Jim Spencer tied the White Sox club record for most RBIs in one game by driving in eight runs with two homers and a single in an 18-2 trouncing of the Indians. The White Sox piled up seven runs in the second inning. Spencer, who batted twice, homered with a man on base in his first trip and plated two more runs with a bases-loaded single on his second appearance. Chicago White Sox 18, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Saturday, May 14, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IIndians 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 White Sox 0 7 0 4 0 1 2 4 x - 18 17 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bochte cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .296 Garr lf 2 2 2 0 1 0 .301 Duffy ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .163 Hairston lf 3 0 2 3 0 0 .313 Blanks 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Bannister ss 2 1 0 0 1 1 .331 Carty dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .300 Thornton ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .155 Orta 2b 3 2 1 1 2 0 .305 Grubb lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .351 Zisk rf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .315 Norris rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Nordhagen rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .333 Dade rf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 Spencer 1b 3 2 3 8 0 0 .286 Bell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .243 L. Johnson 1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .156 Melton 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .245 Gamble dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Kendall c 3 1 1 2 0 1 .278 Stillman ph,dh 2 1 0 0 1 2 .222 Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemon cf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .322 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brohamer 3b 5 3 4 2 0 0 .360 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Downing c 3 3 1 1 2 0 .292 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 9 2 0 6 Totals 37 18 17 17 9 6 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 13,923 Left on Base: Indians 4, White Sox 6 DP: Indians 0, White Sox 3 Errors: Brett Doubles: Lemon (10), Brohamer (3), Hairston (1) Triples: Zisk (2), Nordhagen (1) Home Runs: Kendall (3), Spencer 2 (5) Caught Stealing: Garr (2), Zisk (3) Sacrifice Flies: Orta (4), Nordbrook (1) GIDP: Duffy (1), Bell (5), Norris (4) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bibby L(2-1) 1.1 6 5 5 0 0 1 9 5.63 Monge 1.2 1 2 2 3 1 0 8 4.40 Dobson 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 11 7.03 Buskey 2 4 3 3 2 1 0 12 5.23 Waits 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 8 5.52 Totals 8 17 18 18 9 6 2 48 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brett W(5-2) 8 9 2 2 0 5 1 30 4.68 Wood 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12.00 Totals 9 9 2 2 0 6 1 33 Wild Pitches: Monge (1) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Bill Kunkel INDIANS 1ST: Bochte singled to center; On a bunt Duffy grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bochte out at second]; Blanks singled to center; Carty singled to left [Blanks to third]; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to left; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop); Bannister popped to first in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Dade singled to center; Bell grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dade out at second]; Melton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk tripled to center; Spencer homered [Zisk scored]; Gamble grounded out (second to first); Lemon doubled to right; Brohamer singled to left [Lemon scored]; Downing singled to left [Brohamer to third]; MONGE REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Monge threw a wild pitch [Brohamer scored, Downing to second]; Garr walked; Bannister walked [Downing to third, Garr to second]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to right [Downing scored, Garr to third]; Zisk was walked intentionally [Bannister to second]; Spencer singled to right [Garr scored, Bannister scored, Zisk to third]; Zisk was caught stealing home (pitcher to first to third); 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 7. INDIANS 3RD: Kendall struck out; Bochte grounded out (second to first); Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 3RD: NORRIS REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING RF); DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Gamble was called out on strikes; Lemon grounded out (second to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 7. INDIANS 4TH: NORDHAGEN REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); Blanks singled to left; Carty flied to center; Norris grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 4TH: DOBSON REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Downing walked; Garr singled to right [Downing to second]; Bannister was called out on strikes; Orta walked [Downing to third, Garr to second]; Nordhagen was called out on strikes; Spencer homered [Downing scored, Garr scored, Orta scored]; STILLMAN BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Stillman struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, White Sox 11. INDIANS 5TH: STILLMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HAIRSTON REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); L. JOHNSON REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 1B); Dade struck out; Bell grounded out (third to first); Melton singled to left; Kendall homered [Melton scored]; Bochte flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 11. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Brohamer singled to right; Downing flied to center; Hairston flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 11. INDIANS 6TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING SS); On a bunt Duffy singled to pitcher [Duffy to second (error by Brett)]; Blanks grounded out (second to first); THORNTON BATTED FOR CARTY; Thornton popped to catcher in foul territory; Norris popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 11. WHITE SOX 6TH: THORNTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BUSKEY REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Nordbrook flied to right; Orta singled to left; Nordhagen tripled to center [Orta scored]; L. Johnson reached on a fielder's choice [Nordhagen out at home (second to catcher to third)]; Stillman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 12. INDIANS 7TH: Dade flied to left; Bell struck out; Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 12. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon walked; Brohamer doubled to right [Lemon scored]; Downing grounded out (second to first) [Brohamer to third]; Hairston singled to left [Brohamer scored]; Nordbrook flied to left; Orta walked [Hairston to second]; Nordhagen popped to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 14. INDIANS 8TH: Kendall flied to right; Bochte singled to right; Duffy popped to first in foul territory; Blanks flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 14. WHITE SOX 8TH: WAITS REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); L. Johnson singled to center; Stillman walked [L. Johnson to second]; Lemon struck out; Brohamer singled to right [L. Johnson to third, Stillman to second]; Downing walked [L. Johnson scored, Stillman to third, Brohamer to second]; Hairston doubled to right [Stillman scored, Brohamer scored, Downing to third]; Nordbrook hit a sacrifice fly to right [Downing scored]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 18. INDIANS 9TH: WOOD REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Thornton was called out on strikes; Norris grounded out (first unassisted); Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, White Sox 18. |
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