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Nine homers punctuated a doubleheader that saw the White Sox win the first game, 12-5, and the Athletics take the second game, 11-4. Chet Lemon and Ralph Garr each homered with two men on and Royle Stillman added a solo swat for the White Sox in the opener. The A's had round-trippers by Dick Allen and Earl Williams. Chicago White Sox 12, Oakland Athletics 5 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, April 24, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumWhite Sox 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 12 15 1
A's 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 0
White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Garr lf 6 1 2 3 0 2 .343 North cf 3 2 2 0 0 0 .295
Bannister ss 5 1 0 0 1 0 .302 Armas rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .205
Orta 2b 4 1 3 0 2 0 .350 Page lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .351
Zisk rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .340 Alexander lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gamble rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Sanguillen dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Spencer 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Allen 1b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .348
L. Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Newman c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Stillman dh 3 3 1 1 2 0 .313 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .320 Lintz 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Lemon cf 5 2 3 3 0 0 .250 E. Williams c,1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .262
Essian c 3 1 2 2 2 0 .423 Mallory rf,cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .278
Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McKinney 2b,3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .241
Picciolo ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 40 12 15 11 8 4 Totals 35 5 11 4 3 2
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 9,187
Left on Base: White Sox 10, A's 6
DP: White Sox 3, A's 0
Errors: Bannister
Doubles: Orta (3), Spencer (4), Page (7)
Home Runs: Stillman (1), Garr (1), Lemon (1), E. Williams (3), Allen (3)
Stolen Bases: Orta (1), Garr (3), North (4)
Caught Stealing: Allen (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Soderholm (1)
GIDP: Picciolo (1), Mallory (1), Armas (1)
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Knapp W(3-0) 5 8 4 4 1 2 2 23 3.63
Dal Canton SV(2) 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 2.00
Totals 9 11 5 4 3 2 2 38
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Torrez L(3-1) 1.1 5 6 6 2 1 2 11 4.44
Bair 4.1 9 6 6 4 2 1 25 14.85
Coleman 3.1 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 0.00
Totals 9 15 12 12 8 4 3 49
Passed Balls: Newman (2)
Wild Pitches: Bair (1)
Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Mike Reilly
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr struck out; Bannister flied out to right;
Orta doubled to right; Zisk singled to center [Orta scored];
Spencer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to center; North stole second; Page
struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (first to pitcher) [North to
third]; Allen singled to left [North scored]; Allen was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 1.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Stillman homered; Soderholm flied out to left;
Lemon singled to left; Essian walked [Lemon to second]; Garr
homered [Lemon scored, Essian scored]; Bannister walked; BAIR
REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Orta singled to right [Bannister to
third]; Bair threw a wild pitch [Bannister scored, Orta to
second]; Orta stole third; Zisk struck out; Spencer popped to
third in foul territory; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross popped to third in foul territory; E.
Williams homered; Mallory was called out on strikes; Scott
walked; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2.
WHITE SOX 3RD: MCKINNEY REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING 2B); Stillman
walked; Soderholm singled to left [Stillman to second]; Lemon
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Stillman to third, Soderholm to
second]; Essian singled to center [Stillman scored, Soderholm
scored]; Garr grounded out (second to first) [Essian to second];
Bannister made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White
Sox 8, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Page doubled to right; Sanguillen grounded out (third to first);
Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 8,
Athletics 2.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to center; Zisk singled to right
[Orta out at third (right to third)]; Spencer struck out;
Stillman flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox
8, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross singled to center; E. Williams singled to
left [Gross to second]; Mallory flied out to right; McKinney
flied out to center; Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. White Sox 8, Athletics 2.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm made an out to first; Lemon grounded
out (third to first); Essian walked; Garr singled to right
[Essian to third]; Garr stole second; Bannister flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 8, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: North singled to center; Page grounded out (first
unassisted) [North to second]; Sanguillen made an out to
shortstop; Allen homered [North scored]; Gross flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 8, Athletics 4.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta made an out to second; Zisk walked; Spencer
doubled to right [Zisk to third]; Stillman was walked
intentionally; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to left [Zisk
scored]; Lemon homered [Spencer scored, Stillman scored]; Essian
singled to left; COLEMAN REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); Garr struck
out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 4.
ATHLETICS 6TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); E. Williams
lined to left; Mallory walked; McKinney walked [Mallory to
second]; Picciolo grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Mallory out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12,
Athletics 4.
WHITE SOX 7TH: ARMAS REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING RF); MALLORY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); NEWMAN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING C
); E. WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bannister flied
out to left; Orta walked; Newman allowed a passed ball [Orta to
second]; Zisk flied out to right; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 4.
ATHLETICS 7TH: GAMBLE REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); L. JOHNSON
REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 1B); Armas singled to left; Page
popped to third in foul territory; Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Armas to second]; Newman reached on an
error by Bannister [Armas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Newman to
first]; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 5.
WHITE SOX 8TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); LINTZ
REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 2B); MCKINNEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Stillman made an out to shortstop; Soderholm flied out to
center; Lemon singled to left; Essian grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 8TH: E. Williams singled to center; Mallory grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [E. Williams
out at second]; McKinney flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 5.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Bannister
flied out to center; Orta walked; Gamble lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 12, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Picciolo singled to center; Armas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Picciolo out at second];
Alexander lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 12,
Athletics 5.
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