Bill Melton turned the tables on his ex-teammates with three RBIs in leading the Angels to a 5-3 triumph which snapped the White Sox' 10-game winning streak. Melton doubled home two runs in the fifth. He sent another across the plate on a groundout in the seventh after Bobby Bonds had broken a 3-3 tie with a single.

Frank Tanana hurled his fourth win in a row and struck out nine while yielding 10 hits. Jerry Remy's third hit off loser Francisco Barrios triggered the winning surge in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       27, 1976 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   3 11  0
Angels       0  1  0    0  2  0    2  0  x  -   5 12  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              5   0   1   0     0   3   .262      Remy 2b               5   1   3   1     0   0   .277
Garr lf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Lahoud lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .217
Dent ss               5   1   2   0     0   1   .346        Torres cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Downing dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Bonds rf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .321
L. Johnson 1b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .290      Bochte 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Bradford rf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .241      Melton dh             4   0   1   3     0   0   .207
Stein 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .186      Stanton cf,lf         4   0   0   0     0   2   .211
Yancy 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Jackson 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .190
Essian c              3   0   3   1     1   0   .357      Etchebarren c         3   0   0   0     1   1   .220
  Coggins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Chalk ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barrios p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   3  11   2     1   9             Totals               35   5  12   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  7,277
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Angels 9
DP: White Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: Dent (7), Melton (9)
Stolen Bases: Remy (12), Bonds (12)
Caught Stealing: Garr (2), Remy (3)
GIDP: Melton (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               4.2   9   3   3   2   1   0  23   6.61
Barrios L(0-1)          1.1   1   2   2   1   1   0   6   8.10
Hamilton                2     2   0   0   0   2   0   9   4.03
Totals                  8    12   5   5   3   4   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(6-3)           9    11   3   2   1   9   0  39   2.84
Totals                  9    11   3   2   1   9   0  39

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dale Ford


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Garr struck
out; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Lahoud singled to right; Bonds singled to left [Lahoud to
second]; Bochte flied out to left; Melton popped to shortstop; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Downing struck out; L. Johnson flied out to left;
Bradford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stanton struck out; Jackson singled to center;
Etchebarren flied out to right; Chalk singled to left [Jackson
to second]; Remy singled to center [Jackson scored, Chalk to
second]; Lahoud popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Stein grounded out (third to first); Yancy
grounded out (third to first); Essian singled to right; Lemon
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte
singled to center; Melton grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Bochte out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr singled to shortstop; Dent was called out on
strikes; Garr was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher
to first to second); Downing popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Stanton flied out to left; Jackson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Etchebarren walked; Chalk flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson singled to third; Bradford struck out;
Stein singled to left [L. Johnson to second]; Yancy reached on
an error by Jackson [L. Johnson scored (no RBI), Stein to
third]; Essian singled to center [Stein scored (unearned), Yancy
to second]; Lemon struck out; Garr grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Remy singled to second; Remy was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Lahoud popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bonds walked; Bochte singled to center [Bonds to
third]; Melton doubled to right [Bonds scored, Bochte scored];
BARRIOS REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Stanton flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Dent doubled to left; Downing grounded out
(shortstop to first); L. Johnson singled to shortstop [Dent to
third]; Bradford struck out; Stein singled to center [Dent
scored, L. Johnson to second]; Yancy lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Jackson popped to shortstop; Etchebarren struck out;
Chalk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Essian singled to third; Lemon struck out; Garr
forced Essian (first to shortstop); Dent singled to center [Garr
to second]; Downing forced Garr (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Remy singled to center; Remy stole second; Lahoud
walked; HAMILTON REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Bonds singled to
center [Remy scored, Lahoud to second]; Bochte flied out to
right [Lahoud to third]; Bonds stole second; Melton reached on a
fielder's choice [Lahoud scored, Bonds to third]; Stanton struck
out; Jackson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: TORRES REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING CF); STANTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); L. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bradford struck out; Stein lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Etchebarren popped to first; Chalk singled to right;
Remy popped to third; Torres forced Chalk (third to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Yancy flied out to right; Essian walked; COGGINS
RAN FOR ESSIAN; Lemon singled to left [Coggins to second]; Garr
forced Lemon (shortstop to second) [Coggins to third]; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Angels 5.