The White Sox won a doubleheader from the Royals, 4-3 and 5-4, enabling the rained-out Athletics to draw to four games behind division-leading Kaycee in the American League West. Kevin Bell's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning produced the winning run in the opener and Jim Spencer's three-run homer in the eighth decided the nightcap. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  1
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   4  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford lf           4   0   1   1     0   2   .238      Garr rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .309
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Bannister cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Brett 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .337      Spencer 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .257
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .240      Orta lf               4   1   2   2     0   1   .279
  D. Nelson pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      L. Johnson dh         3   0   0   0     0   0   .323
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   2   .338      Stein 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .280
Poquette rf           3   1   1   0     0   1   .316      Bell 3b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .245
  Cowens ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Downing c             2   1   1   0     2   0   .252
Rojas 2b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .235      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Patek pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White ss,2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .238        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .238
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   2     0  11             Totals               30   4   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Royals 3, White Sox 7
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Brett
Doubles: Rojas (6), Garr (22)
Triples: Poquette (8)
Home Runs: Orta (14)
Stolen Bases: Patek (47)
Caught Stealing: Bannister (2)
Sacrifice Hits: L. Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (3)
GIDP: McRae (12)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(16-8)         8     8   4   3   3   3   1  35   3.40
Totals                  8     8   4   3   3   3   1  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp W(3-1)            8     6   3   3   0  11   0  29   3.94
Hamilton SV(10)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.49
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0  11   0  33

Passed Balls: Martinez (5)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford was called out on strikes; Otis struck out;
Brett popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer singled to left; Orta
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; McRae struck out; Poquette
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson lined to second; Stein grounded out
(first unassisted); Bell singled to center; Downing walked [Bell
to second]; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas doubled to left; White struck out; Martinez
struck out; Wohlford singled to center [Rojas scored, Wohlford
to second (on throw to home)]; Otis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr doubled to left; Bannister grounded out
(second to pitcher) [Garr to third]; Spencer popped to second;
Orta homered [Garr scored]; L. Johnson flied out to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett flied out to left; Mayberry popped to second;
McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Stein flied out to right; Bell grounded out
(third to first); Downing singled to left; Dent grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette struck out; Rojas grounded out (second to
first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr popped to catcher in foul territory;
Bannister reached on an error by Brett; Spencer popped to
catcher in foul territory; Bannister was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White
Sox 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Martinez struck out; Wohlford was called out on
strikes; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); L. Johnson
flied out to right; Stein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to center; Mayberry singled to center
[Brett to third]; McRae grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Brett scored (no RBI), Mayberry out at
second]; Poquette tripled to right; Rojas singled to left
[Poquette scored]; PATEK RAN FOR ROJAS; Patek stole second;
White flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Bell popped to third; Downing walked;
Dent popped to shortstop; Garr singled to right [Downing to
third]; Martinez allowed a passed ball [Downing scored
(unearned), Garr to second]; Bannister struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Martinez popped to catcher in foul territory;
Wohlford grounded out (first unassisted); Otis grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Spencer singled to right; Orta singled to center
[Spencer to second]; L. Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Spencer to third, Orta to second]; Stein was walked
intentionally; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Spencer
scored]; Downing lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
3, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 9TH: HAMILTON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Brett flied out
to left; Mayberry singled to right; D. NELSON RAN FOR MAYBERRY;
McRae flied out to center; COWENS BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Cowens
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 4.