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Reliever Lerrin LaGrow's first pitch in the seventh inning and his first pitch in the ninth both wound up in homers that carried the A's to a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. Ken Kravec, who started for the White Sox, had a 3-0 lead before being removed in favor of LaGrow in the seventh after walking Wayne Gross and Dwayne Murphy. Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumWhite Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 5 0
A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 4 6 0
White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Garr lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .261 Burke cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Staggs 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .348
Orta 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Page lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .263
Blomberg dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .292
Lamar Johnson 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276
Molinaro rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .370 Edwards pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Cruz cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .211 Picciolo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Alexander dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238
Nahorodny c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Gross 3b,1b 2 2 1 1 2 1 .240
Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .218
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .115
Dilone rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .210
Newman ph,c 1 1 1 3 0 0 .353
Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 28 3 5 3 1 3 Totals 27 4 6 4 5 4
Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 4,177
Left on Base: White Sox 2, A's 6
DP: White Sox 0, A's 1
Triples: Cruz (1)
Home Runs: Newman (2), Gross (4)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (13)
Caught Stealing: Lamar Johnson (1), Edwards (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Blomberg (1), Burke (1), Guerrero (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Lamar Johnson (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lamar Johnson (1,by Wirth)
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kravec 6 3 2 2 5 3 0 26 5.53
LaGrow L(1-1) 2 3 2 2 0 1 2 8 4.05
Totals 8 6 4 4 5 4 2 34
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wirth 6.2 5 3 3 1 2 0 25 3.69
Langford W(1-2) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.80
Totals 9 5 3 3 1 3 0 32
Hit by Pitch: Wirth (2)
Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second];
Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke flied out to left; Staggs flied out to
right; Page walked; Guerrero popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg grounded out (second to first); Lamar
Johnson singled to left; Molinaro popped to second; Lamar
Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to center; Alexander struck
out; Gross walked; Essian forced Gross (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Cruz flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out
(pitcher to first); Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone singled to left; Dilone stole second;
Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dilone to
third]; Staggs walked; Page reached on a fielder's choice
[Dilone out at home (pitcher to catcher to third), Staggs to
second]; Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr walked; Kessinger singled to right [Garr to
third]; Orta singled to right [Garr scored, Kessinger to
second]; Blomberg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Kessinger to third, Orta to second]; Lamar Johnson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Kessinger scored]; Molinaro made an out
to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first);
Alexander popped to first; Gross was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Cruz flied out to center; Soderholm flied out to
right; Nahorodny flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian flied out to center; Dilone popped to
first; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr struck out; Kessinger popped to first in
foul territory; Orta popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Staggs singled to left; Page singled to left
[Staggs to second]; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Staggs to third, Page to second]; Revering was called
out on strikes; Alexander made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Athletics 0.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Blomberg made an out to second; Lamar Johnson was
hit by a pitch; Molinaro popped to third in foul territory; Cruz
tripled to center [Lamar Johnson scored]; LANGFORD REPLACED
WIRTH (PITCHING); Soderholm flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross walked; Essian walked [Gross to second];
LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); MURPHY RAN FOR ESSIAN; NEWMAN
BATTED FOR DILONE; Newman homered [Gross scored, Murphy scored];
Burke lined to shortstop; Staggs flied out to center; Page flied
out to left; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 3.
WHITE SOX 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Nahorodny struck out; Garr grounded out
(second to first); Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering singled to right; EDWARDS RAN FOR REVERING; Edwards was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Alexander struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 3.
WHITE SOX 9TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 3B); GROSS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Orta flied out to right;
Blomberg lined to second; Lamar Johnson made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox
3, Athletics 4.
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