After failing behind, 5-0, in the first inning, the White Sox came back with a pair of three-run rallies to defeat the Athletics, 6-5. The A's sent 11 men to bat in the first. Joe Rudi knocked in two runs with a triple and scored himself on a double by Claudell Washington. The White Sox cut their deficit in half in the fifth when Bill Stein and Jim Spencer homered, Stein's blow coming with a man on base.

Jorge Orta singled in the eighth and Lamar Johnson walked. After Alan Bannister forced Johnson, Jack Brohamer hit a sacrifice fly and Bucky Dent doubled to produce the tying pair. Sam Ewing then batted for Wayne Nordhagen and singled to drive in Dent with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  3  0  -   6 12  0
A's          5  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf,lf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .311      North cf              2   1   0   0     3   0   .269
Stein 3b              5   1   1   2     0   0   .284      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Spencer 1b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .256      Baylor 1b             4   1   0   0     1   2   .243
Orta lf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Rudi lf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .288
  Hairston rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Tenace c              4   1   0   0     0   2   .254
L. Johnson dh         3   0   1   0     1   1   .335      Washington rf         4   1   2   1     0   2   .254
Lemon cf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .242      McCovey dh            2   0   1   0     2   1   .206
  Bannister cf        2   1   0   0     0   0   .214        Lintz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brohamer 2b           3   0   2   1     0   0   .265      McMullen 3b           3   0   0   1     1   0   .216
Dent ss               4   1   2   1     0   1   .246      Garner 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .259
Nordhagen c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .191      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ewing ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .174        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kelly pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .253        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Gossage p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knapp p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  12   6     1   4             Totals               31   5   7   5     8   8

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance:  5,328
Left on Base: White Sox 7, A's 9
DP: White Sox 0, A's 0
Doubles: Dent (15), Washington (16)
Triples: Rudi (3)
Home Runs: Stein (4), Spencer (13)
Stolen Bases: North (67), Garner (33), Lintz (28)
Caught Stealing: North (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Brohamer (7)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (3,by Gossage)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gossage                 0.1   3   5   5   4   0   0   9   4.00
Knapp W(2-1)            8.2   4   0   0   4   8   0  32   4.06
Totals                  9     7   5   5   8   8   0  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  4.1   8   3   3   0   3   2  21   3.78
Lindblad                2.2   2   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.31
Fingers L(11-10)        2     2   2   2   1   0   0   9   2.38
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   4   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Gossage (5)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Stein
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer singled to center;
Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [North to second]; Baylor walked; Rudi
tripled to right [North scored, Baylor scored]; Tenace was hit
by a pitch; Washington doubled to center [Rudi scored, Tenace to
third]; McCovey was walked intentionally; McMullen walked
[Tenace scored, Washington to third, McCovey to second]; Garner
singled to right [Washington scored, McCovey to third, McMullen
to second]; KNAPP REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); North popped to
third in foul territory; Campaneris flied out to center; 5 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson struck out; Lemon flied out to right;
Brohamer singled to center; Dent singled to left [Brohamer to
second]; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
singled to center; Tenace lined to left; Washington singled to
left [Rudi to second]; McCovey walked [Rudi to third, Washington
to second]; McMullen made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Stein
grounded out (third to first); Spencer flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner flied out to left; North walked; North
stole second; Campaneris singled to right [North out at home
(right to catcher), Campaneris to second (on throw to home)];
Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics
5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
Johnson singled to center; Lemon singled to center [L. Johnson
to second]; Brohamer flied out to left; Dent struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi flied out to center; Chet Lemon left with
unknown injury; BANNISTER REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF);
Tenace struck out; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
singled to center; Stein homered [Garr scored]; Spencer homered;
LINDBLAD REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Orta grounded out (second
to first); L. Johnson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McCovey was called out on strikes; McMullen flied
out to left; Garner walked; Garner stole second; North lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister made an out to second; Brohamer singled
to right; Dent flied out to left; Nordhagen lined to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Baylor
struck out; Rudi lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Garr struck out; Stein grounded out (second to
first); Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace flied out to left; Washington struck out;
McCovey singled to center; LINTZ RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Lintz stole
second; McMullen flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Orta singled
to right; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); L. Johnson
walked [Orta to second]; Bannister forced L. Johnson (third to
second) [Orta to third]; Brohamer hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Orta scored]; Dent doubled to left [Bannister scored]; EWING
BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Ewing singled to right [Dent scored];
KELLY RAN FOR EWING; Garr grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING C ); Garner flied
out to center; North walked; North was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Stein popped to first in foul territory; Spencer
flied out to center; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HAIRSTON REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING RF); GARR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baylor flied out to right; Rudi popped
to first in foul territory; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 5.