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A pitching duel between Ken Kravec and Jerry Garvin was decided in the eighth inning when the White Sox scored an unearned run to defeat the Blue Jays, 2-1. Kravec gave up only three hits, while Garvin allowed four. With two out in the eighth, Garvin walked both Richie Zisk and Lamar Johnson. Dave McKay then erred on a grounder by Eric Soderholm, allowing Zisk to score. [The Sporting News] Chicago White Sox 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1Game Played on Thursday, July 14, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IBlue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 2 4 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staggs 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227 Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302 A. Woods lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Bannister ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .315 Bailor cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .337 Orta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 Rader dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Zisk rf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .299 Ault 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 L. Johnson dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Torres ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .289 Bowling rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .121 Lemon cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .277 McKay 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .166 Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Essian c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .288 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 0 4 Totals 29 2 4 1 5 3 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 15,937 Left on Base: Blue Jays 2, White Sox 9 DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1 Errors: McKay, Spencer Doubles: Orta (15), Soderholm (8) Triples: Staggs (1) Stolen Bases: Bailor (11) Sacrifice Hits: Bowling (2) GIDP: Torres (7) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (8,by Garvin) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(7-9) 8 4 2 1 5 3 0 35 3.67 Totals 8 4 2 1 5 3 0 35 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(6-2) 9 3 1 1 0 4 0 30 4.57 Totals 9 3 1 1 0 4 0 30 Hit by Pitch: Garvin (3) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (third to first); A. Woods flied out to center; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta doubled to left; Zisk walked; L. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader struck out; Ault singled to center; Torres grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Ault out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon flied out to right; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling was called out on strikes; McKay grounded out (third to first); Ashby made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian flied out to left; Garr grounded out (third to first); Bannister was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Staggs flied out to right; A. Woods made an out to shortstop; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to right; Zisk struck out; L. Johnson singled to shortstop; Soderholm walked [L. Johnson to second]; Lemon was hit by a pitch [L. Johnson to third, Soderholm to second]; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Rader made an out to second; Ault lined to shortstop; Torres grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian popped to third in foul territory; Garr made an out to shortstop; Bannister flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bowling grounded out (third to first); McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta struck out; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); L. Johnson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Staggs tripled to center; A. Woods was called out on strikes; Bailor reached on a fielder's choice [Staggs scored]; Spencer dropped a foul fly hit by Rader for an error; Rader was called out on strikes; Bailor stole second; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm doubled to left; Lemon singled to left [Soderholm to third]; Spencer made an out to shortstop; Essian forced Lemon (shortstop to second) [Soderholm scored]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Torres singled to center; Bowling out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Torres to second]; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta flied out to left; Zisk walked; L. Johnson walked [Zisk to second]; Soderholm reached on an error by McKay [Zisk scored (unearned) (no RBI), L. Johnson to third, Soderholm to second]; Lemon was walked intentionally; Spencer flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Staggs made an out to shortstop; A. Woods flied out to left; Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 2. |
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