Blue Moon Odom, who was brought back from the minors on July 6, combined with reliever Francisco Barrios to pitch a no-hitter as the White Sox defeated the Athletics, 2-1. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, July      28, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2 10  1
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  0  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hairston rf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .286      North cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .278
  Nordhagen ph,rf     2   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     2   0   .252
Garr cf,lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .307      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Orta lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Williams dh           1   1   0   0     2   0   .209
  Bannister cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Lintz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kelly dh              2   0   0   0     1   0   .254        Baylor ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  L. Johnson ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   1   .311      Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .229
Stein 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .307      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .244
Spencer 1b            3   2   2   1     1   0   .275      Washington rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Brohamer 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .239      McMullen 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Dent ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Essian c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .219      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barrios p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2  10   2     2   4             Totals               24   1   0   0    11   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  3,367
Left on Base: White Sox 8, A's 7
DP: White Sox 3, A's 2
Errors: Essian, Bando
Doubles: Spencer (9), Brohamer (8)
Home Runs: Spencer (7)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (9), North (51), Washington (26), Lintz (22)
Caught Stealing: Garr (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Orta (1)
GIDP: Spencer (6), Nordhagen (1), Tenace (7), Garner (8)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom W(2-0)             5     0   1   0   9   3   0  22   3.31
Barrios SV(2)           4     0   0   0   2   2   0  13   4.66
Totals                  9     0   1   0  11   5   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  5     7   1   1   1   2   0  21   3.27
Lindblad L(4-3)         2.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   9   3.13
Fingers                 1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.40
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   4   1  37

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston singled to right; Garr grounded out
(first unassisted) [Hairston to second]; Orta grounded out
(second to first) [Hairston to third]; Kelly walked; Kelly stole
second; Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out (third
to first); Rudi walked; Williams grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer doubled to right; Brohamer flied out to
right [Spencer to third]; Dent singled to left [Spencer scored];
Essian flied out to left; Hairston flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando walked; Tenace grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bando out at second]; Washington
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr singled to left; Garr was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Orta grounded out (pitcher to
first); Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McMullen walked; Garner grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [McMullen out at second]; North
walked; North stole second; Campaneris walked; Rudi forced
Campaneris (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Stein singled to center; Spencer grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Stein out at
second]; Brohamer doubled to right; Dent flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams walked; Bando flied out to center;
Tenace walked [Williams to second]; Washington forced Tenace
(shortstop to second) [Williams to third]; Washington stole
second [Williams scored (error by Essian) (unearned)]; McMullen
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian struck out; Hairston singled to center;
Garr forced Hairston (first to shortstop); Orta grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner flied out to center; North grounded out
(shortstop to first); Campaneris walked; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Kelly
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stein lined to second;
Spencer homered; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Williams walked; LINTZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; BARRIOS
REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Lintz stole second; Bando walked;
Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Washington reached
on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Bando out
at second (pitcher to shortstop), Lintz to third, Washington out
at second (shortstop to catcher to third to first to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Dent flied out
to center; Essian reached on an error by Bando; NORDHAGEN BATTED
FOR HAIRSTON; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Essian out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McMullen
grounded out (third to first); Garner struck out; North grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr singled to shortstop; Orta out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Garr to second]; FINGERS
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR KELLY; L.
Johnson was called out on strikes; Stein singled to shortstop
[Garr to third]; Spencer walked [Stein to second]; Brohamer
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: L. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH);
Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to
first); BAYLOR BATTED FOR LINTZ; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Dent flied
out to center; Essian was called out on strikes; Nordhagen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BANNISTER
REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING CF); Bando grounded out (second to
first); Tenace struck out; Washington walked; McMullen grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Athletics 1.