Francisco Barrios weathered a home run storm in pitching the White Sox to a 5-3 victory that ended the Yankees' eight-game winning streak. The White Sox scored three runs in last of eighth with Oscar Gamble's single, driving in Richie Zisk from second base, proving decisive. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Monday, August    22, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  0  -   3  7  2
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  x  -   5  9  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .319      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .293
White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Bannister ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .299
Munson c              3   0   2   0     1   0   .290      Zisk rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .313
Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Gamble dh             4   2   2   1     0   1   .279
  Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .298      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Lemon cf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .279
May dh                1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Brohamer 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Piniella ph,dh      3   1   2   1     0   0   .333        L. Johnson ph       1   0   1   2     0   0   .318
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .289        Kessinger pr,2b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Downing c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   3     2   3             Totals               33   5   9   4     2   2

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 45,443
Left on Base: Yankees 5, White Sox 6
DP: Yankees 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Rivers, Munson
Doubles: Gamble (13), L. Johnson (10)
Triples: Zisk (6)
Home Runs: Piniella (6), Rivers (8), Chambliss (14)
Caught Stealing: Garr (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(12-9)        7.1   8   4   3   1   2   0  30   3.55
Lyle                    0.2   1   1   0   1   0   0   5   1.83
Totals                  8     9   5   3   2   2   0  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(12-4)         9     7   3   3   2   3   3  35   4.21
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   3   3  35

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; White struck out; Munson
walked; Jackson walked [Munson to second]; Chambliss forced
Jackson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister
lined to second; Zisk tripled to center; Gamble flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles flied out to right; May was called out on
strikes; Carlos May ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia;
Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Spencer
popped to second; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent popped to shortstop; Rivers lined to third;
White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Brohamer flied out to center; Downing grounded
out (third to first); Garr lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson hit into a double
play (left to second) [Munson out at second]; Chambliss grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (catcher to first); Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to right; PINIELLA BATTED FOR
MAY; Piniella homered; Randolph struck out; Dent flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Soderholm
flied out to center; Spencer singled to right; Lemon was called
out on strikes; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Rivers homered; White grounded out (second to
first); Munson flied out to left; Jackson grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Downing flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(second to first); Bannister singled to left; Zisk popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, White
Sox 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss homered; Nettles popped to shortstop;
Piniella grounded out (third to first); Randolph singled to
center; Dent flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Gamble doubled to right; Soderholm popped to
second; Spencer popped to third; Lemon walked; L. JOHNSON BATTED
FOR BROHAMER; L. Johnson doubled to right [Gamble scored, Lemon
scored]; KESSINGER RAN FOR L. JOHNSON; Downing flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 2.

YANKEES 8TH: KESSINGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (shortstop to
first); Munson singled to center; Jackson flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Garr singled
to center; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Bannister singled to right; Zisk singled to center
[Bannister scored (error by Munson; assists by Rivers and
Randolph) (unearned), Zisk to second (on throw to home)]; LYLE
REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Gamble singled to center [Zisk
scored, Gamble to third (error by Rivers)]; Soderholm was walked
intentionally; Spencer reached on a fielder's choice [Gamble
scored (unearned), Soderholm to second]; Lemon flied out to
center; Kessinger flied out to left; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
popped to second; Piniella singled to left; Randolph forced
Piniella (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
3, White Sox 5.