Richie Zisk hit two homers and drove in five runs to lead the White Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Twins. Zisk homered with a man on base in the first inning when the White Sox scored four runs and hit for the circuit again with two aboard in the second. Rod Carew had three hits for the Twins, raising his season's total to 230. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 6
Game Played on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    4  3  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   8 11  1
Twins        1  0  1    0  1  2    1  0  0  -   6 14  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Coluccio cf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Bostock lf            5   1   2   0     0   1   .336
Bannister ss          5   2   1   0     0   0   .276      Smalley ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .231
L. Johnson 1b         5   2   2   1     0   0   .304      Carew 1b,2b           5   2   3   1     0   0   .383
Zisk dh               5   2   2   5     0   1   .294      Hisle cf              4   1   2   1     1   1   .296
Gamble rf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .298      Adams dh              3   1   1   0     0   0   .338
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .278        Ford ph,dh          2   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Nordhagen lf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .316      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Kessinger 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .268
Essian c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .274        Kusick ph,1b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norwood rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .229
  Verhoeven p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perlozzo 2b,3b        4   1   2   0     0   1   .286
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Serum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   8  11   7     2   1             Totals               40   6  14   5     1   6

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  2,623
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Twins 8
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Essian, Cubbage, Norwood
Doubles: Bannister (20), Gamble (22), Hisle (34), Bostock (35)
Home Runs: Zisk 2 (29)
Stolen Bases: Bostock (16)
GIDP: Wynegar (11)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp W(12-7)           5.1   9   5   4   0   4   0  25   4.80
Verhoeven               1     2   1   1   1   2   0   6   3.46
Hamilton SV(9)          2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.63
Totals                  9    14   6   5   1   6   0  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(12-14)           1.2   6   6   4   0   0   1  12   4.68
Serum                   0.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   3   4.37
Carrithers              4.2   1   1   0   2   0   0  18   6.91
T. Johnson              2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.13
Totals                  9    11   8   4*  2   1   2  42

Wild Pitches: Carrithers (2), T. Johnson (10)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Ted Hendry


WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio singled to left; Bannister doubled to
right [Coluccio to third]; L. Johnson grounded out (second to
first) [Coluccio scored, Bannister to third]; Zisk homered
[Bannister scored]; Gamble doubled; Soderholm lined to third;
Nordhagen singled to center [Gamble scored]; Kessinger flied out
to left; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
popped to shortstop; Carew singled to center; Hisle doubled
[Carew scored]; Adams grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Essian popped to shortstop; Coluccio grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bannister reached on an error by Cubbage;
L. Johnson singled to left [Bannister to second]; SERUM REPLACED
ZAHN (PITCHING); Zisk homered (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher) [Bannister scored (unearned), L. Johnson scored
(unearned)]; Gamble singled to center; Soderholm lined to third;
3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar struck out; Cubbage popped to second; Norwood
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7,
Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: CARRITHERS REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Nordhagen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to
center; Essian singled to center; Coluccio flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Perlozzo popped to catcher in foul territory; Bostock
doubled to left; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted)
[Bostock to third]; Carew singled to left [Bostock scored];
Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister flied out to left; L. Johnson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Adams flied out to right; Wynegar flied out to
center; Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood popped to first; Perlozzo singled to center;
Bostock singled to right [Perlozzo to third]; Bostock stole
second [Perlozzo scored (error by Essian) (unearned), Bostock to
third]; Smalley was called out on strikes; Carew lined to left;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Essian popped to shortstop; Coluccio flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle singled to center; Adams singled to right
[Hisle to third]; Wynegar popped to first in foul territory;
Cubbage singled to right [Hisle scored, Adams to second];
VERHOEVEN REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Norwood singled to right
[Adams scored, Cubbage to second]; Perlozzo struck out; Bostock
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
Johnson reached on an error by Norwood [L. Johnson to second];
Zisk grounded out (third to first); Gamble was walked
intentionally; Soderholm walked [L. Johnson to third, Gamble to
second]; Carrithers threw a wild pitch [L. Johnson scored
(unearned), Gamble to third, Soderholm to second]; T. JOHNSON
REPLACED CARRITHERS (PITCHING); Nordhagen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew singled
to right; Hisle walked [Carew to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED
VERHOEVEN (PITCHING); FORD BATTED FOR ADAMS; Ford singled [Carew
scored, Hisle to third]; Wynegar grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ford out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kessinger flied
out to center; Essian singled to right; T. Johnson threw a wild
pitch [Essian to second]; Coluccio lined to center; Bannister
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
8, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Kusick singled to left;
Norwood flied out to left; Perlozzo singled to left [Kusick to
second]; Bostock popped to second; Smalley forced Kusick (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PERLOZZO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); CAREW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); L. Johnson singled to left; Zisk struck out; Gamble forced
L. Johnson (second to shortstop); Soderholm forced Gamble (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 6.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (catcher to first); Hisle grounded
out (pitcher to first); Ford popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 6.