| Mike Torrez pitched a four-hitter and Gene Tenace batted in three runs with two homers as the Athletics defeated the White Sox, 4-0. After Tenace homered in the second inning, the A's scored again in the fifth on a double by Bill North and two wild pitches by Clay Carroll. Tenace's second homer of the game came in the eighth with a man on base. [The Sporting News] |
Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Tuesday, September 7, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 A's 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 4 9 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313 North cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .270 Stein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Baylor 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Orta lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Rudi lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .287 Ewing dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .136 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Sandt 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Tenace c 3 2 2 3 1 0 .257 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 McMullen dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Enright c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCovey ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .204 Brett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hopkins pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordhagen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Williams ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Washington rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .251 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 2 Totals 29 4 9 3 5 4 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 3,461 Left on Base: White Sox 3, A's 7 DP: White Sox 0, A's 2 Errors: Baylor Doubles: North 2 (19) Home Runs: Tenace 2 (18) Stolen Bases: North (66), Baylor (47) Caught Stealing: Washington 2 (16), Hopkins (1) Sacrifice Hits: Sandt (1) GIDP: Lemon (9) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forster L(2-10) 4 5 1 1 1 2 1 17 4.50 Carroll 4 4 3 3 4 2 1 18 2.58 Totals 8 9 4 4 5 4 2 35 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(12-10) 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 30 2.68 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 30 Wild Pitches: Carroll 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Stein lined to right; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted) [Garr to second]; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; North stole second; Campaneris struck out; Baylor grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Ewing singled to center; Lemon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ewing out at second]; Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (second to first); Tenace homered; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington singled to center; Washington was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Enright reached on an error by Baylor; Garr lined into a double play (second to first) [Enright out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner lined to right; North doubled to left; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first) [North to third]; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Stein grounded out (third to first); Spencer singled to right; Orta lined to center; Ewing flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando singled to center; Tenace walked [Bando to second]; McMullen flied out to center; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: CARROLL REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Garner grounded out (third to first); North doubled to right; Campaneris flied out to right; Carroll threw a wild pitch [North to third]; Baylor walked; Baylor stole second; Rudi walked; Carroll threw a wild pitch [North scored]; Bando popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: SANDT REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); BRETT BATTED FOR ENRIGHT; Brett flied out to left; Garr grounded out (second to first); Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: NORDHAGEN REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING C ); Tenace lined to left; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR MCMULLEN; McCovey singled to right; HOPKINS RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Hopkins was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Spencer flied out to left; Orta struck out; Ewing grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Garner struck out; North flied out to left; Campaneris singled to left; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon flied out to right; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi walked; Sandt out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Rudi to second]; Tenace homered [Rudi scored]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Washington walked; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HAIRSTON BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Hairston was called out on strikes; Garr made an out to shortstop; Stein singled to center; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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