Blue Moon Odom, making his first start for the White Sox since combining with Francisco Barrios in pitching a no-hitter at Oakland July 28, was the victim of revenge, losing to the Athletics, 7-3. Odom lasted only 2 2/3 innings and gave up six hits and four runs. The Athletics went on to pile up a total of 13 hits with Bill North and Joe Rudi rapping three apiece. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    3, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          2  0  2    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   7 13  0
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   3   3   1     0   1   .277      Lemon cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .239
Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     0   1   .253      Garr lf               4   2   2   0     0   1   .314
Baylor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Orta dh               4   0   1   1     0   2   .272
Rudi lf               5   1   3   2     0   1   .267      Spencer 1b            3   0   1   2     0   0   .272
Bando 3b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .226      Stein 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Tenace 1b             5   1   2   2     0   1   .255      Hairston rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Williams dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .208      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Garner 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .248      Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Newman c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .147      Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .202
  Haney c             2   0   1   0     0   1   .238        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Bosman 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        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   7  13   7     1   6             Totals               34   3   8   3     1   7

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 10,063
Left on Base: A's 8, White Sox 6
DP: A's 0, White Sox 0
Doubles: Rudi 2 (22), North (11), Tenace (11), Bando (13), Lemon (7), Dent (12)
Triples: Garr (6)
Stolen Bases: North (54), Bando (10), Garr (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (3)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (10,by Odom)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(4-0)           5     5   3   3   0   1   0  20   3.61
Lindblad                1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.32
Fingers SV(15)          2.1   2   0   0   0   5   0   9   2.49
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   7   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(2-1)             2.2   6   4   4   1   3   0  16   4.74
Vuckovich               4.2   6   3   3   0   3   0  20   4.37
Carroll                 1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.43
Totals                  9    13   7   7   1   6   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Odom (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; North stole second;
Campaneris grounded out (third to first) [North stayed at
second]; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first) [North stayed at
second]; Rudi doubled to right [North scored]; Bando singled to
left [Rudi scored]; Bando stole second; Tenace struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams made an out to second; Garner grounded
out (third to first); Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer flied out to center; Stein grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hairston flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North doubled to right; On a bunt Campaneris
singled [North to third]; Baylor was hit by a pitch [Campaneris
to second]; Rudi struck out; Bando struck out; Tenace singled to
left [North scored, Campaneris scored, Baylor to third, Tenace
to second (on throw)]; Williams walked; VUCKOVICH REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Garner grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell grounded out (third to first); Dent flied
out to right; Essian grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman flied out to center; North was called out
on strikes; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: HANEY REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING C ); Lemon doubled
to right; On a bunt Garr singled [Lemon to third]; Garr stole
second; Orta singled to right [Lemon scored, Garr to third];
Spencer hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garr scored]; Stein forced
Orta (second to shortstop); Hairston singled to center [Stein to
second]; Bell forced Hairston (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
doubled to left; Bando grounded out (second to first) [Rudi to
third]; Tenace lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian was
called out on strikes; Lemon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Garner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Haney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr tripled to right; LINDBLAD REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); Orta struck out; Spencer grounded out (second to
first) [Garr scored]; Stein grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: On a bunt North singled; Campaneris out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [North to second]; Baylor
grounded out (first to pitcher) [North to third]; Rudi singled
to center [North scored]; Bando forced Rudi (third to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Hairston walked; Bell flied out to center; Dent
flied out to right; Essian singled to third [Hairston to
second]; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Lemon forced
Essian (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
5, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace doubled to left; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Tenace stayed at second]; Garner singled
to right [Tenace scored]; Haney singled to right [Garner to
third]; CARROLL REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); North forced
Haney (shortstop to second) [Garner scored]; Campaneris forced
North (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr struck out; Orta struck out; Spencer singled
to right; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi grounded out
(second to first); Bando doubled to left; Tenace grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, White
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Hairston flied out to center; Bell was called out
on strikes; Dent doubled to left; KELLY BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Kelly
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7,
White Sox 3.