Rod Carew cracked a double and single to reach the 232 hit total for the season, but the Twins lost to the White Sox, 4-3. Carew has the most hits by any major league player since Joe Medwick of the Cardinals collected 237 in 1937 and the most by any A. L. batter since Earl Averill of the Indians also had 232 in 1936.

Richie Zisk knocked in two runs for the White Sox with a double and homer to help turn back a bid by Dave Goltz for his 20th victory. Steve Renko, who pitched 7 2/3 innings, won for the fifth straight time since being obtained from the Cubs in late August. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 28, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    2  1  0  -   4 10  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   3   1     0   1   .301      Bostock lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Orta 2b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .280      Smalley ss            4   1   2   0     0   1   .233
Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Carew 1b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .384
Zisk dh               4   1   2   2     0   0   .296      Hisle cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .266
Coluccio cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Ford rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Kessinger ss          3   1   1   0     1   0   .235        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .337
Nahorodny c           3   1   1   0     1   1   .211      Bass dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .105
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perlozzo 2b           3   1   2   0     0   0   .353
  Kravec p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     2   3             Totals               32   3   7   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  3,291
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Twins 4
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 1
Doubles: Orta (25), Zisk (17), Carew (37)
Triples: Kessinger (2)
Home Runs: Zisk (30)
Caught Stealing: Coluccio (2), Smalley (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cubbage (4)
GIDP: Garr (7)
Hit by Pitch: Gamble (6,by Goltz)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(5-0)            7.2   6   3   3   1   2   0  29   4.04
Kravec                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.28
LaGrow SV(25)           1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.52
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   3   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(19-11)          9    10   4   4   2   3   1  38   3.40
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   3   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Goltz (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr struck out; Orta doubled to center; Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley
singled to right; Carew singled to left [Smalley to second];
Hisle struck out while Smalley was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted);
Soderholm flied out to left; Coluccio popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar flied out to center; Cubbage flied out to
left; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nahorodny singled; Garr grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Nahorodny out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Bass grounded out (pitcher to first); Perlozzo flied
out to center; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to left; Gamble was hit by a
pitch; Zisk popped to first; Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew flied
out to left; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm popped to first in foul territory; On a
bunt Coluccio singled to third; Coluccio was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Kessinger walked; Nahorodny flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher); Cubbage
grounded out (first to pitcher); Ford flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr singled to center; Orta flied out to right;
Gamble flied out to left; Zisk doubled [Garr scored]; Spencer
popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Bass flied out to right; Perlozzo singled to left;
Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Perlozzo to second];
Smalley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Coluccio
was called out on strikes; Kessinger tripled; Nahorodny walked;
Garr singled [Kessinger scored, Nahorodny to third]; Orta
singled to right [Nahorodny scored, Garr to third]; Gamble
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Carew walked; Hisle singled to center [Carew to
third]; Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; Cubbage hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored]; Ford forced Hisle
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins
1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Zisk homered; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to
first); Soderholm popped to third; Coluccio grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Bass grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt
Perlozzo singled to third; Bostock flied out to left; Smalley
singled to center [Perlozzo to third]; KRAVEC REPLACED RENKO
(PITCHING); Carew doubled to left [Perlozzo scored, Smalley
scored]; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Hisle lined to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nahorodny was called out on strikes; Garr singled to center;
Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); Cubbage was
called out on strikes; ADAMS BATTED FOR FORD; Adams flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.