Ken Kravec and Lerrin LaGrow combined to pitch the first shutout to the credit of the White Sox staff this season, beating the Athletics, 2-0. Kravec allowed four hits and struck out 11 before LaGrow relieved and retired the last five batters. The White Sox reached Vida Blue for a run in the second inning on a pass to Richie Zisk, single by Eric Soderholm and sacrifice fly by Kevin Bell. An error resulted in the other run in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      18, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   2  6  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott 2b,ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .290      Garr lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .300
  Lintz pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .103      Orta 2b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .266
Page lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .298      Zisk rf               2   1   0   0     1   0   .291
Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .235        Gamble rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .267      L. Johnson 1b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .289
E. Williams dh        2   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Soderholm 3b          3   0   2   0     0   1   .319
  Alexander pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Bell ss               2   0   0   1     0   1   .190
  Jorgensen ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Nordhagen dh          3   0   1   0     0   0   .361
Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .248      Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Armas cf              3   0   0   0     0   3   .229      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .183        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tyrone ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .288
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     2  13             Totals               27   2   6   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 23,483
Left on Base: A's 7, White Sox 3
DP: A's 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Blue
Doubles: Nordhagen (3)
Caught Stealing: Soderholm (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (1)
GIDP: Zisk (7)
Hit by Pitch: E. Williams (4,by Kravec)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(4-8)             8     6   2   1   1   4   0  29   3.75
Totals                  8     6   2   1   1   4   0  29

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(2-2)           7.2   4   0   0   2  11   0  30   5.40
LaGrow SV(10)           1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   1.57
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2  13   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott flied out to center; Sanguillen struck out;
Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr popped to catcher in foul territory; Lemon
struck out; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen lined to third; Gross struck out; E.
Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk walked; L. Johnson flied out to right;
Soderholm singled to right [Zisk to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Zisk scored]; Nordhagen made an out to second; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Crawford walked; Armas struck out; Picciolo flied
out to center; Scott singled to left [Crawford to second];
Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian grounded out (second to first); Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen was
called out on strikes; Gross walked; E. Williams flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to right; Zisk flied out to right;
L. Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Crawford lined to pitcher; Armas struck out; On a
bunt Picciolo made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen doubled to right;
Essian flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott flied out to center; Sanguillen flied out
to center; Page grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr singled to center; Garr was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Blue [Garr to second]; Lemon made an
out to second; Orta singled to center [Garr scored (unearned)];
Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Orta out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Allen singled to left; Gross struck out; E.
Williams was hit by a pitch [Allen to second]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
E. WILLIAMS; Crawford flied out to right; Armas was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); L. Johnson
made an out to first; Soderholm singled to center; Soderholm was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bell struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: TYRONE BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Tyrone was called out
on strikes; Scott singled to left; Sanguillen singled to left
[Scott to third]; LINTZ RAN FOR SANGUILLEN; Page struck out;
LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Allen grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCOTT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); NEWMAN REPLACED TYRONE (PLAYING C );
Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian singled to
left; Garr flied out to right; Lemon flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GAMBLE REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); Gross flied
out to right; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Jorgensen struck
out; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 2.