Three homers, including a grand slam by Buddy Bell on an inside-the-park drive, propelled the White Sox to a 14-8 victory over the Royals. Tom Poquette, Royals' rookie left fielder, crashed into the wall on Bell's drive and was knocked unconscious, suffering a fracture of his left cheek bone.

Ralph Garr had a triple, double and two singles for the White Sox and also drove in four runs, while Jim Spencer homered with two aboard and Jorge Orta with one on base. Orta also hit a sacrifice fly. George Brett had four hits for the Royals, marking the 15th time this season that the third baseman had collected three or more hits in one game. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 14, Kansas City Royals 8
Game Played on Tuesday, June      22, 1976 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    3  0  4    2  0  3    1  0  1  -  14 16  1
Royals       0  0  0    3  1  3    0  1  0  -   8 14  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              6   2   3   0     0   0   .294      D. Nelson 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Garr rf               6   2   4   4     0   0   .298        White 2b,ss         1   1   0   0     0   0   .231
Orta lf               4   3   2   3     1   0   .251      Otis cf               4   1   2   1     1   1   .310
Kelly dh              4   1   1   0     1   1   .273      Brett 3b              5   1   4   1     0   0   .355
Spencer 1b            5   1   1   3     0   0   .266      Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Dent ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .269        Solaita 1b          1   1   1   3     1   0   .304
Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .216      McRae dh              4   1   3   0     1   0   .348
Bell 3b               5   3   3   4     0   1   .241      Poquette lf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .347
Essian c              4   1   0   0     1   1   .261        Wohlford lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cowens rf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .246
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              3   1   0   0     0   1   .297
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rojas 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                          Martinez c            5   1   1   1     0   0   .289
                                                          Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43  14  16  14     4   3             Totals               39   8  14   7     4   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 18,125
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Royals 10
DP: White Sox 2, Royals 0
Errors: Brohamer, Patek
Doubles: Bell (2), Garr (9), Otis (15), McRae (17), Martinez (4), Solaita (4), Brett (13), Wohlford (4)
Triples: Garr (4)
Home Runs: Spencer (6), Bell (1), Orta (8)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (6), Lemon (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Orta (5), Solaita (3)
GIDP: Wohlford (3), Martinez (1)
Hit by Pitch: White (2,by Vuckovich)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson W(2-2)        5.1  10   7   5   3   5   0  30   7.09
Vuckovich               2     3   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.13
Hamilton                1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.33
Totals                  9    14   8   6   4   5   0  45

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(3-2)            4     7   9   9   4   2   3  23   4.12
Bird                    2     3   3   2   0   0   0  10   3.02
Mingori                 2     4   1   1   0   0   0  10   2.72
Pattin                  1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.30
Totals                  9    16  14  13   4   3   3  48

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (4)
Wild Pitches: Hamilton (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Russ Goetz


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Garr singled to right;
Orta walked [Garr to second]; Kelly struck out; Spencer homered
[Garr scored, Orta scored]; Dent lined to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: D. Nelson grounded out (second to first); Otis
struck out; Brett singled to left; Mayberry flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Brohamer singled to left; Bell struck out; Essian
walked [Brohamer to second]; Lemon flied out to left; Garr flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to left; Poquette singled to right
[McRae to second]; McRae was out trying to advance to third
(second unassisted); Jack Brohamer caught Hal McRae with the
hidden ball trick; Cowens struck out; Patek forced Poquette
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta singled to left; Kelly walked [Orta to
second]; Spencer flied out to center [Orta to third]; Kelly
stole second; Dent grounded out (third to first); Brohamer was
walked intentionally; Bell hit an inside the park homer to left
[Orta scored, Kelly scored, Brohamer scored]; Tom Poquette
smashed face-first into wall and left with multiple
fractures; WOHLFORD REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING LF); Essian
lined to left; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Martinez made an out to second; D. Nelson grounded
out (third to first); Otis singled to center; Brett singled to
right [Otis to second]; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 7, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to left; Lemon stole second; Garr
flied out to center; Orta homered [Lemon scored]; Kelly flied
out to right; Spencer lined to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 9, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae singled to left; Wohlford made an out to
shortstop; Cowens walked [McRae to second]; Patek reached on a
fielder's choice [McRae to third, Cowens to second]; Martinez
reached on an error by Brohamer [McRae scored (RBI), Cowens
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Patek to second]; D. Nelson popped
to first in foul territory; Otis doubled to right [Patek scored
(unearned), Martinez to third]; Brett grounded out (second to
first); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: BIRD REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); WHITE REPLACED D.
NELSON (PLAYING 2B); SOLAITA REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B);
Dent grounded out (third to first); Brohamer popped to third in
foul territory; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Solaita walked; McRae doubled to left [Solaita to
third]; Wohlford struck out; Cowens grounded out (second to
first) [Solaita scored, McRae to third]; Patek struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Essian reached on an error by Patek; Lemon
singled to center [Essian to second]; Garr tripled to right
[Essian scored (unearned), Lemon scored]; Orta hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Garr scored]; Kelly singled to right; Spencer
popped to third in foul territory; Dent grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 12, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Martinez doubled to right; White flied out to
center; Otis walked; Brett singled to center [Martinez scored,
Otis to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING);
Solaita doubled to center [Otis scored, Brett scored]; McRae
walked; Wohlford grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [McRae out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 12, Royals 7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); ROJAS REPLACED
PATEK (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Brohamer flied out to right; Bell singled to left; Essian flied
out to right; Lemon singled to center [Bell to third]; Garr
singled to right [Bell scored, Lemon to third]; Orta grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 13,
Royals 7.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens singled to left; Rojas made an out to second;
Martinez grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 13,
Royals 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent singled to right; Brohamer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
13, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: White was hit by a pitch; Otis flied out to right;
Brett doubled to left [White to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED
VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Solaita hit a sacrifice fly to right
[White scored]; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 13, Royals 8.

WHITE SOX 9TH: PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Bell doubled
to left; Essian struck out; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to
first); Garr doubled to left [Bell scored]; Orta grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 14, Royals 8.

ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford doubled to left; Cowens flied out to right;
Hamilton threw a wild pitch [Wohlford to third]; Rojas made an
out to second; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 14, Royals 8.