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Saturday April 29, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

A homer by Lee May for the 1,700th hit of his major league career broke a 2-2 tie and led the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox. After May's blow in the sixth inning, the Orioles went on to clinch their decision in the same stanza with two more runs on singles by Carlos Lopez and Doug DeCinces, an infield out by Rick Dempsey and single by Billy Smith. [The Sporting News]


Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Saturday, April 29, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles      0  0  1    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .225      Garr lf               4   1   3   0     1   0   .300
Belanger ss           4   0   2   2     0   0   .259      Pryor ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Roenicke lf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .185        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Harlow ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .317        Kessinger ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
May dh                3   1   1   1     1   1   .294      Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .288
Murray 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .238      Bonds rf              3   1   2   1     0   0   .302
Lopez rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .233        Molinaro rf         2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Lamar Johnson 1b      3   0   1   1     2   0   .288
Dempsey c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .246      Lemon cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Smith 2b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .265      Blomberg dh           3   0   0   0     1   1   .206
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .218
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           4   0   2   0     0   0   .278
                                                          Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   5     4   2             Totals               36   2  10   2     6   2

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 22,240
Left on Base: Orioles 7, White Sox 13
DP: Orioles 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Orta
Doubles: Belanger (5), Smith (2), Dempsey (2), Bonds (4), Orta (5)
Home Runs: May (4)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (4), Bonds (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Belanger (1)
GIDP: May (2), DeCinces (2)
Hit by Pitch: Murray (1,by Kravec)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(3-1)           6.2   8   2   2   3   2   0  30   1.38
Stanhouse SV(5)         2.1   2   0   0   3   0   0  12   0.00
Totals                  9    10   2   2   6   2   0  42

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(1-3)           5.1   6   5   4   3   2   1  25   6.23
Willoughby              3.2   3   0   0   1   0   0  14   3.60
Totals                  9     9   5   4   4   2   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (2)
Wild Pitches: Palmer (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to second; Belanger grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bumbry to second]; Roenicke walked; May
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Roenicke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to right; Pryor grounded out (second
to first) [Garr to second]; Orta grounded out (second to first)
[Garr to third]; Bonds singled to center [Garr scored]; Bonds
stole second; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Bonds scored];
Palmer threw a wild pitch [Lamar Johnson to second]; Lemon
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray walked; Lopez flied out to right; DeCinces
flied out to left; Dempsey forced Murray (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg lined to shortstop; Soderholm grounded
out (second to first); Nahorodny singled to right; Garr walked
[Nahorodny to second]; Pryor forced Garr (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Smith walked; Bumbry forced Smith (second to
shortstop); Belanger doubled to left [Bumbry scored]; Roenicke
struck out; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta flied out to left; Bonds doubled to left;
Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Lemon grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray was hit by a pitch; Lopez flied out to
center; DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Blomberg struck out; Soderholm walked; Nahorodny
flied out to center; Garr singled to right [Soderholm to third,
Garr out at second (right to third to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to left; Smith doubled to right;
Bumbry reached on an error by Orta [Smith to third]; Bumbry
stole second; Belanger hit a sacrifice fly to center [Smith
scored (unearned)]; Roenicke grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta
popped to third; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: May homered; Murray flied out to center; Lopez
singled to center; DeCinces singled to left [Lopez to third];
WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Dempsey grounded out
(third to first) [Lopez scored, DeCinces to second]; Smith
singled to left [DeCinces scored]; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher
to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lamar Johnson flied out to right; Lemon flied out
to left; Blomberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger singled to right; HARLOW BATTED FOR
ROENICKE; Harlow forced Belanger (shortstop to second); May
walked [Harlow to second]; Murray flied out to center; MOLINARO
REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Lopez forced Harlow (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Soderholm
flied out to center; Nahorodny singled to left; Garr singled to
left [Nahorodny to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR PRYOR; Cruz made an
out to second; Orta walked [Nahorodny to third, Garr to second];
STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Molinaro grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox
2.

ORIOLES 8TH: KESSINGER REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING SS); DeCinces
grounded out (third to first); Dempsey doubled to left; Smith
lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Dempsey out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lamar Johnson walked; Lemon flied out to center;
Blomberg walked [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm flied out
to center; Nahorodny flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Bumbry grounded out (first to pitcher); Belanger
flied to right; Harlow grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Kessinger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta doubled to right;
Molinaro singled to second [Orta to third]; Lamar Johnson walked
[Molinaro to second]; Lemon forced Lamar Johnson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 2.



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