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The White Sox blanked the Royals, 4-0, as Wilbur Wood permitted only two runners to reach second. Jim Spencer provided the offense with a two-run homer in the fifth inning and three runs batted in, his first RBI getting the initial Chisox tally in the third when he walked with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News] Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 0Game Played on Friday, April 9, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IRoyals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 4 White Sox 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 x - 4 10 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG D. Nelson dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Lemon cf 5 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .333 Garr lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Orta 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Jones dh 3 0 0 0 2 0 .000 McRae lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Bradford rf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .333 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Spencer 1b 3 1 3 3 1 0 1.000 Healy c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Dent ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Patek ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Brohamer 2b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .667 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Varney c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 Rojas ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 6 0 2 7 Totals 34 4 10 4 6 4 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 40,318 Left on Base: Royals 7, White Sox 15 DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1 Errors: Brett, McRae, Patek, White Home Runs: Spencer (1) Stolen Bases: Orta (1) Sacrifice Hits: Spencer (1), Dent (1) GIDP: Healy (1), Orta (1) Hit by Pitch: Orta (1,by Splittorff) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(0-1) 4.1 6 4 4 4 0 1 24 8.31 Bird 2.2 3 0 0 1 3 0 14 0.00 McClure 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.00 Pattin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 8 10 4 4 6 4 1 43 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(1-0) 9 6 0 0 2 7 0 34 0.00 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 7 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman ROYALS 1ST: Debut for umpire Greg Kosc; D. Nelson flied out to right; Otis was called out on strikes; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon popped to first in foul territory; Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta singled to right; Jones forced Orta (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae singled to left; Cowens singled to left [McRae to second]; Healy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bradford singled to third [Bradford to second (error by McRae)]; Spencer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bradford to third]; Dent reached on a fielder's choice [Bradford out at home (second to catcher)]; Brohamer singled to left [Dent to second]; Varney flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to right; White made an out to second; D. Nelson lined to center; Otis walked [Patek to second]; Brett forced Otis (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta was hit by a pitch; Orta stole second; Jones walked; Bradford walked [Orta to third, Jones to second]; Spencer walked [Orta scored, Jones to third, Bradford to second]; Dent forced Spencer (shortstop to second); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied out to left; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Brohamer singled; Varney singled to right [Brohamer to third]; Lemon reached on a fielder's choice [Brohamer scored (RBI), Varney to second (error by White)]; Garr popped to third in foul territory; Orta grounded into a double play (second to first) [Lemon out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. ROYALS 5TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek struck out; On a bunt White made an out to catcher; Frank White called for interference; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Jones walked; Bradford forced Jones (second to shortstop); Spencer homered [Bradford scored]; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Dent singled to right; Brohamer struck out; Varney singled to left [Dent to second]; Lemon made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 6TH: D. Nelson walked; Otis struck out; Brett forced D. Nelson (second to shortstop); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr reached on an error by Patek [Garr to second]; Orta flied out to right [Garr to third]; Jones reached on a fielder's choice [Garr out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Bradford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 7TH: McRae flied out to center; Cowens struck out; Healy singled to right; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer singled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Spencer to second]; Brohamer was walked intentionally; Varney was called out on strikes; Lemon reached on an error by Brett [Spencer to third, Brohamer to second]; Garr forced Lemon (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 8TH: ROJAS BATTED FOR WHITE; Rojas flied out to center; D. Nelson singled to left; Otis singled to left [D. Nelson to second]; Brett was called out on strikes; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCCLURE REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Orta struck out; Jones lined to shortstop; Bradford walked; Spencer singled to right [Bradford to third]; PATTIN REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 9TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens lined to left; Healy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. |
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