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Sunday May 21, 1978
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Oakland Athletics 8, Chicago White Sox 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  3
A's          2  1  0    0  1  4    0  0  x  -   8 15  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moore lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Burke cf              5   2   2   0     0   0   .297
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Edwards 2b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .242
Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Page lf               4   1   4   5     0   0   .287
Lamar Johnson 1b      3   0   0   0     1   0   .244        Murphy pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Nordhagen rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .227
Larry Johnson c       4   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Soderholm dh          3   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Newman dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .348
Cruz cf               2   0   0   0     1   0   .200        Dilone pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .212
Pryor 3b              2   0   1   0     1   0   .250        Tabb ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Essian c              3   1   2   0     1   0   .230
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thomasson rf          4   1   2   1     0   1   .173
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .500
                                                          Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     4   3             Totals               36   8  15   8     2   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  8,426
Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 7
DP: White Sox 1, A's 1
Errors: Kessinger, Larry Johnson, Torrealba
Doubles: Soderholm (4), Essian (6), Page 2 (5)
Home Runs: Page (2)
Stolen Bases: Burke (2), Edwards (5)
Caught Stealing: Page 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (4)
GIDP: Moore (4), Edwards (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios L(1-5)          1.1   5   3   3   0   0   1   9   5.98
Torrealba               4.1   8   5   1   1   0   0  21   5.01
Schueler                2.1   2   0   0   1   2   0   9   3.63
Totals                  8    15   8   4   2   2   1  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson W(4-2)          9     3   0   0   4   3   0  33   1.53
Totals                  9     3   0   0   4   3   0  33

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore flied out to right; Kessinger grounded out
(third to first); Orta singled to second; Lamar Johnson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke singled to right; Burke stole second;
Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burke to
third]; Page homered [Burke scored]; Gross made an out to
shortstop; Revering lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen popped to catcher in foul territory;
Larry Johnson struck out; Soderholm doubled to right; Cruz flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (third to first); Essian
singled to right; Thomasson singled to right [Essian to third];
Picciolo singled to right [Essian scored, Thomasson to second];
TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Burke forced Picciolo
(shortstop to second) [Thomasson to third]; Edwards forced Burke
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor singled to center; Moore grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pryor out at
second]; Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: On a bunt Page singled; Page was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Gross grounded out (third to
first); Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (first unassisted); Lamar
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman flied out to left; Essian doubled to left;
Thomasson flied out to center [Essian to third]; Picciolo
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Larry Johnson flied out to center; Soderholm
grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Burke grounded out (third to first); Edwards
singled to right; Edwards stole second; Page doubled [Edwards
scored]; Page was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher
to third); Gross walked; Revering flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor walked; Moore flied out to left; Kessinger
walked [Pryor to second]; Orta flied out to left; Lamar Johnson
walked [Pryor to third, Kessinger to second]; Nordhagen popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman singled to shortstop; DILONE RAN FOR
NEWMAN; Dilone was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Torrealba [Dilone to second]; Essian made an out to second;
Thomasson singled to right [Dilone scored (unearned)]; Picciolo
flied out to left; Burke reached on an error by Kessinger
[Thomasson to second]; Edwards singled to left [Thomasson scored
(unearned), Burke to third, Edwards to second (error by Larry
Johnson)]; Page doubled to center [Burke scored (unearned),
Edwards scored (unearned)]; MURPHY RAN FOR PAGE; SCHUELER
REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Gross struck out; 4 R (0 ER), 4
H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MURPHY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Larry Johnson struck out; Soderholm flied
out to right; Cruz walked; Pryor forced Cruz (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); TABB
BATTED FOR DILONE; Tabb flied out to center; Essian walked;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: TABB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Moore made an
out to third; Kessinger flied out to left; Orta lined to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Picciolo singled to center; Burke singled to
center [Picciolo to second]; Edwards grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Picciolo to third, Burke out at
second]; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Nordhagen flied out to center; Larry Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 8.



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