| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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