Although Wilbur Wood was credited with a 4-2 victory over the Tigers, the veteran southpaw of the White Sox suffered a broken left kneecap and may be sidelined for the rest of the season. The injury occurred in the sixth inning when Wood was hit by a line drive off the bat of Ron LeFlore. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       9, 1976 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   4 11  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  5  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly dh              4   1   1   1     0   1   .182      LeFlore cf            4   0   3   0     0   0   .386
  Downing ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Garr cf,lf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Horton dh             3   1   0   0     1   1   .357
Orta 3b               5   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Staub rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .348
May lf                3   1   2   0     1   0   .170      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Lemon pr,cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .257
Spencer 1b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .281      Wockenfuss c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .350
Bradford rf           3   0   1   2     1   1   .273      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .220        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .211
  Stein ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Varney c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .321      Sutherland 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Dent ss               3   1   2   0     0   1   .254        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  11   4     3   6             Totals               29   2   5   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 12,250
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Tigers 4
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 2
Doubles: Spencer (4), Dent (2), Garr (2), Staub (5)
Stolen Bases: May 2 (4), Spencer (2), LeFlore (9)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (2), Wockenfuss (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (2), Spencer (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (1)
GIDP: Stein (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(4-3)             5.2   3   0   0   1   3   0  19   2.24
Carroll SV(2)           3.1   2   2   2   2   1   0  14   1.84
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   4   0  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(2-1)          6.1   7   4   4   2   5   0  28   3.63
Hiller                  2.2   4   0   0   1   1   0  11   2.00
Totals                  9    11   4   4   3   6   0  39

Wild Pitches: Coleman (5)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to right; Garr flied out to
right; Orta flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Johnson grounded out
(second to first) [LeFlore to second]; LeFlore was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Spencer flied out to right; May stole
second; Bradford flied out to right; Brohamer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub flied out to left; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Varney singled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Varney to second]; Kelly struck out;
Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sutherland popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to right; May flied out to right;
Spencer doubled to center; Bradford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore stole second;
Johnson struck out; Horton popped to first in foul territory;
Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first); Varney
singled to center; Dent struck out; Kelly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss walked; Wockenfuss was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta struck
out; May singled to right; May stole second; Coleman threw a
wild pitch [May to third]; Spencer walked; Spencer stole second;
Bradford singled to left [May scored, Spencer scored, Bradford
to second (on throw to home)]; Brohamer struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore singled to
pitcher; Wilbur Wood injured by line drive; CARROLL
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Varney made an out to shortstop; Dent doubled to
left; Kelly singled to right [Dent scored, Kelly to second (on
throw to home)]; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Garr
doubled to left [Kelly scored]; Orta hit into a double play
(second to first to catcher) [Garr out at third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton walked; Staub walked [Horton to second];
Thompson forced Staub (first to shortstop) [Horton to third];
Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Horton scored];
Wockenfuss flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
4, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: May singled to right; LEMON RAN FOR MAY; Spencer
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lemon to second];
Bradford walked; STEIN BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Stein grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bradford out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LEMON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); OGLIVIE
BATTED FOR VERYZER; Oglivie struck out; MEYER BATTED FOR
SUTHERLAND; Meyer flied out to right; LeFlore flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING SS); MANUEL
REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 2B); Varney flied out to left; Dent
singled to left; DOWNING BATTED FOR KELLY; Downing singled to
center [Dent to second]; Garr struck out; Orta forced Downing
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: DOWNING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Horton flied out to center;
Staub doubled to center; Thompson singled to right [Staub
scored]; Rodriguez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Tigers 2.