Chet Lemon had a perfect day at bat with two doubles and three singles as the White Sox defeated the Indians, 8-3. Oscar Gamble, hitting at a .545 clip in his last nine games, smashed a two-run homer as part of the attack. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       8, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  1  2    0  2  1    0  0  2  -   8 14  1
Indians      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               6   1   1   1     0   0   .312      Norris rf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .310
Bannister ss          6   0   1   1     0   2   .333      Blanks ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Zisk rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .312      Manning cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .235
Spencer 1b            3   3   2   0     2   0   .262      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Gamble dh             2   2   1   2     2   0   .308      Grubb lf              2   0   1   0     2   1   .348
  L. Johnson ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .115      Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Soderholm 3b          5   0   1   1     0   1   .322      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Lemon cf              5   1   5   1     0   0   .316      Kuiper 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .261
Brohamer 2b           3   1   1   1     2   0   .250      Thornton 1b           4   1   2   1     0   2   .172
Essian c              5   0   1   1     0   0   .292      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   8  14   8     6   4             Totals               34   3   9   3     3   7

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 13,145
Left on Base: White Sox 12, Indians 9
DP: White Sox 1, Indians 0
Errors: Soderholm, Manning
Doubles: Lemon 2 (9)
Home Runs: Gamble (4), Thornton (3)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Blanks (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Norris (1)
GIDP: Kendall (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(2-3)            9     9   3   2   3   7   1  39   1.99
Totals                  9     9   3   2   3   7   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris L(2-3)       4.2   6   5   5   5   2   1  24   4.68
Buskey                  2.1   4   1   0   0   0   0  12   4.50
Hood                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.88
Dobson                  1     3   2   2   1   1   0   7   6.52
Totals                  9    14   8   7   6   4   1  47

Passed Balls: Kendall (1)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister
flied to center; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris struck out; Blanks singled to left; Manning
flied to right; Carty flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer singled to right; Gamble walked [Spencer
to second]; Soderholm struck out; Lemon singled to right
[Spencer to third, Gamble to second]; Brohamer walked [Spencer
scored, Gamble to third, Lemon to second]; Essian popped to
shortstop; Garr grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb walked; Kendall popped to shortstop; Bell
popped to second; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (third to first); Spencer walked; Gamble homered
[Spencer scored]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Thornton homered; Norris singled to right; Blanks
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Norris to second];
Manning flied to left; Carty flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to center; Lemon was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brohamer singled to
right; Essian forced Brohamer (third to second); Garr lined to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb walked; Kendall grounded into a double play
(shortstop to shortstop to first) [Grubb out at second]; Bell
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bannister popped to shortstop; Zisk popped to
second; Spencer walked; Gamble walked [Spencer to second];
Soderholm singled to center [Spencer scored, Gamble to third];
BUSKEY REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Lemon singled to right
[Gamble scored, Soderholm to second]; Brohamer flied to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper flied to center; Thornton struck out; Norris
singled to first; Blanks reached on an error by Soderholm
[Norris to second]; Manning singled to right [Norris scored
(unearned), Blanks to second]; Carty flied to center; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); Garr
reached on an error by Manning [Garr to third]; Bannister
singled to right [Garr scored (unearned)]; Zisk forced Bannister
(third to second); Spencer singled to center [Zisk to third];
Gamble lined to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Grubb struck out; Kendall grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bell singled to center; Kuiper singled to center [Bell
to second]; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm flied to right; Lemon doubled to left;
Kendall allowed a passed ball [Lemon to third]; Brohamer popped
to shortstop; Essian popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Norris grounded out (second to first); Blanks flied
to right; Manning grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HOOD REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Garr flied to
left; Bannister was called out on strikes; Zisk singled to
right; Spencer flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty popped to third; Grubb singled to first;
Kendall struck out; Bell forced Grubb (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR GAMBLE; DOBSON REPLACED
HOOD (PITCHING); L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon doubled to
left; Brohamer was walked intentionally; Essian singled to left
[Lemon scored, Brohamer to third]; Garr singled to right
[Brohamer scored, Essian to third]; Bannister struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper walked; Thornton singled to left [Kuiper to
third, Thornton to second (on throw to 3b)]; Norris hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Kuiper scored]; Blanks struck out;
Manning was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 8, Indians 3.