The White Sox showed power with homers by Wayne Nordhagen, Oscar Gamble and Henry Cruz to pull away to a 7-2 victory over the Athletics. After the White Sox took a 3-0 lead, Nordhagen homered with a man on base in the sixth inning. The A's came back with two runs, one on a homer by Mitchell Page, but the White Sox clinched their decision with circuit clouts by Gamble in the eighth and Cruz in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 6, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    1  0  0    0  2  2    0  1  1  -   7  8  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2 10  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   0   1     0   0   .296      North cf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .261
Bannister ss          5   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Scott 2b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .264
Lemon cf              4   1   3   1     0   1   .281        Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  H. Cruz cf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .500        Lintz ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .103
Zisk dh               5   0   1   0     0   0   .308        McKinney ph,2b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .182
L. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Page dh               5   1   3   1     0   1   .309
Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .291      Tyrone lf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .257
Nordhagen rf          3   1   1   2     0   0   .284      Jorgensen 1b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .227
  Gamble ph,rf        1   1   1   1     0   0   .290      Sanguillen c          5   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Kessinger 2b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .220      Gross 3b              1   1   0   0     3   0   .232
Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .187
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tabb ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .219
                                                            Mallory pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
                                                            Perez 2b,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7   8   6     2   1             Totals               36   2  10   2     6   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  2,986
Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 13
DP: White Sox 1, A's 0
Errors: L. Johnson, Lintz, Gross, Blue
Home Runs: Nordhagen (3), Gamble (28), H. Cruz (1), Page (20)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (8)
Caught Stealing: North (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian (4)
GIDP: Sanguillen (13)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp W(10-6)           5.2   7   1   1   4   7   0  28   4.73
Carroll SV(1)           3.1   3   1   1   2   1   1  14   2.67
Totals                  9    10   2   2   6   8   1  42

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(13-17)           6     5   5   2   2   1   1  27   3.87
Dunning                 3     3   2   2   0   0   2  13   4.76
Totals                  9     8   7   4   2   1   3  40

Wild Pitches: Knapp (1), Blue 3 (9)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Fred Spenn


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister
flied to right in foul territory; Lemon singled to center; Blue
threw a wild pitch [Lemon to second]; Blue threw a wild pitch
[Lemon to third]; Zisk reached on an error by Gross [Lemon
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; L. Johnson popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Scott was called out on
strikes; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Nordhagen grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kessinger lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tyrone singled to left; Jorgensen made an out to
second; Sanguillen reached on an error by L. Johnson [Tyrone to
second]; Gross flied out to center; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo flied out to left; North singled to
center; North was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon struck out; Zisk singled to right; L.
Johnson forced Zisk (shortstop to second); Soderholm walked [L.
Johnson to second]; Nordhagen forced Soderholm (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to right; Tyrone made an out to
second; Jorgensen singled to center [Page to second]; Sanguillen
grounded out (second to first) [Page to third, Jorgensen to
second]; Gross walked; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kessinger walked; Essian reached on an error by
Blue on a sacrifice bunt [Kessinger to third]; Garr forced
Essian (second unassisted) [Kessinger scored (unearned)]; Blue
threw a wild pitch [Garr to second]; Bannister grounded out
(third to first) [Garr stayed at second]; Lemon singled to
center [Garr scored (unearned)]; Zisk lined to right; 2 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo struck out; North grounded out (pitcher
to first); Scott singled to right; Page singled to right [Scott
to third]; Tyrone struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
3, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson popped to first in foul territory;
Soderholm singled to center; Nordhagen homered [Soderholm
scored]; Kessinger flied out to right; Essian flied out to
right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jorgensen made an out to first; Sanguillen made
an out to first; Gross walked; Armas singled to shortstop [Gross
to second]; TABB BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Knapp threw a wild pitch
[Gross to third, Armas stayed at first]; Tabb walked [Armas to
second]; MALLORY RAN FOR TABB; North walked [Gross scored, Armas
to third, Mallory to second]; CARROLL REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING);
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR SCOTT; Crawford forced North (first to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LINTZ REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING SS); PEREZ
REPLACED MALLORY (PLAYING 2B); DUNNING REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
Garr grounded out (second to first); Bannister reached on an
error by Lintz; Lemon singled to left [Bannister to second];
Zisk flied out to center [Bannister to third]; Lemon stole
second; L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page homered; Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to
first); Jorgensen singled to right; Sanguillen lined to
center; Chet Lemon robbed Manny Sanguillen of homer; Lemon
hurt on the play; H. CRUZ REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Gross
walked [Jorgensen to second]; Armas forced Jorgensen (third
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm popped to first in foul territory;
GAMBLE BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Gamble homered; Kessinger grounded
out (second to first); Essian flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); North grounded out (third to
first); MCKINNEY BATTED FOR LINTZ; McKinney walked; Page flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PEREZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Garr grounded out (second to
first); Bannister popped to first in foul territory; H. Cruz
homered; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 7, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tyrone singled to left; Jorgensen struck out;
Sanguillen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Tyrone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7,
Athletics 2.