Tom House made his first A. L. start, pitched seven innings and gained the victory when the Mariners defeated the White Sox, 3-1. Enrique Romo hurled the last two frames. House had previously started only one other game in the majors with the Braves in the N. L. in 1971.

Jim Spencer homered for the White Sox run in the fifth inning, but the Mariners rallied against Wilbur Wood in the eighth. Carlos Lopez bunted safely, Skip Jutze beat out an infield hit and Leroy Stanton doubled to drive in the tying tally. Dave Collins followed with a single, scoring both Jutze and pinch-runner Larry Milbourne, for the game-winning hit. [The Sporting News]



Seattle Mariners 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      29, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  7  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins lf            4   0   1   2     0   1   .211      Bannister ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Baez 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Bernhardt dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .293
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   1   0     0   0   .271      L. Johnson dh         4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Stein 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Lopez rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .283      Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Meyer 1b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .307
Jutze c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .264      Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     0   2   .263
Reynolds ss           2   0   1   0     0   1   .237      Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .306
  Stanton ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Milbourne pr,ss     0   1   0   0     0   0   .233
House p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     0   3             Totals               31   1   6   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 15,415
Left on Base: Mariners 3, White Sox 4
DP: Mariners 1, White Sox 1
Doubles: Ruppert Jones (13), Stanton (10), Bannister (13)
Home Runs: Spencer (9)
Stolen Bases: Reynolds (5)
Caught Stealing: Essian (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Meyer (3)
GIDP: Ruppert Jones (4), Zisk (9)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
House W(2-1)            7     6   1   1   0   3   1  26   5.54
Romo SV(5)              2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.00
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   1  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(1-2)             9     7   3   3   0   3   0  33   5.35
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   3   0  33

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Rich Garcia


MARINERS 1ST: Collins grounded out (third to first); Baez
grounded out (second to first); Bernhardt grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta
singled to center; Lemon singled to left [Orta to second]; L.
Johnson flied out to right [Orta to third]; Zisk flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones doubled to left; Stein grounded out
(third to first); Lopez grounded out (pitcher to first); Meyer
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Gamble made an out to shortstop; Soderholm flied
out to left; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
0, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Jutze lined to pitcher; On a bunt Reynolds
singled; Reynolds stole second; Collins was called out on
strikes; Baez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister doubled to left; Orta grounded out (second to first)
[Bannister to third]; Lemon popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Bernhardt singled to left; Ruppert Jones grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bernhardt out
at second]; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

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

MARINERS 5TH: Lopez grounded out (pitcher to first); Meyer
struck out; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm struck out; Spencer homered; Essian
singled to left; Essian was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Bannister flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mariners 0, White Sox 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds struck out; Collins grounded out (catcher
to first); Baez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); L. Johnson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Bernhardt made an out to shortstop; Ruppert Jones
grounded out (first unassisted); Stein grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Gamble
grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm singled to center;
Spencer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox
1.

MARINERS 8TH: On a bunt Lopez singled; Meyer out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Lopez to second]; Jutze singled to
shortstop [Lopez to third]; STANTON BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Stanton
doubled to third [Lopez scored, Jutze to third]; MILBOURNE RAN
FOR STANTON; Collins singled to center [Jutze scored, Milbourne
scored]; On a bunt Baez grounded out (third to first) [Collins
to second]; Bernhardt grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ROMO
REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Essian was called out on strikes;
Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 3, White Sox 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Ruppert Jones grounded out (first unassisted);
Stein flied out to center; Lopez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon walked; L. Johnson flied out to right; Zisk
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 3, White
Sox 1.