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.

Gamble had four hits in four trips, including two homers. Bill Singer, who was just reactivated by the Blue Jays, was pounded for four runs in the first inning. Ralph Garr, hitting in his 17th straight game, led off with a double, Jorge Orta tripled and Richie Zisk singled for the first two runs. Gamble doubled, Zisk stopping at third. Bob Bailor and Otto Velez then collided in the outfield going after a fly by Jim Spencer, and both Zisk and Gamble scored. Spencer was credited with a sacrifice fly for Zisk's run and Bailor was charged with an error for dropping the ball to allow Gamble to score. Gamble's two homers came off Blue Jay reliever Chuck Hartenstein. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, July      13, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Blue 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.