Richie Zisk socked two solo homers and Eric Soderholm drove in three runs with a double to lift the White Sox back into first place in the West Division with a 6-5 victory over the Rangers. The Twins, who lost to the Tigers, 2-1, slipped one-half game behind the Pale Hose. Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 5Game Played on Saturday, August 13, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumWhite Sox 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 Rangers 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 5 9 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .299 Hargrove 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .309 Bannister ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .300 Bevacqua ph,1b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .429 Orta 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Zisk rf 4 2 3 2 0 1 .313 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .171 Gamble dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 .268 Mason pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 L. Johnson 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .302 Washington cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .286 Lemon cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .278 May rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Soderholm 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .292 Grieve ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .274 J. Ellis dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .235 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Wiles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .285 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .266 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .289 Smith lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 10 6 2 11 Totals 35 5 9 5 4 7 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 35,132 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 7 DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0 Doubles: Soderholm (13), Washington (23), Bevacqua 2 (3), J. Ellis (6) Home Runs: Zisk 2 (25), Hargrove (7), Sundberg (4) Sacrifice Hits: Essian (2) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(13-7) 7 7 5 5 2 6 2 29 4.22 Wiles 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 5.40 LaGrow 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.56 Hamilton SV(5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.72 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 7 2 39 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(11-11) 4.1 4 5 5 1 7 1 18 2.59 Lindblad 3 5 1 1 1 2 1 15 3.89 Devine 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.05 Totals 9 10 6 6 2 11 2 39 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister flied out to left; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Washington struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk homered; Gamble struck out; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; Lemon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis walked; Wills struck out; Harrah struck out; Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Smith struck out; Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta popped to catcher in foul territory; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Washington doubled to left; May made an out to second; Washington was picked off second (pitcher to second); J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Gamble walked; L. Johnson singled to left [Gamble to second]; Lemon singled to left [Gamble to third, L. Johnson to second]; Soderholm doubled to left [Gamble scored, L. Johnson scored, Lemon scored]; Essian was called out on strikes; LINDBLAD REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); On a bunt Garr singled to second [Soderholm to third]; Bannister forced Garr (shortstop to second) [Soderholm scored]; Orta struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Wills singled to first; Harrah forced Wills (shortstop to second); Sundberg homered [Harrah scored]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HARGROVE; Bevacqua doubled to left; Campaneris struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Zisk singled to left; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first) [Zisk to second]; L. Johnson grounded out (second to first); Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Washington flied out to center; May grounded out (second to first); J. Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm singled to left; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Soderholm to second]; Garr struck out; Bannister walked; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Harrah walked; Sundberg forced Harrah (shortstop to second); Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Zisk homered; Gamble popped to catcher in foul territory; L. Johnson singled to left; DEVINE REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Lemon struck out; Soderholm flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: Bevacqua doubled to right; Campaneris singled to right [Bevacqua to third]; WILES REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Washington forced Campaneris (second to shortstop) [Bevacqua scored]; GRIEVE BATTED FOR MAY; Grieve walked [Washington to second]; J. Ellis doubled to right [Washington scored, Grieve to third]; ALOMAR RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Wills was walked intentionally; LAGROW REPLACED WILES (PITCHING); Harrah lined to third; Sundberg forced Wills (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Essian struck out; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister singled to third; Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 5. RANGERS 9TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua was called out on strikes; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Kirkpatrick singled to right; MASON RAN FOR KIRKPATRICK; HAMILTON REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 5. |
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