Oscar Gamble's slugging carried the White Sox to a 6-3 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before Doug Rader hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning to win the second game for the Blue Jays, 5-3. Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Wednesday, July 13, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IBlue Jays 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 1 White Sox 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 6 10 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staggs 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Garr lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .305 A. Woods lf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .293 Bannister ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .317 Bailor cf 4 1 3 1 1 0 .339 Orta 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .283 Fairly 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Zisk dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .301 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Gamble rf 4 3 4 2 0 0 .265 Velez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Spencer 1b 2 0 0 1 1 1 .264 Bowling rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .125 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Ewing dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .298 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Whitt c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .185 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Torres ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .237 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Singer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 11 2 4 7 Totals 32 6 10 5 2 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Left on Base: Blue Jays 11, White Sox 6 DP: Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1 Errors: Bailor, Essian Doubles: Torres (3), Ewing (3), Garr (15), Gamble (9) Triples: Orta (4) Home Runs: Gamble 2 (18) Stolen Bases: Bailor (9) Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (2) Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (3) GIDP: Fairly (6), Zisk (10) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Singer L(2-8) 3 5 4 3 0 2 0 15 6.44 Hartenstein 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 21 6.93 Totals 8 10 6 5 2 4 2 36 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp W(8-4) 5.1 7 3 2 4 2 0 26 4.38 B. Johnson SV(2) 3.2 4 0 0 0 5 0 15 3.72 Totals 9 11 3 2 4 7 0 41 Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Nick Bremigan BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (first unassisted); A. Woods walked; Bailor singled to right [A. Woods to third]; Fairly grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: BOWLING REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Garr doubled to left; Bannister grounded out (first unassisted) [Garr stayed at second]; Orta tripled to center [Garr scored]; Zisk singled to right [Orta scored]; Gamble doubled to right [Zisk to third]; Spencer reached on an error by Bailor on a sacrifice fly [Zisk scored, Gamble scored (unearned) (no RBI), Spencer to second]; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader made an out to shortstop; Bowling walked; Ewing flied out to right; Whitt singled to right [Bowling to second]; Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 2ND: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr grounded out (second to first); Bannister struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (third to first); A. Woods singled to center; Bailor walked [A. Woods to second]; Fairly forced Bailor (shortstop to second) [A. Woods to third]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta flied out to center; Zisk popped to third in foul territory; Gamble singled to center; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bowling flied out to left; Ewing struck out; Whitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: HARTENSTEIN REPLACED SINGER (PITCHING); Lemon flied out to right; Soderholm struck out; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Torres doubled to center; Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); A. Woods singled to left [Torres scored, A. Woods to second (on throw to home)]; Bailor singled to right [A. Woods scored]; Fairly grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bailor to second]; Bailor stole third [Bailor scored (error by Essian) (unearned)]; Rader walked; Bowling forced Rader (shortstop to second); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr singled to right; Bannister singled to third [Garr to second]; Orta struck out; Zisk grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bannister out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ewing doubled to center; Whitt popped to first in foul territory; B. JOHNSON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Torres singled to third [Ewing stayed at second]; Staggs struck out; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Gamble homered; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon walked; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lemon to second]; Essian lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor singled to shortstop; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted) [Bailor to second]; Rader was called out on strikes; Bowling struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Bannister grounded out (second to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ewing singled to center; Whitt struck out; Torres singled to left [Ewing to third]; Staggs lined to second; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: Zisk flied out to left; Gamble homered; Spencer walked; Lemon made an out to shortstop; Soderholm singled to left [Spencer to second]; Essian lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 6. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 6. |
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