Breaking away with two unearned runs in the 11th inning, the White Sox defeated the Orioles, 6-4. Alan Bannister hit his first major league homer for the White Sox, but the Orioles held a 4-2 lead, including a homer by Al Bumbry, before Bannister singled and Chet Lemon hit for the circuit to tie the score at 4-4 in the sixth.

Lemon was safe on an error by Billy Smith in the 11th, stole second and continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Rick Dempsey. After passing Richie Zisk, Orioles' reliever Dennis Martinez uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Lemon to score the tiebreaker. Two outs later, Oscar Gamble singled to drive in pinch-runner Tim Nordbrook. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Sunday, June      12, 1977 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    1  1  2    0  0  0    0  2  -   6 12  3
Orioles      3  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   4 11  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister ss          6   2   3   1     0   1   .317      Bumbry cf             5   2   3   1     1   2   .292
Lemon cf              6   2   2   2     0   0   .302      Dauer 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .197
Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     2   1   .293        Smith ph,2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  Nordbrook pr,dh     0   1   0   0     0   0   .300      Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .329
L. Johnson 1b         6   0   1   0     0   1   .311        Shopay pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Bell 3b               5   1   1   0     1   1   .222      L. May 1b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .235
Gamble lf,rf          5   0   2   1     1   0   .286      Murray dh             4   1   1   0     1   1   .269
Nordhagen rf          3   0   2   1     0   0   .364      DeCinces 3b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .259
  Stillman ph,lf      3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Mora lf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Downing c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .190        Kelly ph,lf         3   0   1   0     0   2   .273
  Garr ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Dempsey c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .307      Garcia ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .306
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Belanger pr,ss      1   0   0   0     1   1   .199
  B. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   6  12   5     6   5             Totals               42   4  11   3     4  11

Time of Game: 3:36   Attendance: 16,409
Left on Base: White Sox 13, Orioles 10
DP: White Sox 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Bannister 2, Lemon, Dauer, Smith, Dempsey
Doubles: Nordhagen (2), DeCinces (11)
Home Runs: Bannister (1), Lemon (9), Bumbry (2)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (5), Bumbry (9), Kelly (9), Shopay (2)
Caught Stealing: Belanger (3), Kelly (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (2), Dempsey (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec                  4.1   6   4   3   1   5   1  21   7.25
B. Johnson              4.1   3   0   0   1   5   0  16   4.28
Hamilton                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.54
LaGrow W(3-0)           1.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   8   1.48
Totals                 11    11   4   3   4  11   1  47

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley                5.1   9   4   4   4   3   2  29   3.99
D. Miller               3.1   2   0   0   0   0   0  12   5.64
T. Martinez             1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.41
D. Martinez L(4-4)      1     1   2   0   1   2   0   6   3.11
McGregor                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.08
Totals                 11    12   6   4   6   5   2  52

Wild Pitches: D. Martinez (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister flied out to center; Lemon flied out to
right; Zisk walked; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to right; Bumbry stole second; Dauer
struck out; Singleton flied out to center [Bumbry to third]; L.
May singled to center [Bumbry scored]; Murray singled to left
[L. May scored (error by Lemon), Murray to third]; DeCinces
doubled [Murray scored (unearned)]; Mora flied out to center; 3
R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bell grounded out (second to first); Gamble
reached on an error by Dauer; Nordhagen doubled to right [Gamble
to third]; Downing walked; Brohamer made an out to second;
Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox
0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Garcia
grounded out (third to first); Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk
singled to left; L. Johnson singled to left [Zisk to second];
Bell flied out to right; Gamble walked [Zisk to third, L.
Johnson to second]; Nordhagen flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer flied out to right; Singleton reached on an
error by Bannister; L. May flied out to center; Murray forced
Singleton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Orioles 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Bannister homered;
Lemon singled to center [Lemon out at second (center to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces struck out; Mora flied out to left;
Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles
3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Zisk struck out; L. Johnson flied out to center;
Bell walked; Gamble singled to left [Bell to second]; Nordhagen
singled to center [Bell scored, Gamble to third]; Downing struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Garcia struck out; Bumbry homered; Dauer singled to
right; Singleton walked [Dauer to second]; B. JOHNSON REPLACED
KRAVEC (PITCHING); L. May struck out; Murray was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first);
Bannister singled to left; Lemon homered [Bannister scored]; D.
MILLER REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Zisk lined to second; L.
Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces singled to right; KELLY BATTED FOR MORA;
Kelly was called out on strikes; Dempsey lined into a double
play (third to first) [DeCinces out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bell flied out
to center; Gamble made an out to shortstop; STILLMAN BATTED FOR
NORDHAGEN; Stillman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: STILLMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GAMBLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MUSER BATTED FOR GARCIA; Muser
reached on an error by Bannister; BELANGER RAN FOR MUSER; Bumbry
struck out while Belanger was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BELANGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); GARR BATTED
FOR DOWNING; Garr grounded out (second to first); Brohamer flied
out to center; Bannister singled to center; Lemon popped to
catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED GARR (PLAYING C ); Singleton flied
out to right; L. May singled to center; Murray grounded out
(first to pitcher) [L. May to second]; DeCinces grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
Johnson popped to catcher; Bell singled to shortstop; T.
MARTINEZ REPLACED D. MILLER (PITCHING); Gamble popped to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Kelly singled to shortstop; Dempsey out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kelly to second]; Kelly stole
third; Belanger was called out on strikes; Bumbry was walked
intentionally; HAMILTON REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Kelly
was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Stillman made an out to second; Essian walked;
Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Essian to
second]; D. MARTINEZ REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Bannister
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 10TH: SMITH BATTED FOR DAUER; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); Singleton singled; SHOPAY RAN FOR SINGLETON; Shopay
stole second; LAGROW REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); L. May flied
out to center; Murray was walked intentionally; DeCinces flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 11TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SHOPAY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lemon reached on an error by Smith; Lemon
stole second [Lemon to third (error by Dempsey)]; Zisk walked;
NORDBROOK RAN FOR ZISK; D. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Lemon
scored (unearned), Nordbrook to second]; L. Johnson flied out to
center [Nordbrook to third]; Bell struck out; Gamble singled to
shortstop [Nordbrook scored (unearned)]; MCGREGOR REPLACED D.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Stillman grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 11TH: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kelly
struck out; Dempsey flied out to left; Belanger walked; Bumbry
singled to shortstop [Belanger to second]; Smith flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Orioles 4.