Chisox sweep punchless A’s @ Comiskey

8/24 - 8/26 - Comiskey Park - Chicago, IL
GAME 1 - White Sox 9, A's 4
Jim Nash (0-3, 8.22) continued his dreadful season by getting shellacked by the normally light hitting Southsiders (13 hits, 8R/5ER, 6 IP).  After Ken Henderson lifted a fly a sac fly to center to score Pat Kelly in the first it looked like Nash might settle in and find what he had been missing all year.  That illusion was put to rest when he gave up 4 runs in the 5th and got chased after yielding 3 more in the 6th and 1 more in the 7th.  Nash was serving up hits like a waiter at the Sizzler serves up drink refills.  While Nash was being generous, Stan Bahnsen (1-1, 8.10) wasn't exactly posting a Cy Young like performance (7IP / 4R), but it was good enough to get the job done.  Bill Melton hit his 3rd homer of the season and Dick Allen went 3 for 4 to boost his season average to .200.  In a losing cause Reggie Jackson went 3 for 4 as his average jumped to .475.

GAME 2 - White Sox 2, A's 0
Jim "Kitty" Kaat went the distance, scattered 7 hits and just about had his way with the fading A's.  John "Blue Moon" Odom (2-1, 4.18) went the distance as well, but needed to be perfect as he had no offensive support.  All of the offense occurred in the 3rd inning when the Pale Hose plated 2 in a rally that started with 2 out.  After Carlos May lined back to Odom and Bucky Dent grounded out to short, Pat Kelly and Tony Muser singled.  A wild pitch scored Kelly and advanced Muser to second.  Ken Henderson singled to center to score Muser and give Kaat all the runs he would need to work with.

GAME 3 - White Sox 4, A's 2
Knuckleballer Wilber Wood (2-2, 3.45) baffled the A's all day en route to a complete game victory.  Catfish Hunter started slow and righted the ship, but the 3-0 lead that he spotted Chicago was way too much for his team's meager offense to overcome.  Chicago's lefty hitting backstop, Ed Herrmann, was the hitting star of the game.  Herrmann had 3 of Chicago's 7 hits, which included a 2 run homer in the bottom of the second with one out.

INJURY -  Oakland catcher Dave Duncan sustained a season ending injury in the opener when a Ken Henderson foul tip broke his throwing hand.  Jim Pagliaroni will assume the duties as the starter with Phil Roof or Rene Lachemann being called up as backups.