| A two-run homer by Manny Sanguillen in the ninth inning gave the Athletics an 8-6 victory that officially eliminated the White Sox from the American League West race. [The Sporting News] |
Oakland Athletics 8, Chicago White Sox 6
Game Played on Wednesday, September 21, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 8 14 0 White Sox 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .260 Coluccio lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .278 Picciolo ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .194 Spencer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Page lf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .313 Orta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Jorgensen 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .231 Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .285 Tabb dh 5 0 3 1 0 0 .226 Zisk dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Alexander pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244 L. Johnson 1b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .308 Sanguillen c 5 1 2 3 0 1 .270 Lemon cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .272 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Nordhagen rf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .299 Gross 3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .237 Gamble ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Mallory rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .227 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Murray cf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .168 Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nahorodny c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 H. Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 8 14 8 5 8 Totals 34 6 8 6 3 3 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 6,963 Left on Base: A's 9, White Sox 4 DP: A's 1, White Sox 2 Doubles: Page (28), Nordhagen (6) Triples: L. Johnson (5) Home Runs: Gross (20), Sanguillen (6), Soderholm (24), L. Johnson (17) Stolen Bases: Mallory (12), Gross (5), Alexander (24) GIDP: Page (7), Soderholm (15) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrealba 1.1 4 4 4 2 0 0 10 2.39 Coleman 5.2 3 2 2 1 1 2 20 3.11 Bair W(4-4) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.61 Totals 9 8 6 6 3 3 2 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp 2.2 5 4 4 1 2 1 13 4.72 Verhoeven 2.1 5 2 2 0 3 0 12 3.27 B. Johnson 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 11 3.91 Martinez 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5.57 Carroll L(1-3) 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 2.75 Totals 9 14 8 8 5 8 2 44 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Jim Evans ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott singled to center; Picciolo flied into a double play (right to first) [Scott out at first]; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta lined to second; Soderholm walked; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jorgensen popped to catcher in foul territory; Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson tripled to center; Lemon walked; Nordhagen doubled to center [L. Johnson scored, Lemon scored]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny singled to left [Nordhagen to third, Nahorodny to second (on throw to 3b)]; Coluccio singled to center [Nordhagen scored, Nahorodny scored]; COLEMAN REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Orta flied out to right; Soderholm forced Coluccio (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross homered; Mallory flied out to right; Murray walked; Scott singled to left [Murray to second]; Picciolo made an out to second; Page doubled to center [Murray scored, Scott scored]; Jorgensen singled to center [Page scored]; VERHOEVEN REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Tabb singled to second [Jorgensen to second]; Sanguillen made an out to second; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); L. Johnson flied out to left; Lemon walked; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross struck out; Mallory grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Coluccio flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Picciolo struck out; Page singled to right; Jorgensen singled to left [Page to second]; Tabb singled to center [Page scored, Jorgensen to third]; Sanguillen singled to shortstop [Jorgensen scored, Tabb to second]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm homered; Zisk struck out; L. Johnson homered; Lemon flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: B. JOHNSON REPLACED VERHOEVEN (PITCHING); Mallory singled to left; Mallory stole second; Murray walked; Scott forced Mallory (pitcher to third) [Murray to second]; Picciolo struck out; Page walked [Murray to third, Scott to second]; Jorgensen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Nahorodny flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tabb grounded out (first to pitcher); Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Gross walked; Gross stole second; Mallory singled to third [Gross to third]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Coluccio flied out to right; Orta singled to right; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Scott walked; On a bunt Picciolo struck out; Page grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: BAIR REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Zisk was called out on strikes; L. Johnson singled to left; Lemon forced L. Johnson (second to shortstop); GAMBLE BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Gamble forced Lemon (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 6. ATHLETICS 9TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CARROLL REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Jorgensen flied out to left; Tabb singled to left; ALEXANDER RAN FOR TABB; Alexander stole second; Sanguillen homered [Alexander scored]; Gross grounded out (second to first); Mallory grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); GARR BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); H. CRUZ BATTED FOR NAHORODNY; H. Cruz struck out; SPENCER BATTED FOR COLUCCIO; Spencer popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, White Sox 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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