Richie Zisk and Oscar Gamble smashed back-to-back homers in the second inning to support the pitching of Wilbur Wood, who defeated the Brewers, 3-1, to enable the White Sox to move into first place in the West Division by two percentage points over the Rangers. The Royals and Twins were one-half game behind in a tight race. Wood yielded only five hits in gaining his first victory since July 22. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Friday, August    19, 1977 (Night game) at County Stadium
White Sox    0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   1   1     1   0   .299      Wohlford rf           4   0   2   1     0   1   .256
Bannister ss          5   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Money lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Zisk rf               2   1   1   1     1   1   .312      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Gamble dh             3   1   2   1     1   0   .279      Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Brye cf               3   1   2   0     0   0   .246
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .249      McMullen dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .228
Lemon cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .278      Sakata 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Downing c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Moore c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .238
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     5   4             Totals               31   1   5   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 28,402
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Brewers 4
DP: White Sox 0, Brewers 0
Triples: Garr (5)
Home Runs: Zisk (26), Gamble (25)
Stolen Bases: Brye (1)
Caught Stealing: Money (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Zisk (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(6-5)             9     5   1   1   1   5   0  32   4.39
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   5   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(8-13)          9     6   3   3   5   4   2  38   3.53
Totals                  9     6   3   3   5   4   2  38

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Bannister grounded out
(shortstop to first); Orta made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Wohlford singled to second; Yount forced Wohlford
(pitcher to second); Money forced Yount (shortstop to second);
Money was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Brewers
0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk homered; Gamble homered; Soderholm flied out
to right; Spencer struck out; Lemon was called out on strikes; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando flied out to left; Cooper struck out; Brye
singled to left; McMullen singled to center [Brye to second];
Sakata flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bannister flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore grounded out (third to first); Wohlford
struck out; Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to center; Zisk struck out; Gamble
walked; Soderholm forced Gamble (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Money popped to shortstop in foul territory; Bando
grounded out (third to first); Cooper made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Brewers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Spencer made an out to second; Lemon singled to
left; Downing singled to left [Lemon to third]; Garr forced
Downing (second to shortstop) [Lemon scored]; Bannister forced
Garr (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Brye singled to center; McMullen flied out to
center; Sakata made an out to third; Brye stole second; Moore
walked; Wohlford singled to center [Brye scored, Moore to
second]; Yount flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Brewers 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta flied out to left; Zisk walked; Gamble
singled to second [Zisk to second]; Soderholm lined to
shortstop; Spencer made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Money flied out to left; Bando popped to third in
foul territory; Cooper lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Downing was
called out on strikes; Garr tripled to right; Bannister grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Brye made an out to third; McMullen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sakata flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta walked; Zisk out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Orta to second]; Gamble grounded out (second
to first) [Orta to third]; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Moore made an out to first; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yount struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Spencer flied out to left; Lemon walked; Downing
grounded out (second to first) [Lemon to second]; Garr was
walked intentionally; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Money struck out; Bando struck out; Cooper flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Brewers 1.