The White Sox, who split a doubleheader with the Royals, winning the first game, 5-2, and losing the second game, 7-1, set a precedent by becoming the first major league club to wear shorts instead of regular pants. Terry Forster pitched six scoreless innings for the White Sox in the lidlifter and gained the victory to end his personal eight-game losing streak. Jack Brohamer drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth inning and the White Sox added two more tallies in the seventh on singles by Ralph Garr and Jim Spencer.

The Royals clinched the nightcap with a five-run outburst in the third. Singles by Tom Poquette and George Brett around a pass to Ruppert Jones produced the first run. After John Mayberry walked to load the bases, Hal McRae cleared the sacks with a triple and then scored himself on a wild pitch. Dave Nelson stole home for another Royals' run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    8, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  8  2
White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  2    2  0  x  -   5  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .220      Hairston rf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .257
  Stinson c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .264        Lemon cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Otis cf               5   0   1   1     0   3   .282      Garr cf,rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .322
Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .351      Orta lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .278
McRae dh              2   0   1   0     2   1   .351        Bannister lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Jones pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .333      Kelly dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .248
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .265
Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250        L. Johnson ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .316
  Poquette ph,lf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .335        Stein 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Brohamer 2b           3   0   1   2     1   0   .234
  Quirk ph,ss         0   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
White 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .210      Essian c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .207
  D. Nelson ph,2b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     4   5             Totals               32   5   7   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:55
Left on Base: Royals 10, White Sox 8
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Wohlford, Poquette
Doubles: White (10), Otis (28)
Stolen Bases: White (15), Hairston (1), Kelly (10), Orta (18), Brohamer (1), Essian (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Quirk (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(4-10)          6     5   4   3   4   3   0  27   2.71
Hall                    0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   5   4.28
Bruno                   1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.00
Totals                  8     7   5   4   5   5   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster W(2-8)          6     6   0   0   1   4   0  25   3.86
Carroll                 0.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.39
Hamilton                0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   3.56
Gossage SV(1)           2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.35
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   5   0  39

Wild Pitches: Hamilton (3)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Don Denkinger


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford lined to pitcher; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett singled to center; McRae singled to
left [Brett to second]; Mayberry forced Brett (shortstop to
third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston singled to center; Hairston stole
second; Garr flied out to center; Orta flied out to left; Kelly
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox
0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Martinez
grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer lined to left; Bell was called out on
strikes; Brohamer walked; Dent lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to center; White stole second;
Wohlford singled to left [White to third, Wohlford to second (on
throw to home)]; Otis struck out; Brett struck out; McRae
walked; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian lined to left; Hairston flied out to
right; Garr singled to center; Orta lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Spencer flied
out to left [Kelly scored (error by Wohlford) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Bell flied out to right; Brohamer grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: White doubled to left; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first) [White to third]; Otis struck out; Brett
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent popped to third; Essian struck out; Hairston
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae struck out; Mayberry grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cowens singled to left; Martinez flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta
singled to right; Orta stole second; Kelly flied out to center;
Spencer was walked intentionally; L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR BELL; L.
Johnson walked [Orta to third, Spencer to second]; Brohamer
singled to right [Orta scored, Spencer scored, L. Johnson to
third]; Brohamer stole second; Dent flied out to center; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 7TH: STEIN REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING 3B); CARROLL
REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Patek grounded out (first
unassisted); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
walked; Otis doubled to center [Wohlford scored]; HAMILTON
REPLACED CARROLL (PITCHING); Hamilton threw a wild pitch [Otis
to third]; Brett lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Essian singled to left; Essian stole second; HALL
REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Hairston walked; Garr singled to
center [Essian scored, Hairston to third]; Orta struck out;
Kelly popped to catcher in foul territory; Spencer singled to
center [Hairston scored, Garr to third]; BRUNO REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); Stein flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 8TH: LEMON REPLACED HAIRSTON (PLAYING CF); GARR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BANNISTER REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING LF);
McRae walked; JONES RAN FOR MCRAE; Mayberry singled to center
[Jones to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Cowens
lined to center; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Poquette walked
[Jones to third, Mayberry to second]; QUIRK BATTED FOR PATEK;
Quirk hit a sacrifice fly to left [Jones scored]; D. NELSON
BATTED FOR WHITE; D. Nelson grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STINSON
REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING C ); POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); D. NELSON STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); Brohamer popped to first in foul territory; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian reached on an error by
Poquette [Essian to second]; Lemon was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Stinson flied out to center; Otis was called out on
strikes; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 5.