Wilbur Wood, making a comeback from a shattered kneecap, gained his first victory since May 9, 1976, as the White Sox swept a doubleheader with the Athletics, 2-1 and 5-1. Wood owed his triumph in the opener to the hitting of Lamar Johnson and the relief work of Lerrin LaGrow. Johnson smashed two homers and a double to account for the only runs and hits that the White Sox managed off Mike Norris and Bob Lacey. The A's lone tally was unearned. Wood, who gave up seven hits, was lifted with a man on base in the ninth inning and LaGrow retired the side to pick up his 11th save.

The White Sox put the nightcap away with four runs in the fourth inning. Jorge Orta ignited the outburst with a homer. Then, with two out, Johnson singled, Chet Lemon doubled and both scored on a single by Kevin Bell. Brian Downing followed with a double to drive in Bell. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      19, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   2  3  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Garr lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .268        Bannister ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Jorgensen lf,1b       3   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .263
Allen 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .241      Zisk rf               2   0   0   0     1   1   .289
  Alexander pr,lf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Gamble dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Gross 3b              2   1   0   0     1   0   .264      L. Johnson 1b         3   2   3   2     0   0   .312
  Crawford pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .314
E. Williams dh        4   0   1   0     0   1   .235      Bell ss               2   0   0   0     1   1   .174
Tyrone rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .299
  Page ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .187
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   0     2   2             Totals               27   2   3   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 24,161
Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 4
DP: A's 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Orta 2, Bell
Doubles: L. Johnson (6)
Home Runs: L. Johnson 2 (5)
Caught Stealing: Jorgensen (2), Alexander (6)
GIDP: Allen (4), E. Williams 2 (13)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (2,by Wood)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(2-2)           5.2   2   2   2   3   4   2  22   3.31
Lacey                   2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   1.58
Totals                  8     3   2   2   3   6   2  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(1-1)             8     7   1   0   2   1   0  32   5.48
LaGrow SV(11)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.53
Totals                  9     7   1   0   2   2   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Wood (2)
Wild Pitches: Norris 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Dave Phillips


ATHLETICS 1ST: Debut for umpire Ted Hendry; On a bunt
Scott made an out to catcher; Sanguillen singled to shortstop;
Jorgensen forced Sanguillen (first to shortstop); Jorgensen was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Lemon flied
out to center; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen grounded out (third to first); Gross flied
out to left; E. Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk flied out to right; Gamble flied out to
center; L. Johnson homered; Soderholm made an out to shortstop;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tyrone singled to second; Armas flied out to
right; Picciolo forced Tyrone (shortstop to second); Scott
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell walked; Norris threw a wild pitch [Bell to
second]; Essian struck out (catcher to first); Garr flied out to
center; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen made an out to first; Jorgensen
reached on an error by Orta; Allen grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to right; Zisk struck out; Gamble
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross reached on an error by Orta; E. Williams
singled to left [Gross to second]; Tyrone reached on an error by
Bell [Gross scored (unearned) (no RBI), E. Williams to second];
On a bunt Armas singled [E. Williams to third, Tyrone to
second]; Picciolo hit into a double play to center [E. Williams
out at home (pitcher to third)]; Earl Williams out on appeal
for leaving 3B too soon; Scott made an out to shortstop; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson homered; Soderholm flied out to right;
Bell grounded out (third to first); Essian popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first);
Jorgensen walked; Allen singled to right [Jorgensen to third];
Gross was hit by a pitch [Allen to second]; E. Williams grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr struck out; Lemon grounded out (third to
first); Orta walked; Norris threw a wild pitch [Orta to second];
Zisk walked; LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Gamble struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tyrone grounded out (third to first); Armas
grounded out (third to first); Picciolo singled to left; Scott
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: L. Johnson doubled to center; Soderholm flied out
to center; Bell struck out; Essian grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first);
Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Allen singled to
right; ALEXANDER RAN FOR ALLEN; Alexander was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JORGENSEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN
(PLAYING C ); BANNISTER BATTED FOR GARR; Bannister flied out to
center; Lemon grounded out (third to first); Orta grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gross
walked; CRAWFORD RAN FOR GROSS; LAGROW REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING);
E. Williams grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Crawford out at second]; PAGE BATTED FOR TYRONE; Page
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.