Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
July 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1977 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 2
Kemp lf 3 0 0 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss c 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 1 1 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 2 2 0
Bannister ss 4 1 1 1
Orta 2b 3 2 2 0
Zisk rf 4 1 2 5
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 1 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 2
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0
Downing c 2 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 9 8
Detroit 200 000 010350
Chicago 103 200 20x890
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (4-10) 3.0 7 6 6 2 1
  Morris   4.0 2 2 2 1 3
  Grilli   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  W (9-4) 7.1 5 3 3 2 8
  Hamilton   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
11

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Wockenfuss (3).  2B–Chicago Orta (18,off Roberts).  3B–Chicago Garr (4,off Roberts); Zisk (5,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Staub (12,1st inning off Knapp 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Zisk (20,3rd inning off Roberts 2 on, 2 out); Lemon (11,4th inning off Roberts 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Downing (1,off Morris).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:19.  A–23,099.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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