The winning run scored on a bases-loaded walk as the Orioles outlasted the White Sox, 8-7. With the score tied in the eighth inning, 7-7, Mark Belanger got an infield single to start the inning. Kiko Garcia ran for Belanger and was sacrificed to second. Al Bumbry was hit by a pitch and Rich Dauer bounced an apparent double-play grounder to Mike Eden. But the shortstop bobbled the ball and the bases were loaded. Gary Roenicke then walked to force in Garcia.

The Sox had tied the game in the seventh on a homer by Wayne Nordhagen and pinch-single by Bobby Bonds. Ken Singleton was the big hitter for the Orioles, driving in four runs with a single and three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Chicago White Sox 7
Game Played on Sunday, April     30, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Orioles      1  0  3    0  0  3    0  1  0  -   8 10  2
White Sox    0  0  1    0  2  2    2  0  0  -   7 14  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry lf,cf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .230      Garr lf               5   1   0   1     0   0   .277
Dauer 3b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .107      Moore dh              2   2   2   0     3   0   .348
Harlow cf             3   2   3   0     1   0   .364      Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     2   0   .290
  Roenicke ph,lf      0   0   0   1     1   0   .185      Lamar Johnson 1b      5   0   2   1     0   2   .296
Singleton rf          4   1   2   4     0   0   .341      Nordhagen rf          4   1   2   3     0   0   .324
  Lopez ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Lemon cf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .286
  Kelly ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Soderholm 3b          5   2   2   0     0   0   .233
May dh                5   0   0   0     0   2   .274      Nahorodny c           5   0   3   0     0   0   .317
Murray 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Pryor ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Smith 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .256        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Belanger ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .281        Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Garcia pr,ss        0   1   0   0     0   0   .250        Molinaro ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Skaggs c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Bonds ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .313
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bannister pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Eden ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  10   8     4   3             Totals               39   7  14   6     5   4

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 17,786
Left on Base: Orioles 8, White Sox 11
DP: Orioles 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Singleton, Murray, Eden
Doubles: Harlow (4)
Triples: Smith (1), Bumbry (1)
Home Runs: Singleton (1), Nordhagen (2)
Stolen Bases: Harlow (3), Garr (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Skaggs 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Nordhagen (1)
GIDP: Kelly (2), Pryor (1), Lemon (3)
Hit by Pitch: Belanger (1,by Barrios), Bumbry (1,by Torrealba)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan                4.1   8   3   3   2   1   0  23   4.91
Stoddard                1.1   2   2   2   1   0   0   6   7.94
T. Martinez             0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   6.30
Kerrigan                0.2   3   2   2   0   1   1   5   7.94
McGregor W(1-3)         2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0  10  11.15
Totals                  9    14   7   7   5   4   1  45

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios                 5     7   6   6   3   2   1  26   4.71
Torrealba L(1-3)        2.1   3   2   1   1   1   0  13   2.57
Willoughby              1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.09
Totals                  9    10   8   7   4   3   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Barrios (3), Torrealba (1)
Wild Pitches: T. Martinez (2)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harlow singled to center;
Harlow stole second; Singleton singled to center [Harlow
scored]; May flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Moore singled to
second; Orta reached on an error by Murray [Moore to second];
Lamar Johnson made an out to second; Nordhagen forced Orta
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, White
Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger was hit by a pitch;
Skaggs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Lemon to second]; Nahorodny grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry flied out to center; Dauer singled to
center; Harlow walked [Dauer to second]; Singleton homered
[Dauer scored, Harlow scored]; May struck out; Murray grounded
out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (second to first); Moore
walked; Orta walked [Moore to second]; Lamar Johnson singled to
third [Moore to third, Orta to second]; Nordhagen hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Moore scored]; Lemon struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Belanger
flied out to center; Skaggs walked; Bumbry walked [Skaggs to
second]; Dauer flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nahorodny singled to left; Pryor grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Nahorodny out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow doubled to right; Singleton grounded out
(second to first) [Harlow to third]; May struck out; Murray
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr lined to shortstop; Moore singled to left;
Orta singled to center [Moore to third]; Lamar Johnson singled
to left [Moore scored, Orta to second]; Nordhagen singled to
center [Orta scored, Lamar Johnson to second]; STODDARD REPLACED
FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Lemon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Nordhagen out at second]; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Smith tripled; Belanger singled to left [Smith
scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Skaggs out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to second]; Bumbry
tripled [Belanger scored]; Dauer grounded out (second to first)
[Bumbry scored]; Harlow singled to right; Singleton forced
Harlow (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 7,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm singled to right; Nahorodny singled to
right [Soderholm to third (error by Singleton)]; CRUZ BATTED FOR
PRYOR; Cruz popped to third; Garr forced Nahorodny (shortstop
unassisted) [Soderholm scored]; Garr stole second; Moore walked;
T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); Orta walked [Garr to
third, Moore to second]; T. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Garr
scored, Moore to third]; KERRIGAN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: KESSINGER REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING SS); May grounded
out (third to first); Murray grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen homered; Lemon grounded out (shortstop
to first); Soderholm singled to center; Nahorodny singled to
left [Soderholm to second]; MOLINARO BATTED FOR KESSINGER;
MCGREGOR REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); BONDS BATTED FOR
MOLINARO; Bonds singled to left [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to
second]; BANNISTER RAN FOR BONDS; Garr forced Bannister
(shortstop to second) [Nahorodny to third]; Moore walked [Garr
to second]; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Orioles 7, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: EDEN REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING SS); Belanger
singled to left; GARCIA RAN FOR BELANGER; Skaggs out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Garcia to second]; Bumbry was
hit by a pitch; Dauer reached on an error by Eden [Garcia to
third, Bumbry to second]; ROENICKE BATTED FOR HARLOW; Roenicke
walked [Garcia scored (unearned), Bumbry to third, Dauer to
second]; LOPEZ BATTED FOR SINGLETON; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
TORREALBA (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Kelly grounded
into a double play (first to catcher to first) [Bumbry out at
home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); ROENICKE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lamar Johnson struck out;
Nordhagen flied out to left; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (third to first); Murray grounded
out (second to first); Smith grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Nahorodny grounded
out (second to first); Eden grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.