Jim Spencer batted in eight runs in a game for the second time this season and powered the White Sox to a 13-8 victory over the Twins. Spencer started his slugging with a grand slam in the fourth after Bill Butler, the Twins' starter, had walked three batters to load the bases. Chicago White Sox 13, Minnesota Twins 8Game Played on Saturday, July 2, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park ITwins 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 - 8 11 3 White Sox 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 7 x - 13 13 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .331 Bannister ss 4 3 1 0 1 0 .301 Smalley ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .228 Orta 2b 4 2 2 3 1 0 .277 Carew 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 .408 Zisk rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .289 Wynegar c 3 1 1 2 2 0 .268 L. Johnson dh 5 1 1 1 0 1 .322 Hisle lf 5 0 1 2 0 2 .308 Lemon cf 3 3 2 0 2 0 .297 Adams dh 4 2 3 0 1 0 .371 Spencer 1b 5 2 3 8 0 0 .267 Ford rf 3 1 0 2 0 1 .231 Soderholm 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Cubbage 3b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .278 Garr lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Wilfong 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .264 Essian c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .309 Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kucek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 11 8 6 7 Totals 36 13 13 13 5 3 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 26,957 Left on Base: Twins 10, White Sox 6 DP: Twins 1, White Sox 0 Errors: Ford, Cubbage, T. Johnson Doubles: Hisle (20), Adams (7), Bannister (14) Triples: Lemon (2) Home Runs: Spencer 2 (11) Caught Stealing: Garr (4) Sacrifice Hits: Bostock (1), Soderholm (1) Sacrifice Flies: Ford (3), Zisk (5) GIDP: Spencer (4) Hit by Pitch: Ford (5,by Kucek) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 16 6.38 Burgmeier 0.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.40 T. Johnson L(9-3) 3 5 5 1 1 1 0 18 2.57 D. Johnson 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 1 4 5.08 Totals 8 13 13 6* 5 3 2 43 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kucek 4.1 6 5 5 3 4 0 23 10.38 B. Johnson 3.1 4 2 2 3 2 0 17 3.98 LaGrow W(4-1) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 1.88 Totals 9 11 8 8 6 7 0 45 Hit by Pitch: Kucek (1) Wild Pitches: T. Johnson (8), LaGrow (5) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew walked; Wynegar popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister flied out to left; Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Hisle struck out; Adams singled to right; Ford was hit by a pitch [Adams to second]; Cubbage singled to center [Adams scored, Ford to third]; Wilfong forced Cubbage (second to shortstop) [Ford scored]; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson flied out to center; Lemon walked; Spencer grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. TWINS 3RD: Smalley struck out; Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynegar walked; Hisle forced Wynegar (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Garr flied out to center; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. TWINS 4TH: Adams singled to center; Ford was called out on strikes; Cubbage struck out; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister walked; Orta walked [Bannister to second]; Zisk flied out to right; L. Johnson flied out to center; Lemon walked [Bannister to third, Orta to second]; Spencer homered [Bannister scored, Orta scored, Lemon scored]; Soderholm popped to third in foul territory; 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. TWINS 5TH: On a bunt Bostock singled to first; Smalley singled [Bostock to second]; Carew popped to shortstop; Wynegar walked [Bostock to third, Smalley to second]; Hisle doubled to left [Bostock scored, Smalley scored, Wynegar to third]; B. JOHNSON REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Adams was walked intentionally; Ford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynegar scored, Hisle to third]; Cubbage was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Garr singled to right; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Essian popped to second; Bannister doubled to right; Orta singled to center [Bannister scored]; Zisk singled to left [Orta to third]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); L. Johnson struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 5. TWINS 6TH: Wilfong flied out to center; Bostock singled to center; Smalley flied out to center; Carew walked [Bostock to second]; Wynegar popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon tripled to center; Spencer singled [Lemon scored]; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Spencer to second]; Garr flied out to left; Essian walked; Bannister flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 6. TWINS 7TH: Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); Adams flied out to center; Ford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk singled to center; L. Johnson flied out to center; Lemon reached on an error by Cubbage [Zisk to second]; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, White Sox 6. TWINS 8TH: Cubbage singled to left; Wilfong singled to right [Cubbage to second]; Bostock out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cubbage to third, Wilfong to second]; Smalley struck out; Carew was walked intentionally; Wynegar singled to center [Cubbage scored, Wilfong scored, Carew to third]; LAGROW REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Hisle was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Garr reached on an error by T. Johnson; Essian singled [Garr to second]; Bannister reached on an error by Ford [Garr to third, Essian to second]; Orta singled to right [Garr scored (unearned), Essian scored (unearned), Bannister to third, Orta to second (on throw to home)]; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bannister scored (unearned)]; T. Johnson threw a wild pitch [Orta to third]; D. JOHNSON REPLACED T. JOHNSON (PITCHING); L. Johnson singled to left [Orta scored (unearned)]; Lemon singled to right [L. Johnson to third]; Spencer homered (unearned, but earned for the pitcher) [L. Johnson scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Lemon scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Soderholm flied out to center; 7 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 13. TWINS 9TH: Adams doubled to right; LaGrow threw a wild pitch [Adams to third]; Ford grounded out (third to first) [Adams scored]; Cubbage popped to shortstop; Wilfong flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, White Sox 13. |
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