A suicide squeeze bunt by Lou Piniella in the eighth inning capped the Yankees' scoring and extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-3 victory over the White Sox, who lost their ninth straight. Trailing at the start of the eighth inning, 3-2, the Yankees tied the score with consecutive singles by Mickey Rivers, Roy White and Thurman Munson before Piniella, batting for Carlos May, bunted down the third base line to score White with what proved to be the winning run. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      19, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   4 11  2
White Sox    1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .303      Lemon cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .295
White lf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .294      Garr rf               4   1   3   1     0   0   .290
Munson c              5   0   2   1     0   0   .322      Orta lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .239
Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .293      Kelly dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .267
C. May dh             2   0   0   0     1   1   .223      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
  Piniella ph,dh      0   0   0   1     0   0   .301      Downing c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .204      Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Gamble rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .278      Stein 2b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .202
Randolph 2b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .276        L. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .316
Mason ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .142        Bannister 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .188
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4  11   4     4   3             Totals               34   3   8   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 25,483
Left on Base: Yankees 8, White Sox 7
DP: Yankees 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Munson, Mason
Doubles: Gamble (9), Garr (8), Stein (3)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (20), Kelly (5), Downing (3)
Caught Stealing: Randolph (4), Kelly (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Piniella (2), Bannister (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Chambliss (3)
GIDP: Chambliss (4), Randolph (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(4-4)        8.1   8   3   2   2   4   0  35   3.34
Lyle SV(11)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.81
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   4   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage L(5-5)          7    10   4   4   2   3   0  30   2.74
Forster                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.39
Carroll                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.47
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   3   0  39

Wild Pitches: Alexander 2 (2), Forster (3)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to left; White singled to left
[Rivers to second]; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Rivers to third, White to second]; Chambliss hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Rivers scored]; C. May walked; Nettles flied out
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); Garr
doubled to left; Orta singled to center [Garr scored]; Kelly
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Spencer flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph
singled to center; Mason flied out to center; Rivers grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
flied out to left; Stein lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson
singled to left; Chambliss grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Munson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Lemon grounded out
(third to first); Garr singled to shortstop; Alexander threw a
wild pitch [Garr to second]; Alexander threw a wild pitch [Garr
to third]; Orta grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 4TH: C. May struck out; Nettles walked; Gamble singled
to right [Nettles to third]; Randolph grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly walked; Kelly was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Spencer was called out on strikes;
Downing popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1,
White Sox 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason popped to third; Rivers was called out on
strikes; White popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent grounded out (third to first); Stein doubled
to left; Bell walked; Lemon forced Bell (first to shortstop)
[Stein to third]; Garr singled to shortstop [Stein scored, Lemon
to second]; Orta flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 1, White Sox 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied out to center; Chambliss flied out to
center; C. May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly singled to right; Spencer flied out to
right; Kelly stole second [Kelly to third (error by Munson)];
Downing reached on an error by Mason [Kelly scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Downing stole second; Dent grounded out (shortstop to
first); L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR STEIN; L. Johnson struck out; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 3.

YANKEES 7TH: BANNISTER REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B); Nettles
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble doubled to right;
Randolph singled to right [Gamble scored]; Randolph was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mason was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bell struck out; Lemon grounded out (second to
first); Garr popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 2, White Sox 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Rivers singled to pitcher; White singled to right
[Rivers to third]; Munson singled to center [Rivers scored,
White to third]; FORSTER REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Chambliss
forced Munson (second unassisted); PINIELLA BATTED FOR C. MAY;
Piniella out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [White
scored, Chambliss to second]; Forster threw a wild pitch
[Chambliss to third]; Nettles walked; Gamble grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Orta flied
out to right; Kelly flied out to center; Spencer singled to
center; Downing was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 4, White Sox 3.

YANKEES 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Randolph lined
to third; Mason grounded out (third to first); Rivers singled to
right; Rivers stole second; White walked; Munson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Dent singled to center; Bannister out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Dent to second]; LYLE REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Bell flied out to center [Dent to third];
Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, White Sox 3.