Exploding for eight runs in the first inning, the White Sox smashed six extra-base hits, one short of the modern major league record for one inning, while trouncing the Rangers, 12-4. The barrage included a homer by Jorge Orta with two men on base, another by Jim Essian with one aboard, a two-run triple by Oscar Gamble and doubles by Chet Lemon, Ralph Garr and Jim Spencer. Lemon added to the top-heavy score by hitting for the circuit with two men on base in the second. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 12, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       1, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  1  -   4 12  2
White Sox    8  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -  12 17  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .215      Garr lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .338
Campaneris ss         4   1   2   0     1   1   .316        Hairston lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Washington lf         3   2   3   1     1   0   .370      Bannister ss          0   1   0   0     0   0   .297
Hargrove 1b           5   0   3   2     0   0   .338        Nordbrook ph,ss     3   0   2   0     1   1   .375
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     1   2   .213      Orta 2b               5   1   2   3     0   0   .328
Harrah 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .328      Zisk rf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .316
  Howell pr,3b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Nordhagen rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Henderson rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Spencer 1b            5   2   2   0     0   0   .259
Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .204      Soderholm 3b          3   2   2   0     1   1   .319
  J. Ellis c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .179        Brohamer 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Beniquez cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .182      Gamble dh             5   2   3   3     0   1   .222
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemon cf              5   2   2   4     0   0   .265
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Essian c              4   1   1   2     1   0   .341
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  12   3     5   6             Totals               41  12  17  12     3   3

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 13,964
Left on Base: Rangers 11, White Sox 9
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Hargrove, Harrah
Doubles: Wills (3), Campaneris (6), Garr (4), Spencer (5), Lemon (4)
Triples: Gamble (1)
Home Runs: Washington (2), Orta (2), Essian (2), Lemon (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Washington (1)
GIDP: Wills (2), Henderson (1), Spencer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bannister (1,by Perry)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(1-4)            0.1   4   6   6   1   0   1   7   8.31
Bacsik                  0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   4  19.29
Lindblad                0.1   4   4   3   0   0   1   6   3.00
Wallace                 3     3   0   0   2   1   0  13   7.56
Devine                  2     3   0   0   0   2   0   9   0.84
Knowles                 2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8    17  12  11   3   3   3  45

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett W(3-1)            7     8   3   3   5   4   0  32   5.27
LaGrow                  2     4   1   1   0   2   1  10   1.06
Totals                  9    12   4   4   5   6   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Perry (2)
Wild Pitches: Wallace (1)
Balks: Brett (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller


RANGERS 1ST: Wills doubled to center; Campaneris singled to left
[Wills to third]; Washington out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Campaneris to second]; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first) [Wills scored, Campaneris to third]; Horton struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr doubled to left; Bannister was hit by a
pitch; Orta homered [Garr scored, Bannister scored]; Zisk popped
to third in foul territory; Spencer doubled to right; Soderholm
walked; Gamble tripled to center [Spencer scored, Soderholm
scored]; BACSIK REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Lemon doubled to left
[Gamble scored]; Essian homered [Lemon scored]; Garr grounded
out (second to first); NORDBROOK BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Nordbrook
singled to right; LINDBLAD REPLACED BACSIK (PITCHING); Orta
singled to right [Nordbrook to third]; Zisk made an out to
second; 8 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 8.

RANGERS 2ND: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Harrah made
an out to first; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer reached on an error by Hargrove [Spencer
to first]; Soderholm singled to center [Spencer to third];
Gamble singled to center [Spencer scored (unearned), Soderholm
to third]; Lemon homered [Soderholm scored, Gamble scored];
WALLACE REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Essian reached on an error
by Harrah [Essian to first]; Garr forced Essian (pitcher to
shortstop); Nordbrook walked [Garr to second]; Orta lined into a
double play (second to first) [Nordbrook out at first]; 4 R (3
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 12.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to left; Wills grounded out
(shortstop to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 12.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Zisk singled to left; Spencer grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Soderholm
singled to center; Wallace threw a wild pitch [Soderholm to
second]; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 12.

RANGERS 4TH: Washington walked; Hargrove singled to right
[Washington to third]; Horton walked [Hargrove to second]; Brett
balked [Washington scored, Hargrove to third, Horton to second];
Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; Henderson struck
out; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 12.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Essian
walked; Garr forced Essian (pitcher to shortstop); Nordbrook
singled to right [Garr to third]; Orta grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 12.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez walked; Wills grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Beniquez out at second];
Campaneris doubled to left; Washington singled to shortstop
[Campaneris to third]; Hargrove singled to center [Campaneris
scored, Washington to third]; Horton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

WHITE SOX 5TH: J. ELLIS REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); DEVINE
REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Zisk grounded out (third to first);
Spencer singled to center; Soderholm was called out on strikes;
Gamble singled to right [Spencer to third]; Lemon grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox
12.

RANGERS 6TH: BROHAMER REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Harrah
walked; HOWELL RAN FOR HARRAH; Henderson grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Howell out at second]; J. Ellis
singled to left; Beniquez forced J. Ellis (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

WHITE SOX 6TH: HOWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Essian flied
out to right; Garr singled to second; Nordbrook struck out; Orta
forced Garr (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

RANGERS 7TH: HAIRSTON REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Wills popped
to catcher in foul territory; Campaneris walked; Washington
singled to pitcher [Campaneris to second]; Hargrove flied out to
center; Horton forced Campaneris (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

WHITE SOX 7TH: KNOWLES REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Zisk flied
out to center; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Brohamer
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

RANGERS 8TH: NORDHAGEN REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); LAGROW
REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Howell lined to center; Henderson
singled to left; J. Ellis forced Henderson (shortstop to
second); Beniquez singled to center [J. Ellis to third]; Wills
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox
12.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon
popped to first in foul territory; Essian grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 12.

RANGERS 9TH: Campaneris struck out; Washington homered; Hargrove
singled to right; Horton made an out to second; Howell struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 12.