1966 AL Game: Det. at Chi.

May 7, 1966

Chicago White Sox pitcher Tommy John threw a 1-hit gem today, resulting in a 1-0 shutout victory against the Detroit Tigers. John walked none and struck out 2, allowing only a 5th inning single to Norm Cash. Tiger hurler Joe Sparma pitched his finest game of the season but it wasn't enough for Detroit who have now lost 3 in a row. The White Sox scored the lone run of the game in the 1st inning. Tommy Agee led off the game for Chicago with a triple and scored on a single to left by Floyd Robinson. The Tiger loss has created a 3 way tie at the top of the AL standings with Baltimore, New York, and Detroit. The Minnesota Twins are only 1/2 game back.

BOXSCORE: 1966 Detroit Tigers At 1966 Chicago White Sox              5/7/1966
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  0  0 .311     T.Agee CF           4  1  2  0 .244  
  J.Lumpe 2B          3  0  0  0 .301     D.Buford 2B         4  0  0  0 .260  
  A.Kaline RF         3  0  0  0 .288   A-A.Weis 2B           0  0  0  0 .318  
  N.Cash 1B           3  0  1  0 .333     F.Robinson RF       3  0  1  1 .240  
  W.Horton LF         3  0  0  0 .236     P.Ward 3B           3  0  0  0 .242  
  M.Stanley CF        3  0  0  0 .314     D.Cater LF          3  0  1  0 .133  
  B.Freehan C         3  0  0  0 .130   B-K.Berry LF          0  0  0  0 .304  
  R.Oyler SS          2  0  0  0 .100     B.Skowron 1B        3  0  1  0 .231  
C-J.Wood PH           1  0  0  0 .167     J.Martin C          3  0  0  0 .231  
  J.Sparma P          2  0  0  0 .000     R.Hansen SS         3  0  1  0 .262  
D-D.Demeter PH        1  0  0  0 .273     T.John P            2  0  0  0 .100  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  1  0                 Totals      28  1  6  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Buford In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Cater In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sparma In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  0
White Sox....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  6  1
 
Tigers (13-8)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Sparma LOSS(0-1)        8       6   1   1   0   4   0   3.68
Totals                    8       6   1   1   0   4   0
 
White Sox (11-7)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.John WIN(2-2)           9       1   0   0   0   2   0   2.39
Totals                    9       1   0   0   0   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 14,624 DATE- Saturday, May 7th 1966 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- John Rice, Al Salerno, Jim Odom, Larry Napp
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- B.Skowron
TRIPLES- T.Agee(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.John
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wert, B.Freehan, T.Agee, P.Ward, D.Cater, B.Skowron
WILD PITCHES- J.Sparma-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Cater, J.Martin-3, B.Freehan, D.Buford
 
Tommy John allowed 1 hit while blanking Detroit at Comiskey Park as the
Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 1 to 0.
 
John(2-2) was tremendous on the mound for Chicago.  He surrendered only 1 hit
and no walks in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 3.14 to 2.39.  Detroit proved
to be no trouble in the 9th.  
 
Joe Sparma(0-1) was the losing pitcher.  He gave up just 1 run and 6 hits in 8
innings.  'We didn't have a whole lot of chances today,' Chuck Dressen said.
'John just was too much for our guys.'