Ken Holtzman pitched a shutout and Roy White and Oscar Gamble hit homers as the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 6-0. White's clout came after singles by Jim Mason and Mickey Rivers in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      8, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  0    3  1  x  -   6  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Rivers cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .319
Lemon cf              4   0   3   0     0   0   .254      White lf              3   1   1   3     1   1   .279
Orta lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .318
L. Johnson 1b         3   0   1   0     1   1   .280      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      C. May dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Essian c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .220
Bannister rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Gamble rf             3   2   1   1     0   0   .254
Downing dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .231
Stein 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Mason ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .156
Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   7   0     1   4             Totals               33   6   8   5     2   2

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 14,545
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Yankees 6
DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Lemon, Bannister, Gamble
Doubles: Lemon 2 (6), Bell (5), Dent (9), L. Johnson (5), Nettles (12), Rivers (19)
Home Runs: White (8), Gamble (7)
Stolen Bases: Orta (13)
GIDP: Bell (1)
Hit by Pitch: Gamble (4,by Gossage)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage L(5-7)          7     7   5   4   2   2   1  31   2.92
Odom                    1     1   1   1   0   0   1   5   9.00
Totals                  8     8   6   5   2   2   2  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(7-6)         9     7   0   0   1   4   0  34   2.86
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   4   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Dent flied out to center; Lemon singled to right;
Orta singled to right [Lemon to third (error by Gamble)]; L.
Johnson struck out; Orta stole second; Bell struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); White
struck out; Munson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Essian grounded out (third to first); Bannister
struck out; Downing popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss popped to shortstop; C. May grounded out
(second to first); Nettles walked; Gamble was hit by a pitch
[Nettles to second]; Alomar singled to center [Nettles scored,
Gamble scored (error by Lemon) (unearned), Alomar to second];
Mason flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
grounded out (first to pitcher); Lemon doubled to left; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Rivers popped to second; White walked; Munson flied
out to right; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson flied out to center; Bell doubled to
right; Essian grounded out (second to first); Bannister grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: C. May flied out to right; Nettles doubled to
center; Gamble flied out to right; Alomar flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing lined to shortstop; Stein flied out to
left; Dent doubled to left; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason singled to second; Rivers doubled to center
[Mason to third]; White flied out to left; Munson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chambliss popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); L. Johnson
walked; Bell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [L. Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: C. May grounded out (second to first); Nettles
struck out; Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Essian flied out to left; Bannister flied out to
center; Downing flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Mason
singled to center; Rivers singled to right [Mason to second];
White homered [Rivers scored, Mason scored]; Munson popped to
second; Chambliss flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Stein popped to second; Dent lined to third;
Lemon doubled to right; Orta struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: ODOM REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); C. May grounded
out (third to first); Nettles popped to shortstop; Gamble
homered; Alomar reached on an error by Bannister; Mason popped
to third; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: L. Johnson doubled to left; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Essian popped to third; Bannister flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Yankees 6.