Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
May 1, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1976 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 1
Johnson lf 5 0 2 0
Horton dh 4 2 1 2
Staub rf 3 2 2 0
  Oglivie pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 2 3 3
Freehan c 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 1
Sutherland 2b 5 0 1 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 14 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Garr cf 4 0 2 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Orta 3b 4 1 1 1
May dh 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0
Varney c 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Kucek p 0 0 0 0
  Barrios p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Detroit 201 220 12010140
Chicago 000 000 001152
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (1-2) 4.1 9 7 7 4 4
  Kucek   3.2 5 3 3 3 1
  Barrios   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
7
6

  E–Orta (4), Brohamer (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Detroit Thompson (2,off B Johnson).  HR–Detroit Thompson (1,7th inning off Kucek 0 on, 0 out); Horton (6,8th inning off Kucek 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Orta (2,9th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Veryzer (1,off Kucek).  SB–LeFlore 4 (7,2nd base off B Johnson/Varney,3rd base off B Johnson/Varney,2nd base off Kucek/Varney 2).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:30.  A–17,402.
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