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Jim Spencer hit a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning and Bucky Dent drilled three hits and drove in two runs as the White Sox downed the A's, 7-2, for their fifth consecutive victory. It was Spencer's first homer since opening day. Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Saturday, May 22, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IA's 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 White Sox 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 x - 7 11 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Kelly dh 4 1 2 0 1 0 .231 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Garr lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .277 Rudi lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Dent ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 .357 Baylor 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Orta 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .233 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Stein 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Williams dh 2 0 0 1 0 1 .204 Coggins rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .263 Campaneris ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .188 Spencer 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0 .272 Garner 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .234 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Hosley c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .158 Brohamer 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .213 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 2 6 2 1 3 Totals 33 7 11 5 4 1 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 16,797 Left on Base: A's 3, White Sox 7 DP: A's 0, White Sox 2 Errors: Baylor Doubles: Garr (5), Kelly (5), Spencer (5) Triples: Garner (2), Dent (1) Home Runs: Spencer (2) Caught Stealing: Garr (1) Sacrifice Hits: Bando (3) Sacrifice Flies: Williams (3) GIDP: Baylor (2), Washington (4) Hit by Pitch: Orta (2,by Todd) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris L(0-2) 5.2 7 3 3 4 0 1 26 6.66 Todd 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 6 4.05 Lindblad 1.1 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 2.16 Totals 8 11 7 5 4 1 1 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson W(1-1) 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 25 6.94 Hamilton 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 5.00 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 3 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Todd (2) Balks: Jefferson (1) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Russ Goetz ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington struck out; Rudi singled to left; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Kelly was picked off first (pitcher to first); Garr singled to second; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Dent lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams struck out; Campaneris singled to center; Garner tripled to center [Campaneris scored]; Hosley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta popped to first in foul territory; Coggins grounded out (second to first); Spencer walked; Lemon walked [Spencer to second]; Brohamer walked [Spencer to third, Lemon to second]; Essian forced Brohamer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: North flied out to left; Washington flied out to center; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Garr doubled to left; Dent tripled to right [Garr scored]; Orta reached on a fielder's choice [Dent out at home (second to catcher to third)]; Coggins popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor singled to center; Jefferson balked [Baylor to second]; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Baylor to third]; Williams hit a sacrifice fly to left [Baylor scored]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer lined to right; Lemon grounded out (catcher to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner flied out to center; Hosley popped to first in foul territory; North grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian popped to first in foul territory; Kelly doubled to right; Garr popped to shortstop; Dent singled to center [Kelly scored]; Orta lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Washington flied out to center; Rudi singled to center; Baylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Coggins made an out to first; Spencer homered; Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); Brohamer singled to center; TODD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Essian flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando struck out; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (second to first); Dent singled to right; Orta was hit by a pitch [Dent to second]; Coggins singled to center [Dent scored, Orta to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Spencer doubled to right [Orta scored, Coggins to third]; Lemon reached on an error by Baylor (assist by Bando) (third to first) [Coggins scored (unearned) (no RBI), Spencer scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lemon out at second (catcher to second)]; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: STEIN REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 3B); HAMILTON REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Garner singled to center; Hosley walked [Garner to second]; North popped to catcher in foul territory; Washington grounded into a double play (second to first) [Hosley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 8TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Essian struck out; Kelly singled to right; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi lined to left; Baylor popped to second; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 7. |
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