Wilbur Wood pitched a three-hitter and won the first game of a doubleheader, 6-0, before the White Sox outslugged the Twins to complete the sweep with a 10-8 victory in the second game. The White Sox wrapped up the opener with five runs in the second inning. A walk to Brian Downing with the bases loaded forced in the first tally. The next three runs followed on a sacrifice fly by Alan Bannister and singles by Jorge Orta and Richie Zisk. The fifth run then scored on a wild pitch.

In the nightcap, Jim Spencer and Jim Essian each homered with a man on base and Bannister contributed a solo shot in an attack that also included a triple by Lamar Johnson and doubles by Zisk, Ralph Garr and Essian. Luis Gomez rapped a triple, double and single for the Twins, driving in four runs, and Rich Chiles delivered a homer as a pinch-hitter. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      3, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
White Sox    0  5  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   6  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ford rf               3   0   2   0     1   0   .237      Bannister ss          3   0   2   1     1   0   .305
Terrell 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Orta 2b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .275
Carew 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .407      Zisk rf               3   0   1   2     2   0   .290
  Goltz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      L. Johnson dh         5   0   1   0     0   2   .318
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .297
  Bostock ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .330      Spencer 1b            2   1   0   0     2   1   .265
Hisle cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Kusick dh,1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Garr lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .271
Gorinski lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Downing c             3   2   1   1     1   0   .288
Wynegar c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bulling c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Gomez 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   3   0     1   4             Totals               30   6   9   5     7   4

Time of Game: 2:12
Left on Base: Twins 3, White Sox 10
DP: Twins 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Bannister
Doubles: Downing (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (5), Lemon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bannister (6)
GIDP: Kusick (7), Garr (2)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (2,by Schueler)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(6-7)             1.2   3   5   5   4   0   0  12   4.96
Schueler                6.1   6   1   1   3   4   0  28   4.88
Totals                  8     9   6   6   7   4   0  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(2-2)             9     3   0   0   1   4   0  30   4.26
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   4   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Schueler (1)
Wild Pitches: Schueler (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Ford singled to center; Terrell out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Ford to second]; Carew flied out to
center [Ford to third]; Hisle popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta
grounded out (second to first); Zisk walked; L. Johnson lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick flied out to left; Gorinski grounded out
(third to first); Wynegar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon flied out to center; Spencer walked;
Soderholm singled to right [Spencer to second]; Garr walked
[Spencer to third, Soderholm to second]; Downing walked [Spencer
scored, Soderholm to third, Garr to second]; Bannister hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Soderholm scored, Garr to third]; Orta
singled to center [Garr scored, Downing to second]; Zisk singled
to center [Downing scored, Orta to third]; SCHUELER REPLACED
ZAHN (PITCHING); Schueler threw a wild pitch [Orta scored, Zisk
to second]; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley flied out to center; Gomez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ford walked; Terrell forced Ford
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox
5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: On a bunt Lemon singled; Spencer forced Lemon
(first to shortstop); Soderholm was hit by a pitch [Spencer to
second]; Garr grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Soderholm out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White
Sox 5.

TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to left; Hisle popped to second; Kusick
hit into a double play (first unassisted) [Carew out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Bannister
singled to left; Orta forced Bannister (second to shortstop);
Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White
Sox 5.

TWINS 5TH: Gorinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar
flied out to left; Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: BULLING REPLACED WYNEGAR (PLAYING C ); L. Johnson
struck out; Debut game for Bud Bulling; Lemon grounded
out (third to first); Spencer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

TWINS 6TH: Gomez struck out; Ford flied out to right; Terrell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Garr singled to
left; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garr to
second]; Bannister singled to left [Garr to third]; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
White Sox 5.

TWINS 7TH: Carew reached on an error by Bannister; GOLTZ RAN FOR
CAREW; Hisle popped to shortstop; Kusick grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Goltz out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: KUSICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SCHUELER
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Zisk walked; L. Johnson singled to
left [Zisk to second]; Lemon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Zisk to third, L. Johnson to second]; Spencer was walked
intentionally; Soderholm struck out; Garr grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

TWINS 8TH: Gorinski flied out to left; Bulling struck out;
Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Downing doubled to left; Bannister walked; Orta
flied out to center [Downing to third]; Zisk forced Bannister
(shortstop to second) [Downing scored]; L. Johnson forced Zisk
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox
6.

TWINS 9TH: Gomez flied to left in foul territory; Ford singled;
Terrell forced Ford (shortstop to second); BOSTOCK BATTED FOR
SCHUELER; Bostock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
White Sox 6.