Jim Colborn, who pitched a no-hitter against the Rangers in his last start May 14, was knocked out in the third inning as the White Sox defeated the Royals, 8-3. Colborn gave up a homer by Jorge Orta in the first and another by Oscar Gamble in the second before being chased during a five-run outburst in the third.

Jim Essian led off with a single, Alan Bannister walked and Orta singled for the first run. Richie Zisk drove in another with an infield out. Jim Spencer singled to produce the third run and kayo Colborn. Tom Hall, in relief, yielded a single by Gamble and then walked Chet Lemon to load the bases before Eric Soderholm capped the stanza with a two-run single. Lemon added the final run for the White Sox with a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Thursday, May 19, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  9  1
White Sox    1  1  5    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   8 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Garr lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .272
McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .305        Nordhagen lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Zdeb pr,lf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .333      Bannister ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .309
Mayberry 1b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .217      Orta 2b               4   2   2   2     0   1   .308
Cowens cf             4   0   2   2     0   0   .281      Zisk rf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .314
Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .284      Spencer 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .273
  Wathan c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Gamble dh             3   2   2   1     0   1   .301
LaCock dh             3   0   1   1     0   0   .280        L. Johnson ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Rojas 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Lemon cf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .317
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   2     0   0   .339
  Nelson 2b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .240        Brohamer pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .357
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Essian c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .284
  Heise ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     1   2             Totals               33   8  10   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 11,695
Left on Base: Royals 6, White Sox 5
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Patek, Bannister
Doubles: Mayberry (5), McRae (10)
Triples: Porter (3)
Home Runs: Orta (4), Gamble (6), Lemon (6)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (2)
GIDP: Porter (3), Essian (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(5-4)          2.2   5   6   6   1   0   2  14   2.98
Hall                    3.1   3   2   2   3   4   1  16   4.26
Gura                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.27
Littell                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.71
Totals                  8    10   8   8   4   4   3  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(4-3)            9     9   3   3   1   2   0  36   2.34
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   2   0  36

Wild Pitches: Stone (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to left; McRae flied out to
right; Mayberry walked; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to right; Bannister popped to
third; Orta homered; Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter tripled to left; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Porter scored]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Patek flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); Gamble
homered; Lemon grounded out (first unassisted); Soderholm flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette
reached on an error by Bannister; McRae lined into a double play
(third to second to pitcher to first to second) [Poquette out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian singled to center; Garr popped to
shortstop; Bannister walked [Essian to second]; Orta singled to
left [Essian scored, Bannister to third, Orta to second (on
throw to home)]; Zisk grounded out (second to first) [Bannister
scored, Orta to third]; Spencer singled to right [Orta scored];
HALL REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Gamble singled to right
[Spencer to second]; Lemon walked [Spencer to third, Gamble to
second]; Soderholm singled to left [Spencer scored, Gamble
scored, Lemon out at third (left to catcher to third)]; 5 R, 5
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry singled to right; Cowens singled to left
[Mayberry to second]; Porter struck out; LaCock grounded out
(second to first) [Mayberry to third, Cowens to second]; Rojas
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Essian popped to first; Garr reached on an error
by Patek [Garr to second]; Bannister struck out; Orta struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to left; White forced Patek (shortstop
to second); Poquette grounded out (second to first) [White to
second]; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Zisk flied out to left; Spencer struck out;
Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry doubled to right; Stone threw a wild pitch
[Mayberry to third]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Mayberry scored]; Porter flied out to center; LaCock singled to
center; Rojas flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon homered; Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to
first); Essian walked; Garr walked [Essian to second]; Bannister
flied to left in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: GURA REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); NELSON REPLACED
PATEK (PLAYING 2B); HEISE REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); Zisk
singled to center; Spencer grounded out (third to first) [Zisk
to second]; L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR GAMBLE; L. Johnson flied out
to left; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 8TH: L. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORDHAGEN
REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); McRae doubled to left; ZDEB RAN FOR
MCRAE; Mayberry flied out to right; Cowens singled to left [Zdeb
scored]; Porter grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Cowens out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WATHAN REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); ZDEB STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LITTELL REPLACED GURA (PITCHING);
Soderholm singled to right; BROHAMER RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Essian
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Brohamer out at second]; Nordhagen lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 9TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LaCock popped
to second; Rojas flied out to center; Nelson singled to center;
Heise struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 8.

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