Rich Gossage, winner of The Sporting News award as the A.L.'s Fireman of the Year last season, made his first start since July 5, 1974, and pitched the White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Twins. The game was tied, 1-1, until the eighth inning when the White Sox broke away with three runs on two errors and three hits. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April     13, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .200      Braun dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Garr rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .118
Orta 3b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Carew 1b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .286
May dh                3   2   1   1     1   0   .333      Hisle lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Kelly lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Wynegar c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .231
  Bradford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      McKay 3b              3   0   1   1     0   1   .231
Spencer 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .714      Brye cf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Brohamer 2b           4   0   2   1     0   1   .571      Terrell 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Downing c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     2   1   .167        Randall 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thompson ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .143
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     4   5             Totals               29   1   3   1     2   9

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 20,732
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Twins 3
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 2
Errors: Ford, McKay
Doubles: Spencer (1)
Stolen Bases: Thompson (1), Carew (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (1)
GIDP: Downing (1), Hisle (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage W(1-0)          9     3   1   1   2   9   0  31   1.00
Totals                  9     3   1   1   2   9   0  31

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(0-1)         7.2   7   4   1   3   5   0  33   1.08
Albury                  1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   1   4   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon struck out; Garr grounded out (shortstop to
first); Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (second to first); Ford made an
out to shortstop; Carew lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Kelly was called out on strikes;
Spencer singled to right [May to second]; Brohamer singled to
center [May scored, Spencer to second]; Downing was called out
on strikes; Dent struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle was called out on strikes; Wynegar grounded out
(pitcher to first); McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(third to first); Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Brye was called out on strikes; Terrell grounded out
(first to pitcher); Thompson singled to right; Thompson stole
second; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May flied out to right; Kelly grounded out
(second to first); Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford was called out on strikes; Carew walked; Hisle
lined to center; Carew stole second; Wynegar walked; McKay
singled to left [Carew scored, Wynegar to second]; Brye was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins
1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Brohamer singled to right; Downing grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brohamer out at
second]; Dent walked; Lemon singled to left [Dent to second];
Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell flied out to left; Thompson lined to center;
Braun lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); May grounded
out (first unassisted); Kelly lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Ford struck out; Carew grounded out (second to
first); Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
struck out; Downing walked; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar struck out; McKay popped to first in foul
territory; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon reached on an error by McKay; Garr out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lemon to second]; Orta
singled to right [Lemon scored (unearned), Orta to third (error
by Ford)]; May singled to center [Orta scored (unearned)]; Kelly
lined to left; Spencer doubled to right [May scored (unearned)];
ALBURY REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Brohamer made an out to
second; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: BRADFORD REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING LF); OLIVA BATTED
FOR TERRELL; Oliva flied out to center; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: RANDALL REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING 2B); Downing
flied out to right; Debut game for Bob Randall; Dent
walked; Lemon singled to right [Dent to second]; On a bunt Garr
hit into a double play (first to shortstop) [Lemon out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Ford struck out; Carew singled to left; Hisle
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Carew out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.