Blue Moon Odom, making his first start of the season for the White Sox, and Ray Bare, making his first start in six weeks for the Tigers, each emerged with a victory as the clubs split a twi-night doubleheader. Odom, who needed help from Pete Vuckovich in the seventh inning, received credit for a 9-3 win in the opener, while Bare won the nightcap, 5-1, with the assistance of John Hiller, who relieved in the eighth.

Lamar Johnson had three hits and drove in three runs for the White Sox in the lidlifter and Bill Stein accounted for two with a homer. The Tigers' support of Bare in the second game included a homer by Jason Thompson with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      22, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   3  8  2
White Sox    1  3  0    1  0  4    0  0  x  -   9 11  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .331      Lemon cf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .219        Nordhagen rf        3   0   2   2     0   1   .333
Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .305      Garr rf,cf            5   1   2   1     0   0   .294
Horton dh             3   1   1   0     1   0   .283      Orta lf               3   2   0   0     1   1   .285
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Kelly dh              2   0   0   0     1   2   .252
Johnson lf            3   1   2   0     1   1   .269        Bradford ph,dh      2   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   2     0   0   .243      L. Johnson 1b         5   1   3   3     0   0   .327
Garcia 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .210      Stein 2b              4   2   2   2     0   0   .280
  Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .266
  Wockenfuss c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Dent ss               2   1   0   0     1   0   .251
Kimm c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Bannister ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Oglivie ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .252      Essian c              2   2   0   0     2   0   .231
  Scrivener 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
MacCormack p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   3     2   4             Totals               34   9  11   8     5   6

Time of Game: 2:14
Left on Base: Tigers 5, White Sox 8
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Johnson, Rodriguez
Doubles: Horton (7), Johnson (10), Rodriguez (10), Stein (6), Nordhagen (2), L. Johnson (6), Bradford (5)
Triples: Oglivie (1)
Home Runs: Stein (3)
Caught Stealing: Johnson (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Nordhagen (1)
Hit by Pitch: Orta (5,by MacCormack)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
MacCormack L(0-5)       1.1   3   4   4   3   0   0  10   5.46
Crawford                4.1   6   4   4   2   4   0  22   5.87
Grilli                  2.1   2   1   1   0   2   1   9   6.00
Totals                  8    11   9   9   5   6   1  41

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(1-0)             6.2   8   3   3   1   3   0  27   5.59
Vuckovich               2.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.01
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: MacCormack (1)
Wild Pitches: MacCormack (2), Crawford (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub singled to center;
Horton doubled to center [Staub out at home (center to shortstop
to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(shortstop to first); Orta was hit by a pitch; Kelly walked
[Orta to second]; L. Johnson singled to right [Orta scored,
Kelly out at third (right to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 2ND: NORDHAGEN REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING RF); GARR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Thompson lined to second; Johnson
singled to center; Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Stein doubled to left; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dent walked; Essian walked [Stein to
third, Dent to second]; MacCormack threw a wild pitch [Stein
scored, Dent to third, Essian to second]; Nordhagen singled to
left [Dent scored, Essian scored, Nordhagen to second (error by
Johnson)]; CRAWFORD REPLACED MACCORMACK (PITCHING); Crawford
threw a wild pitch [Nordhagen to third]; Garr flied out to
center; Orta walked; Kelly was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Kimm grounded
out (shortstop to first); LeFlore singled to right; Veryzer
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: L. Johnson flied to left in foul territory; Stein
grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to center; Dent
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to right; Horton flied out to left;
Thompson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Essian walked; Nordhagen out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Essian to second]; Garr singled to center
[Essian scored]; Orta struck out; Kelly struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson singled to center; Stein reached on an
error by Rodriguez [L. Johnson to second]; Bell struck out; Dent
flied out to center; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Kimm popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer singled to second;
Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen doubled to center; On a bunt Garr
singled [Nordhagen to third]; Orta reached on a fielder's choice
[Nordhagen out at home (first to third), Garr to second];
BRADFORD BATTED FOR KELLY; Bradford made an out to shortstop; L.
Johnson doubled to center [Garr scored, Orta scored]; GRILLI
REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Stein homered [L. Johnson scored];
Bell made an out to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
White Sox 9.

TIGERS 7TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BANNISTER
REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); Horton walked; Thompson flied out to
center; Johnson doubled to right [Horton to third]; Rodriguez
doubled to right [Horton scored, Johnson scored]; MEYER BATTED
FOR GARCIA; Meyer popped to third in foul territory; OGLIVIE
BATTED FOR KIMM; Oglivie tripled to center [Rodriguez scored];
VUCKOVICH REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); LeFlore flied out to center;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 9.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WOCKENFUSS REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING C ); SCRIVENER
REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); Bannister struck out; Essian
flied out to right; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, White Sox 9.

TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer was called out on strikes; Staub grounded
out (first unassisted); Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 9.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); Orta
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford doubled to right; L.
Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, White Sox 9.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson flied out to center; Johnson walked;
Rodriguez lined to right; Wockenfuss flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 9.