Wayne Nordhagen hit the first two homers of his major league career and drove in four runs to lead the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Orioles. Eric Soderholm also had a homer for the White Sox, connecting in the second, but the Orioles built up a 4-1 lead before Nordhagen tied the score with a homer in the sixth. After the White Sox went ahead in the seventh, Nordhagen iced the victory with his homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Thursday, August    25, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  3    1  1  0  -   6 10  1
Orioles      1  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4 15  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger 2b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Bumbry cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .297
Bannister ss          4   0   0   0     1   2   .293      Dauer 2b              5   1   3   1     0   1   .232
Zisk rf               5   1   1   0     0   2   .308      Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     1   1   .331
L. Johnson dh         5   1   2   1     0   0   .324      L. May 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .255
Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .280      Murray dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Lemon cf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .281      Mora lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Nordhagen lf          4   2   2   4     0   0   .318      DeCinces 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .190
Downing c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276        Muser ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garcia ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              3   1   2   0     0   0   .272
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Rudolph c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  10   6     2   4             Totals               38   4  15   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 12,673
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Orioles 9
DP: White Sox 3, Orioles 0
Errors: Bannister, Dauer
Doubles: Soderholm (15)
Triples: Dauer (1)
Home Runs: Soderholm (20), Nordhagen 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bumbry (2)
GIDP: Murray (20), L. May 2 (14)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (9,by R. May)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec                  4.1  12   4   4   0   3   0  22   4.45
Hamilton W(3-4)         1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   8   4.50
LaGrow SV(20)           3     2   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.69
Totals                  9    15   4   4   1   5   0  40

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May                  5.2   6   4   4   2   1   2  26   4.08
D. Martinez L(11-7)     3.1   4   2   2   0   3   1  14   3.53
Totals                  9    10   6   6   2   4   3  40

Hit by Pitch: R. May (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Don Denkinger


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kessinger popped to first; Bannister grounded out
(second to first); Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to center; Dauer singled to second
[Bumbry to second]; Singleton struck out; L. May singled to left
[Bumbry scored, Dauer to second]; Murray grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [L. May out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Soderholm homered; Lemon singled to center; Nordhagen flied to
center; Spencer flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Mora flied out to center; DeCinces flied to center;
Belanger singled to center; Skaggs singled to center [Belanger
to second]; Bumbry singled to center [Belanger scored, Skaggs
out at third (center to catcher to second to pitcher)]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing singled to left; Kessinger flied out to
center; Bannister walked [Downing to second]; Zisk lined to
center; L. Johnson forced Bannister (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to left; Singleton popped to second;
L. May grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Dauer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm popped to first; Lemon walked;
Nordhagen popped to second; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray singled to right; Mora struck out; DeCinces
struck out; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Downing grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Bannister grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs singled to center; Bumbry out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Skaggs to second]; Dauer tripled to
center [Skaggs scored]; Singleton singled to center [Dauer
scored]; L. May singled to left [Singleton to third]; HAMILTON
REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Murray popped to second; Mora forced
L. May (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Zisk was called out on strikes; L. Johnson
singled to center; Soderholm grounded out (second to first) [L.
Johnson to second]; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Nordhagen homered
[L. Johnson scored, Lemon scored]; Spencer singled to left; D.
MARTINEZ REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Downing forced Spencer
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces singled to left; Belanger flied out to
left; Skaggs popped to first; Bumbry forced DeCinces (second to
shortstop); Orioles Manager Earl Weaver ejected by HP umpire
Larry McCoy sometime in the seventh; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister was called out on strikes; Zisk singled to center
[Zisk to second (error by Dauer)]; L. Johnson singled to right
[Zisk scored]; Soderholm doubled to left [L. Johnson to third];
Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer reached on an error by Bannister; Singleton
walked [Dauer to second]; LAGROW REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
L. May grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Dauer to third, Singleton out at second]; Murray flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nordhagen homered; Spencer grounded out (first to
pitcher); Downing flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Mora struck out; DeCinces grounded out (shortstop
to first); MUSER BATTED FOR BELANGER; Muser singled to center;
CROWLEY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Crowley lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: GARCIA REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING SS); RUDOLPH
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING C ); Bannister struck out; Zisk struck
out; L. Johnson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Bumbry singled to right; Dauer struck out;
Singleton grounded out (first unassisted) [Bumbry to second]; L.
May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Orioles 4.