Paul Mitchell posted his first major league shutout, pitching the Athletics to a 5-0 victory over the White Sox, who were whitewashed for the 15th time this season. Bill North singled and scored in the first inning and drove in a run with a double in the fifth before the A's wrapped up their verdict with three runs in the seventh on a single by Gene Tenace, an error, double by Ken McMullen, intentional pass to North and single by Bert Campaneris. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    4, 1976 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          1  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   5 10  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   3   1     1   0   .282      Hairston rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   2     0   0   .252      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Baylor rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Orta dh               4   0   1   0     0   1   .271
Rudi lf               3   0   1   1     0   1   .268      Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Stein 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .291
Tenace 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .256      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Garner 2b             4   2   1   0     0   1   .248      Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
McMullen dh           3   1   1   1     1   0   .262        Nordhagen c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .158      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .244
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Essian c,3b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .213
                                                          Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     3   3             Totals               33   0   6   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  8,892
Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 6
DP: A's 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Stein, Bell
Doubles: Garner (18), North (12), McMullen (4), Rudi (23)
Stolen Bases: Garner (21)
Caught Stealing: North (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (6)
GIDP: McMullen (2), Baylor (11), Campaneris (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell W(8-5)      9     6   0   0   0   4   0  33   4.26
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   4   0  33

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(6-6)            7     8   5   4   2   2   0  30   3.19
Hamilton                2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.44
Totals                  9    10   5   4   3   3   0  38

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; Campaneris lined to
right; Baylor singled to center [North to third]; Rudi hit a
sacrifice fly to right [North scored]; Bando flied to right in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace reached on an error by Bell; Garner flied
out to right; McMullen grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer flied out to right; Stein was called out
on strikes; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to center; North forced Newman
(third to second); Campaneris flied out to center; North was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian singled to right;
Hairston struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor grounded out (second to first); Rudi was
called out on strikes; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr singled to left; Orta flied out to center
[Garr to second]; Spencer flied out to left; Stein struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace flied out to right; Garner doubled to
center; Garner stole third; McMullen walked; Newman struck out;
North doubled to center [Garner scored, McMullen to third];
Campaneris flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon flied out to center; Bell grounded out
(third to first); Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor flied out to right; Rudi grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bando popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Essian flied out to left; Hairston flied out to
center; Garr grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace singled to left; Garner reached on an
error by Stein [Tenace to third]; McMullen doubled to center
[Tenace scored, Garner to third]; Newman grounded out (shortstop
to first); North was walked intentionally; Campaneris singled to
left [Garner scored (unearned), McMullen scored, North to
second]; Baylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta singled to right; Spencer flied out to
center; Stein singled to left [Orta to second]; Lemon forced
Stein (shortstop to second) [Orta to third]; Bell grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, White
Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HAMILTON REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Rudi doubled
to center; Bando flied out to right; Tenace walked; Garner was
called out on strikes; McMullen lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent made an out to shortstop; Essian singled to
center; Hairston singled to third [Essian to second]; Garr
popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NORDHAGEN REPLACED BELL (PLAYING C ); ESSIAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Newman grounded out (second to
first); North singled to second; Campaneris grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [North out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Spencer flied out to right; Stein flied out to
center; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, White Sox 0.