Reliever Rich Gossage twice pitched out of bases-loaded jams as the White Sox edged the Orioles, 2-1. The Sox scored their runs in the third as Brian Downing opened the frame with a walk and moved to second on Bob Coluccio's single. The runners moved up on Bucky Dent's sacrifice and scored on Carlos May's single. Sox starter Jim Kaat got in trouble in the sixth stanza when he yielded a single to Tommy Davis and walks to Don Baylor, Bobby Grich and Lee May to force in a run. Gossage then came on with two out to strike out pinch-hitter Jim Northrup.

Brooks Robinson and pinch-hitter Tom Shopay singled in the seventh and advanced on a sacrifice. Gossage walked pinch-hitter Al Bumbry intentionally, struck out Davis and retired Baylor to stop the threat again. The ace reliever extended his string of innings without allowing an earned run to 33 1/3. Davis' sixth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 16 games. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       22, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  7  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Coluccio rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .188
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Dent ss               1   0   1   0     1   0   .300
  Bumbry ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .342      May lf                3   0   2   2     0   0   .303
  DeCinces 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Davis dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .287      Henderson cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Baylor lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .325      D. Johnson 1b         3   0   1   0     0   1   .229
Grich 2b              1   0   0   0     3   0   .279        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
May 1b                3   0   0   1     1   1   .201      Stein dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Blair cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .291
  Northrup ph,cf      2   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Downing c             2   1   0   0     1   1   .210
Robinson 3b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .179      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nordbrook pr,ss     0   0   0   0     1   0   .056        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Etchebarren c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Shopay ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .125
  Hendricks c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     7   4             Totals               27   2   7   2     2   2

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance:  2,467
Left on Base: Orioles 10, White Sox 6
DP: Orioles 2, White Sox 0
Doubles: Singleton (9)
Caught Stealing: Grich (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Singleton (1), Dent 2 (9)
GIDP: Melton 2 (3)
Hit by Pitch: May (2,by Cuellar)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(2-4)          8     7   2   2   2   2   0  32   3.84
Totals                  8     7   2   2   2   2   0  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(7-1)             5.2   3   1   1   5   0   0  24   2.50
Gossage SV(7)           3.1   2   0   0   2   4   0  14   0.81
Totals                  9     5   1   1   7   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Cuellar (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead


ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton grounded out (third to first); Belanger
grounded out (third to first); Davis made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio singled to center; Dent out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Coluccio to second]; May
grounded out (pitcher to first); Melton made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Grich
walked; Grich was caught stealing second (pitcher to second);
May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Henderson flied out to right; D. Johnson singled
to center; Stein flied out to center; Orta flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Blair flied out to center; Robinson flied out to
center; Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing walked; Coluccio singled to left [Downing
to second]; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Downing to third, Coluccio to second]; May singled to right
[Downing scored, Coluccio scored]; Melton grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton doubled to right; Belanger flied out to
center; Davis grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); D.
Johnson struck out; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Grich walked; May forced Grich (second to
shortstop); Blair made an out to third; Robinson singled to
right [May to second]; Etchebarren popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Downing grounded out
(third to first); Coluccio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Belanger
lined to right; Davis singled to shortstop; Baylor walked [Davis
to second]; Grich walked [Davis to third, Baylor to second]; May
walked [Davis scored, Baylor to third, Grich to second]; GOSSAGE
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR BLAIR; Northrup
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Dent
singled to left; May singled to left [Dent to second]; Melton
grounded into a double play (third to second) [Dent out at
third, May out at second]; Henderson singled [Melton to second];
D. Johnson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: MUSER REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Robinson
singled to right; SHOPAY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; NORDBROOK RAN
FOR ROBINSON; On a bunt Shopay singled [Nordbrook to second];
Singleton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Nordbrook
to third, Shopay to second]; BUMBRY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Bumbry
was walked intentionally; Davis struck out; Baylor flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: DECINCES REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING 3B); NORDBROOK
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HENDRICKS REPLACED SHOPAY (PLAYING
C ); Stein popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta grounded
out (first unassisted); Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Grich flied out to right; May struck out; Northrup
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox
2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
walked; May was hit by a pitch [Dent to second]; Melton flied
out to center [Dent to third]; Henderson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Nordbrook walked; Hendricks made an out to
shortstop; Singleton struck out; DeCinces grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, White
Sox 2.