The Tigers' youthful infield combination of shortstop Mark Wagner and second baseman Jerry Manuel committed two errors each in the ninth inning, enabling the White Sox to score seven unearned runs and gain a 12-7 victory. Manuel started the stanza by booting a grounder by Pat Kelly. After an infield out, Brian Downing singled, scoring Kelly. Wagner then bobbled a grounder by Chet Lemon and threw wildly for two errors, Downing taking third and Lemon second. An intentional pass to Ralph Garr loaded the bases and another pass to Jack Brohamer forced in Downing. Jerry Hairston followed with a sacrifice fly. Manuel mishandled a grounder by Jorge Orta for his second error to permit another run.

The White Sox added three more tallies on singles by Bill Stein, Kelly and Jim Spencer before the inning ended. Bill Freehan hit his fifth homer of the season for the Tigers and 200th of his major league career, connecting with two men on base in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 12, Detroit Tigers 7
Game Played on Tuesday, August    24, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  2  0    2  0  0    0  1  7  -  12 17  1
Tigers       0  3  0    0  2  1    0  1  0  -   7  9  6


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hairston rf           4   0   0   2     0   1   .284      LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .326
Orta lf               5   1   2   0     1   0   .282      Stanley 1b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .261
  Dent ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Staub rf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .315
Stein 2b,3b           6   1   3   1     0   0   .290      Horton dh             5   0   0   0     0   1   .260
L. Johnson dh         3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Johnson lf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .272
  Kelly ph,dh         3   1   2   1     0   0   .258      Rodriguez 3b          2   2   1   0     2   0   .238
Spencer 1b            6   0   1   1     0   1   .255      Freehan c             3   2   3   3     1   0   .297
Downing c             5   3   3   1     1   1   .260      Wagner ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .438
Lemon cf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .234      Scrivener 2b          3   1   1   1     0   0   .226
Bell 3b               4   1   3   2     0   1   .238        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   1     0   0   .269
  Garr ph,lf          0   1   0   0     1   0   .314        Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Bannister ss          3   1   1   0     1   0   .222      Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brohamer ph,2b      0   1   0   1     1   0   .247        Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barrios p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43  12  17   9     5   5             Totals               36   7   9   6     4   8

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  9,503
Left on Base: White Sox 12, Tigers 6
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Orta, Freehan, Wagner 2, Scrivener, Manuel 2
Doubles: Downing (12), Freehan (6)
Triples: Bell (4), Bannister (1)
Home Runs: Freehan (5)
Stolen Bases: Bannister (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Hairston 2 (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett                   5.1   6   6   6   3   5   1  25   3.67
Barrios                 2     3   1   1   1   2   0  10   4.54
Hamilton W(6-5)         1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.27
Totals                  9     9   7   7   4   8   1  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 3.1   7   4   3   1   2   0  18   3.85
Lemanczyk               3     4   0   0   1   1   0  13   5.76
Crawford L(0-5)         2     3   4   1   1   2   0  12   4.50
Grilli                  0     0   1   0   1   0   0   1   5.27
Laxton                  0     0   1   0   1   0   0   1   4.27
Hiller                  0.2   3   2   1   0   0   0   6   2.73
Totals                  9    17  12   5   5   5   0  51

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston struck out; Orta singled to left; Stein
flied out to left; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Stanley flied out to right;
Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Downing
doubled to left; Lemon singled to second [Downing scored (error
by Scrivener), Lemon to second]; Bell singled to right [Lemon
scored]; Bannister flied out to left; Hairston forced Bell
(third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
walked; Rodriguez walked [Johnson to second]; Freehan homered
[Johnson scored, Rodriguez scored]; Wagner was called out on
strikes; Scrivener grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta flied out to center; Stein singled to
center; L. Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Spencer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Downing singled to center; Lemon out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Downing to second]; Bell
tripled to right [Downing scored]; Bannister walked; LEMANCZYK
REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Bannister stole second [Bell scored
(error by Freehan) (unearned)]; Hairston grounded out (shortstop
to first); Orta walked; Stein grounded out (first unassisted); 2
R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez singled to right;
Freehan doubled to left [Rodriguez to third]; Wagner popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Tigers 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson singled to second; Spencer lined into
a double play (right to first) [L. Johnson out at first];
Downing struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Scrivener singled to left; LeFlore singled to left
[Scrivener to second]; Stanley was called out on strikes; Staub
singled to left [Scrivener scored, LeFlore scored (error by
Orta)]; Horton flied out to center; Johnson struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Bell
singled to right; Bannister grounded out (second to first) [Bell
to second]; Hairston flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Freehan walked;
BARRIOS REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Wagner singled to right
[Freehan to third]; Scrivener grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Freehan scored, Wagner to second]; LeFlore struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Stein
singled to right; KELLY BATTED FOR L. JOHNSON; Kelly singled to
shortstop [Stein to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED LEMANCZYK
(PITCHING); Spencer struck out; Downing walked [Stein to third,
Kelly to second]; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stanley flied out
to right; Staub singled to right; Horton was called out on
strikes; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bell struck out; Bannister tripled to left;
Hairston hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bannister scored]; Orta
singled to right; Stein grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez walked; Freehan singled to left [Rodriguez
to third]; Wagner grounded out (first unassisted) [Freehan to
second]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; HAMILTON REPLACED BARRIOS
(PITCHING); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted) [Rodriguez
scored, Freehan to third]; LeFlore flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Tigers 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MANUEL REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); Kelly
reached on an error by Manuel; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted) [Kelly to second]; Downing singled to right [Kelly
scored (unearned)]; Lemon reached on an error by Wagner [Downing
to third (error by Wagner), Lemon to second]; GRILLI REPLACED
CRAWFORD (PITCHING); GARR BATTED FOR BELL; Garr was walked
intentionally; BROHAMER BATTED FOR BANNISTER; LAXTON REPLACED
GRILLI (PITCHING); Brohamer walked [Downing scored (unearned),
Lemon to third, Garr to second]; HILLER REPLACED LAXTON
(PITCHING); Hairston hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lemon scored
(unearned), Garr to third]; Orta reached on an error by Manuel
[Garr scored (unearned) (no RBI), Brohamer to second]; Stein
singled to center [Brohamer scored (unearned), Orta to second];
Kelly singled to left [Orta scored (unearned), Stein to second];
Spencer singled to center [Stein scored, Kelly to second];
Downing forced Spencer (second to shortstop); 7 R (1 ER), 4 H, 4
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 12, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 9TH: GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DENT REPLACED ORTA
(PLAYING SS); BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); STEIN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Stanley was called out on
strikes; Staub lined to center; Horton grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 12, Tigers 7.