| The White Sox fell behind in the seventh inning, 3-2, and then rallied for three runs in the eighth to defeat the Royals, 5-3, behind the five-hit hurling of Francisco Barrios. Chet Lemon led off the decisive stanza with a single and Lamar Johnson walked. Jorge Orta singled to tie the score and Jim Spencer followed with a triple to provide the winning margin. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Saturday, August 7, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 5 1 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 x - 5 10 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .335 Lemon cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .232 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Garr rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .320 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .353 L. Johnson dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .316 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .245 Orta lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .278 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Dent ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Cowens pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 1 .260 Stein 2b,3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Jones rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .333 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .265 xStinson c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bell 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .239 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Brohamer 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .205 Bannister ss,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .206 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 1 0 7 Totals 30 5 10 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 30,382 Left on Base: Royals 2, White Sox 5 DP: Royals 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Otis, Garr, Spencer, Essian Triples: Jones (1), Spencer (1) Stolen Bases: Bannister (5) Caught Stealing: Garr (5) Sacrifice Flies: Bell (2) GIDP: Poquette (7), L. Johnson (5), Spencer (7) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura 6 7 2 2 2 2 0 24 4.24 Bruno 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.86 Mingori L(3-2) 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 6 2.26 Totals 8 10 5 5 3 3 0 34 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios W(3-4) 9 5 3 3 0 7 0 32 4.47 Totals 9 5 3 3 0 7 0 32 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett ROYALS 1ST: Poquette struck out; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Garr singled to center; Garr was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); L. Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae grounded out (second to pitcher); Jones flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta singled to center; Stein singled to left [Orta to second]; Spencer forced Stein (second to shortstop) [Orta to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Orta scored, Spencer to second]; Bannister singled to right [Spencer to third]; Bannister stole second; Essian struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 3RD: Stinson reached on catcher's interference by Essian; Patek struck out; White singled to right [Stinson to second]; Poquette grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon popped to first; Garr singled to left; L. Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to center; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Stein struck out; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: McRae flied out to center; Jones struck out; Stinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bell flied out to center; Bannister grounded out (third to first); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White struck out; Poquette singled to left; Otis forced Poquette (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon walked; On a bunt Garr singled to third [Lemon to second]; L. Johnson singled to center [Lemon scored, Garr to third, L. Johnson to second (error by Otis)]; Orta popped to shortstop; Stein was walked intentionally; Spencer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stein out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to left; Mayberry singled to right [Brett scored (error by Garr) (no RBI), Mayberry to second]; McRae reached on a fielder's choice [Mayberry scored (error by Spencer)]; COWENS RAN FOR MCRAE; Jones tripled to center [Cowens scored, Jones out at home (center to third)]; Stinson flied out to right; Patek grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BRUNO REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Bell popped to first in foul territory; Bannister popped to shortstop; Essian was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2. ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (first to pitcher); Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon singled; MINGORI REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); Garr grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lemon to second]; L. Johnson walked; Orta singled to right [Lemon scored, L. Johnson to second]; Stein popped to shortstop; Spencer tripled to right [L. Johnson scored, Orta scored]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 5. ROYALS 9TH: DENT REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING SS); STEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BROHAMER REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 2B); BANNISTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Brett flied out to left; Mayberry flied out to left; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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