The losing streak of the White Sox was extended to seven games, their longest in five years, when the Yankees eked out a 5-4 victory over the Pale Hose. The White Sox knocked out Catfish Hunter in the eighth inning during a two-run rally, but it wasn't enough.

Hunter was removed after giving up a single by Chet Lemon and walking Ralph Garr. Sparky Lyle relieved and after Jorge Orta singled to load the bases and Pat Kelly struck out, two runs scored on a wild throw by Chris Chambliss, but Lyle retired the next two batters on short flies. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  2    0  2  0  -   5 12  1
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   4  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .292      Lemon cf              5   2   3   0     0   0   .303
White lf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .288      Garr rf               2   1   0   0     1   0   .278
Munson rf,c           5   1   1   0     0   0   .319      Orta lf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .241
Piniella dh           3   0   2   0     1   0   .303      Kelly dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .267
  Alomar pr,dh        1   1   0   0     0   0   .212      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .298      Dent ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .211      Brohamer 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .214
Healy c               3   1   2   1     0   0   .195        Bradford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  Gamble ph,rf        1   0   1   1     0   0   .276        Stein 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Randolph 2b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .274      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Essian c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  C. May ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .233        L. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .152        Downing c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   4     3   3             Totals               34   4   8   2     1   2

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 16,320
Left on Base: Yankees 8, White Sox 6
DP: Yankees 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Chambliss
Doubles: Healy (1), Piniella (9), Lemon (3)
Stolen Bases: White (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Orta (4)
GIDP: Chambliss (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(8-6)           7     7   4   2   1   0   0  29   3.66
Lyle SV(10)             2     1   0   0   0   2   0   8   1.97
Totals                  9     8   4   2   1   2   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster L(1-4)          6     9   3   3   1   2   0  26   4.47
Carroll                 3     3   2   2   2   1   0  14   2.52
Totals                  9    12   5   5   3   3   0  40

Wild Pitches: Forster (2)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White grounded out
(pitcher to first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon doubled to right; Garr out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Lemon to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Lemon scored]; Kelly lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Chambliss forced Piniella (pitcher
to shortstop); Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Chambliss to second]; Healy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer flied out to left; Dent flied out to
center; Brohamer singled to left; Bell popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); Rivers singled to center; White
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian grounded out (third to first); Lemon lined
to first; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to left; Piniella singled to center
[Munson to third]; Chambliss grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Munson scored (no RBI), Piniella
out at second]; Nettles singled to right; Healy singled to right
[Nettles to second]; Forster threw a wild pitch [Nettles to
third, Healy to second]; Randolph struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Kelly flied
out to left; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley flied out to right; Rivers struck out;
White singled to third; White stole second; Munson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Brohamer
grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss singled to left; Nettles flied out to left; Healy
doubled to center [Chambliss scored]; Randolph singled to left
[Healy scored, Randolph out at second (left to third to
second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); Lemon
singled to left; Garr flied out to left; Orta flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 7TH: CARROLL REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Stanley flied
out to right; Rivers popped to catcher in foul territory; White
singled to first; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Kelly singled to right; Spencer singled to right
[Kelly to third]; Dent singled to right [Kelly scored, Spencer
to second]; Brohamer flied out to left; Bell popped to second;
L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR ESSIAN; L. Johnson forced Dent (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 2.

YANKEES 8TH: DOWNING REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); Piniella
doubled to left; ALOMAR RAN FOR PINIELLA; Chambliss grounded out
(first unassisted) [Alomar to third]; Nettles was walked
intentionally; GAMBLE BATTED FOR HEALY; Gamble singled to
pitcher [Alomar scored, Nettles to second]; Randolph walked
[Nettles to third, Gamble to second]; C. MAY BATTED FOR STANLEY;
C. May grounded out (third to first) [Nettles scored, Gamble to
third, Randolph to second]; Rivers struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MASON
REPLACED C. MAY (PLAYING SS); GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); MUNSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Lemon singled to
right; Garr walked [Lemon to second]; LYLE REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); Orta singled to right [Lemon to third, Garr to
second]; Kelly struck out; Spencer reached on a fielder's choice
[Lemon scored (error by Chambliss) (unearned) (no RBI), Garr
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Orta to third, Spencer to second];
Dent flied out to right; BRADFORD BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bradford
flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5,
White Sox 4.

YANKEES 9TH: STEIN REPLACED BRADFORD (PLAYING 2B); White
grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson grounded out (third to
first); Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bell struck out; Downing grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, White Sox 4.