Batting sixth, seventh and eighth, Bob Molinaro, Eric Soderholm and Henry Cruz provided the scoring punch as the White Sox defeated the A's, 6-2. In the fourth inning, Molinaro batted in two runs with a single and Soderholm accounted for a third marker with an infield out. Cruz homered in the seventh and Soderholm delivered the final two Chicago runs with a double in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Friday, May       19, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  2  -   6  6  0
A's          0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Staggs 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .349
Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Burke cf              5   0   3   0     0   0   .292
Orta 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .262      Page lf               4   0   3   1     0   0   .261
Blomberg dh           3   1   0   0     1   1   .185      Guerrero ss           3   0   0   1     0   1   .298
  Bannister pr,dh     0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   1   0   0     0   0   .246      Alexander dh          2   0   0   0     2   1   .246
Molinaro rf           3   1   2   2     0   0   .392        Dilone pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   3     0   1   .229      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .235
Cruz cf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .188      Essian c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Nahorodny c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Thomasson rf          4   1   2   0     0   2   .160
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   6   6     1   3             Totals               35   2  10   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  5,515
Left on Base: White Sox 3, A's 9
DP: White Sox 1, A's 0
Errors: Page, Guerrero, Gross
Doubles: Soderholm (3), Burke (1)
Home Runs: Cruz (1)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Molinaro (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Guerrero (1)
GIDP: Burke (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(4-4)             8     8   2   2   2   7   0  34   3.98
Willoughby              1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.47
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   7   0  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(4-3)          8     5   5   3   1   3   1  31   2.83
Sosa                    1     1   1   0   0   0   0   5   0.88
Totals                  9     6   6   3   1   3   1  36

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
grounded out (first unassisted); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Staggs flied to left in foul territory; Burke
singled to left; Page grounded out (second to first) [Burke to
second]; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg flied out to center; Lamar Johnson flied
out to center; Molinaro singled to right; Molinaro stole second;
Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to left; Alexander made an out
to second; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Cruz flied out to right; Nahorodny flied out to
left; Garr singled to shortstop; Kessinger grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to center; Thomasson struck out;
Staggs flied out to center; Burke doubled to left [Essian to
third]; Page singled to second [Essian scored, Burke to third];
Guerrero struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to right; Blomberg reached on an
error by Gross [Orta to third, Blomberg to second]; Lamar
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Molinaro singled to left
[Orta scored, Blomberg scored (unearned), Molinaro to second
(error by Page)]; Molinaro stole third; Soderholm grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Molinaro scored (unearned)]; Cruz lined to
first; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to right; Alexander walked;
Gross popped to second; Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(first unassisted); Kessinger made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Thomasson singled to left; Staggs struck out;
Burke singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Page singled to
right [Thomasson to third, Burke to second]; Guerrero hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Thomasson scored, Burke to third];
Revering popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta flied out to right; Blomberg was called out
on strikes; Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alexander struck out; Gross struck out; Essian
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics
2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Molinaro grounded out (second to first);
Soderholm grounded out (catcher to first); Cruz homered;
Nahorodny flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Staggs
grounded out (third to first); Burke popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Kessinger
grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page singled to right; Guerrero flied out to
center; Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Alexander
walked [Page to second]; DILONE RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Gross struck
out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Blomberg
walked; BANNISTER RAN FOR BLOMBERG; SOSA REPLACED BROBERG
(PITCHING); Lamar Johnson reached on an error by Guerrero
[Bannister to second]; Molinaro out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Bannister to third, Lamar Johnson to second];
Soderholm doubled to right [Bannister scored, Lamar Johnson
scored (unearned)]; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted)
[Soderholm to third]; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Essian grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thomasson singled to left; Staggs singled to right
[Thomasson to second]; Burke grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Staggs out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 2.