Wilbur Wood's first start since May 9, 1976, was wrecked by the Tigers, who kayoed the lefthander in the second inning and walloped the White Sox, 14-3. Jason Thompson led the Tigers at bat, driving in five runs with a homer, triple and sacrifice fly. Wood had made two relief appearances previously this year to start his comeback after suffering a fractured left kneecap when hit by a batted ball last season. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 14, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       22, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       4  3  0    0  0  2    4  0  1  -  14 16  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   3 12  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            5   3   2   0     1   1   .265      Garr lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Fuentes 2b            5   2   1   0     0   1   .311      Bannister ss          5   0   3   1     0   0   .322
Staub dh              4   3   2   3     2   1   .242      Orta 2b               5   0   2   0     0   0   .300
Kemp lf               4   4   3   1     2   0   .300      Zisk rf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .311
Thompson 1b           5   1   3   5     0   0   .268      Gamble dh             4   1   2   1     0   0   .296
Corcoran rf           4   0   3   2     1   0   .467      Lemon cf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .316
May c                 5   0   2   3     1   0   .310        Hairston cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Mankowski 3b          5   0   0   0     0   3   .321      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Veryzer ss            4   1   0   0     1   1   .160      Soderholm 3b          2   1   0   0     0   0   .322
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brohamer 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .345
                                                          Downing c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
                                                          Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  14  16  14     8   7             Totals               39   3  12   3     0   5

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 31,030
Left on Base: Tigers 11, White Sox 10
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Soderholm
Doubles: Fuentes (6), Staub (8), Stanley (3)
Triples: Thompson (1)
Home Runs: Thompson (7), Gamble (7), Zisk (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (2), Corcoran (1)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (1,by Rozema)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema W(4-1)           9    12   3   3   0   5   2  40   2.88
Totals                  9    12   3   3   0   5   2  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(0-1)             1     5   6   6   2   2   1  10  22.50
Dal Canton              4.2   5   3   3   4   3   0  23   3.10
Hamilton                1     4   4   1   2   1   0  10   5.63
LaGrow                  2.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   9   1.33
Totals                  9    16  14  11   8   7   1  52

Hit by Pitch: Rozema (3)
Wild Pitches: Rozema (1)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Jim McKean


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to left; Fuentes doubled to left
[Stanley to third]; Staub struck out; Kemp singled to right
[Stanley scored, Fuentes to third]; Thompson homered [Fuentes
scored, Kemp scored]; Corcoran singled to right; May grounded
out (pitcher to second to first) [Corcoran to second]; Mankowski
struck out [Mankowski out at first (catcher to first)]; 4 R, 5
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (catcher to first); Bannister
grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta singled to center; Zisk
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
4, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer walked; Stanley walked [Veryzer to second];
DAL CANTON REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Fuentes out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to third to second) [Stanley to second, Veryzer to
third]; Staub doubled to right [Stanley scored, Veryzer scored];
Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson tripled to left
[Staub scored]; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Gamble singled to right; White Sox Manager Bob
Lemon ejected by HP umpire Dale Ford arguing the fan
interference; Lemon struck out; Spencer struck out;
Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: May flied out to right; Mankowski popped to catcher
in foul territory; Veryzer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing singled to left; Garr forced Downing
(catcher to shortstop); Bannister flied out to left; Orta forced
Garr (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7,
White Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
struck out; Staub walked; Kemp singled to left [Staub to
second]; Thompson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Zisk singled to left; Gamble forced Zisk (second
to shortstop); Lemon flied out to right; Spencer grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: HAIRSTON REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Corcoran
singled to left; May walked [Corcoran to second]; Mankowski
struck out; Veryzer flied out to left; Stanley flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm was hit by a pitch; Downing lined to
center; Garr grounded out (first to pitcher) [Soderholm to
second]; Bannister singled to center [Soderholm scored]; Orta
lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes made an out to second; Staub walked; Kemp
walked [Staub to second]; Thompson popped to catcher in foul
territory; Corcoran singled to right [Staub scored, Kemp to
second]; HAMILTON REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); May singled to
center [Kemp scored, Corcoran to third]; Mankowski was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 9, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Zisk struck out; Gamble homered; Hairston struck
out; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 9, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
doubled to center; Fuentes reached on an error by Soderholm;
Staub singled to right [Stanley scored, Fuentes to second]; Kemp
walked [Fuentes to third, Staub to second]; Thompson popped out
on a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Fuentes scored (unearned)];
Corcoran walked [Staub to third, Kemp to second]; May singled to
center [Staub scored (unearned), Kemp scored (unearned),
Corcoran to third]; LAGROW REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 13, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first);
Downing struck out; Garr singled to center; Bannister singled to
center [Garr to second]; Rozema threw a wild pitch [Garr to
third, Bannister to second]; Orta grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 13, White Sox 2.

TIGERS 8TH: BROHAMER REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Veryzer
flied out to center; Stanley struck out; Fuentes grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 13, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Zisk homered; Gamble grounded out (first
unassisted); Hairston flied out to center; Spencer singled to
right; Brohamer flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 13, White Sox 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub flied out to left; Kemp singled to center;
Thompson singled to right [Kemp to third]; Corcoran hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Kemp scored, Thompson to second]; May
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 14, White Sox
3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Downing made an out to shortstop; Garr grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bannister singled to center; Orta
singled to second [Bannister to second]; Zisk forced Orta
(second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 14, White Sox
3.