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Wednesday May 11, 1977
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After helping the White Sox tie the score with a homer in the fourth inning, Chet Lemon singled with the bases loaded in the 10th, driving in Richie Zisk, to beat the Rangers, 4-3. Zisk singled and took third on a single by Jim Spencer, who moved to second on the throw. After an intentional pass to Lamar Johnson, Lemon singled. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 4, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, May 11, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   4 10  0
Rangers      0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   3  6  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .292      Washington lf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .341
Bannister ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Orta 2b               3   0   1   1     1   0   .293      Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .348
Zisk rf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .311      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     1   1   .261      Henderson rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Gamble dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .279        May pr,rf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .167
  L. Johnson ph,dh    0   0   0   0     1   0   .143      Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Lemon cf              5   1   3   2     0   0   .336      Wills 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .253
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .300      Sundberg c            3   1   2   1     0   0   .214
Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Grieve ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
  Stillman ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Beniquez cf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .208
  Downing c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .286        J. Ellis ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  10   4     5   2             Totals               34   3   6   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  8,113
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Rangers 3
DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 0
Doubles: Sundberg (2)
Triples: Wills (1)
Home Runs: Lemon (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Zisk (2), Orta (3)
GIDP: Horton (2), Hargrove (1)
Hit by Pitch: Henderson (1,by Knapp)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp W(4-1)           10     6   3   3   1   4   0  36   4.28
Totals                 10     6   3   3   1   4   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               8.1   7   3   3   4   1   1  36   2.44
Lindblad L(1-2)         1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.80
Devine                  0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.46
Totals                 10    10   4   4   5   2   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Knapp (3)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister
walked; Orta singled to right [Bannister to third]; Zisk hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Bannister scored]; Spencer popped to
second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Washington grounded out (second to first);
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove lined to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Gamble flied to left; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Soderholm walked; Essian flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton struck out; Henderson was hit by a pitch;
MAY RAN FOR HENDERSON; Harrah grounded out (second to first)
[May to second]; Wills tripled to center [May scored]; Sundberg
doubled to left [Wills scored]; Beniquez singled to left
[Sundberg scored]; Washington struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Garr flied to
center; Bannister flied to center; Orta walked; Zisk singled to
right [Orta to third]; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris popped to third; Hargrove walked; Horton
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Gamble flied to right; Lemon homered; Soderholm
grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian popped to second; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: May popped to second; Harrah was called out on
strikes; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr singled to left; Bannister singled to center
[Garr to third, Bannister to second (on throw to 3b)]; Orta hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Garr scored]; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); Spencer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg popped to second; Beniquez flied to
center; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Gamble flied to right; Lemon flied to center;
Soderholm flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris flied to right; Hargrove flied to
center; Horton singled to left; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah popped to first in foul territory; Wills
popped to catcher in foul territory; Sundberg singled to left;
Beniquez forced Sundberg (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer walked; Gamble grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Washington grounded out (second to first);
Campaneris singled to left; Hargrove grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon singled to right; On a bunt Soderholm
popped to first in foul territory; STILLMAN BATTED FOR ESSIAN;
Stillman singled to right [Lemon to third]; LINDBLAD REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Garr reached on a fielder's choice [Lemon
out at home (first to catcher to shortstop to third), Stillman
to third, Garr to second]; Bannister popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: DOWNING REPLACED STILLMAN (PLAYING C ); Horton
grounded out (third to first); May popped to second; Harrah
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Zisk
singled to left; Spencer singled to left [Zisk to third, Spencer
to second (on throw to 3b)]; L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR GAMBLE;
DEVINE REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); L. Johnson was walked
intentionally; Lemon singled to center [Zisk scored, Spencer to
third, L. Johnson to second]; Soderholm forced Spencer (first to
catcher) [L. Johnson to third, Lemon to second]; Downing was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 10TH: L. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wills
grounded out (second to first); GRIEVE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG;
Grieve struck out; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; J. Ellis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Rangers 3.



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