Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1976 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly dh 4 1 1 1
  Downing ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Garr cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Orta 3b 5 0 0 0
May lf 3 1 2 0
  Lemon pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 2 1 1 0
Bradford rf 3 0 1 2
Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0
  Stein ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Varney c 4 0 2 0
Dent ss 3 1 2 0
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 3 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 1 0 0
Staub rf 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 1
Wockenfuss c 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 2 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Manuel 2b 0 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Chicago 000 002 2004110
Detroit 000 000 101250
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (4-3) 5.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Carroll  SV (2) 3.1 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (2-1) 6.1 7 4 4 2 5
  Hiller   2.2 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Chicago Spencer (4,off Coleman); Dent (2,off Coleman); Garr (2,off Hiller), Detroit Staub (5,off Carroll).  SH–Dent (2,off Coleman); Spencer (3,off Hiller).  SF–Rodriguez (1,off Carroll).  SB–May 2 (4,2nd base off Coleman/Wockenfuss 2); Spencer (2,2nd base off Coleman/Wockenfuss); LeFlore (9,2nd base off Wood/Varney).  CS–LeFlore (2,3rd base by Wood/Varney); Wockenfuss (2,2nd base by Wood/Varney).  WP–Coleman (5).  T–2:18.  A–12,250.
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