Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
July 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1976 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Detroit Tigers 1, Chicago White Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 2 1
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 1 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 1 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Kimm c 3 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lemon cf 4 1 0 0
Garr rf 4 1 2 1
Orta lf 4 0 0 0
Kelly dh 3 1 2 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 2 2
Stein 2b 4 1 2 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
Downing c 4 0 2 1
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 11 4
Detroit 100 000 000141
Chicago 101 110 00x4111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (5-7) 5.0 9 4 3 1 2
  Laxton   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
11
4
3
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  W (1-1) 9.0 4 1 0 7 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
7
3

  E–Rodriguez (7), Knapp (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Detroit Garcia (13,off Knapp), Chicago Kelly (11,off Ruhle); Downing (10,off Ruhle); Garr (13,off Ruhle).  SH–Dent (11,off Ruhle).  SF–L Johnson (1,off Ruhle).  HBP–Lemon (4,by Ruhle); Kelly (3,by Ruhle).  CS–L Johnson (1,2nd base by Ruhle/Kimm).  HBP–Ruhle 2 (4,Lemon,Kelly).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:16.
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