The White Sox rode a five RBI-evening by Richie Zisk and the five-hit hurling of Chris Knapp and Dave Hamilton to an 8-3 triumph over the Tigers. Zisk, who hit a three-run round-tripper in the third to wipe out a 2-1 Detroit advantage, accounted for the winners' final two runs in the seventh with a two-run triple. Chicago's other tallies came on Chet Lemon's two-run homer in the fourth. Rusty Staub gave the Tigers a quick lead in the first with a two-run shot. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      26, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  0
White Sox    1  0  3    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   8  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .292      Garr lf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .301
Fuentes 2b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .295      Bannister ss          4   1   1   1     0   0   .306
Staub dh              3   1   1   2     1   1   .257      Orta 2b               3   2   2   0     1   0   .291
Kemp lf               3   0   0   1     1   2   .261      Zisk rf               4   1   2   5     0   1   .306
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      L. Johnson dh         4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .243      Spencer 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .265
Wockenfuss c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Lemon cf              4   1   1   2     0   2   .274
Mankowski 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .289
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Downing c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .193      Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corcoran ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .234        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .122
Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     3  11             Totals               31   8   9   8     3   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 23,099
Left on Base: Tigers 5, White Sox 3
DP: Tigers 1, White Sox 0
Doubles: Orta (18)
Triples: Garr (4), Zisk (5)
Home Runs: Staub (12), Zisk (20), Lemon (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Downing (1)
GIDP: Soderholm (11)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(4-10)         3     7   6   6   2   1   2  17   5.15
Morris                  4     2   2   2   1   3   0  15   4.50
Grilli                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.72
Totals                  8     9   8   8   3   5   2  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp W(9-4)            7.1   5   3   3   2   8   1  29   4.33
Hamilton                1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   4.95
Totals                  9     5   3   3   3  11   1  35

Passed Balls: Wockenfuss (3)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes singled to left; Staub
homered [Fuentes scored]; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted);
Thompson flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr tripled to center; Bannister grounded out
(second to first) [Garr scored]; Orta doubled to center; Zisk
struck out; L. Johnson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 2, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie struck out; Wockenfuss flied out to left;
Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Spencer walked; Lemon popped to first in foul
territory; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer struck out; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing grounded out (third to first); Garr
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister singled to center;
Orta singled to second [Bannister to second]; Zisk homered
[Bannister scored, Orta scored]; L. Johnson flied out to left; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to right; Kemp struck out; Thompson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer singled to right; Lemon homered [Spencer
scored]; Soderholm walked; MORRIS REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING);
Downing out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Soderholm to
second]; Debut game for Jack Morris; Garr flied out to
left; Wockenfuss allowed a passed ball [Soderholm to third];
Bannister grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, White Sox 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Oglivie was called out on strikes; Wockenfuss
singled to center; Mankowski flied out to left; Veryzer forced
Wockenfuss (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); L. Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 6.

TIGERS 6TH: On a bunt LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first);
Fuentes flied out to center; Staub walked; Kemp was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Spencer made an out to third; Lemon struck out;
Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
White Sox 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson flied out to left; Oglivie flied out to
center; Wockenfuss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Downing was called out on strikes; Garr singled
to right; Bannister grounded out (first unassisted) [Garr to
second]; Orta walked; Zisk tripled to right [Garr scored, Orta
scored]; L. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, White Sox 8.

TIGERS 8TH: Mankowski flied out to right; CORCORAN BATTED FOR
VERYZER; Corcoran singled to right; LeFlore singled to center
[Corcoran to second]; Fuentes walked [Corcoran to third, LeFlore
to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Staub was called
out on strikes; Kemp walked [Corcoran scored, LeFlore to third,
Fuentes to second]; Thompson lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); GRILLI
REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Spencer made an out to second; Lemon
was called out on strikes; Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 8.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie struck out; Wockenfuss struck out; ADAMS
BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Adams lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 8.