melton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .224
  Briggs ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .251        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .270
  Gomez ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150        Stein 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Kusick 1b             4   1   1   2     0   1   .221      Nyman rf,cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Poepping rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Roof c                2   0   1   0     2   0   .287      Downing c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .242
  Brye pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   9   2     3   6             Totals               29   5   5   5     4   8

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  7,078
Left on Base: Twins 9, White Sox 4
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 1
Doubles: McKay (2)
Home Runs: Kusick (3), Orta (9), D. Johnson (17)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (1)
GIDP: Bostock (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(14-7)        8     5   5   5   4   8   2  33   3.00
Totals                  8     5   5   5   4   8   2  33

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(20-11)           7     6   2   2   2   4   1  28   2.96
Gossage SV(24)          2     3   0   0   1   2   0  10   1.80
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Art Frantz


TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); Terrell
grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston walked; Squires lined to right; Orta
flied out to left; D. Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford singled; Oliva singled to right [Ford to
second]; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ford
to third, Oliva to second]; Kusick lined to shortstop; Poepping
grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Mike
Poepping; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Henderson struck out; Melton struck out; Nyman
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: Roof flied out to right; Bostock was called out on
strikes; Terrell singled; Carew lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing
singled; Hairston singled to left [Downing to second]; Squires
walked [Downing to third, Hairston to second]; Orta walked
[Downing scored, Hairston to third, Squires to second]; D.
Johnson was called out on strikes; Henderson flied out to left;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva lined
to right; McKay doubled; Kusick homered [McKay scored]; Poepping
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton lined to left; Nyman struck out; Dent
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
White Sox 1.

TWINS 5TH: Roof walked; Bostock was called out on strikes;
Terrell singled to left [Roof to second]; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Roof to third, Terrell to second]; Ford
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hairston lined to center; Squires walked; Orta homered [Squires
scored]; D. Johnson lined to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, White Sox 3.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva struck out; McKay flied out to right; Kusick
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Henderson popped to third in foul territory;
Melton struck out; Nyman grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.

TWINS 7TH: COLUCCIO REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING RF); NYMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Poepping flied out to center;
Roof walked; Bostock grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Roof out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent grounded out (third to first); Downing
struck out; Hairston flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, White Sox 3.

TWINS 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR
TERRELL; Braun singled to right; Carew flied out to left; Ford
singled to right [Braun to second]; Oliva was called out on
strikes; Tony Oliva ejected by HP umpire Jerry Neudecker;
BRIGGS BATTED FOR MCKAY; Briggs flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GOMEZ REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING SS); BRAUN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Squires grounded out (first to pitcher);
Orta singled to right; D. Johnson homered [Orta scored];
Coluccio flied out to center; KELLY BATTED FOR MELTON; Kelly was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox
5.

TWINS 9TH: STEIN REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 3B); Kusick struck out;
Poepping grounded out (third to first); Roof singled to center;
BRYE RAN FOR ROOF; Bostock walked [Brye to second]; Braun flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, White Sox 5.



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