Posting their first victory in three games under Jack McKeon as new manager, the A's got combined six-hit pitching from Alan Wirth and Bob Lacey and defeated the White Sox, 3-1. The A's counted twice in the fourth inning. Mitchell Page singled, stole second and advanced to third while Glenn Burke was safe on an error by Lamar Johnson. Page scored on an infield out by Mario Guerrero and Burke followed across the plate on a single by Dave Revering.

Bill Nahorodny homered for the White Sox in the sixth before the A's added an insurance counter on a single by Wayne Gross, a sacrifice and a double by Gary Thomasson in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, May       26, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             3   0   0   0     2   0   .293      Garr lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Thomasson rf          4   0   2   1     0   0   .183        Bannister ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Dilone pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Moore 3b              2   0   2   0     0   0   .296
  Tabb ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .125        Pryor 3b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Murphy rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Molinaro rf,cf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Page lf               3   1   2   0     1   1   .297        Soderholm ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .206
  Murray lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Burke cf              4   1   0   0     0   2   .265      Lemon dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .286
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .281      Cruz cf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Revering 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .273        Nordhagen ph,rf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Orta 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Gross 3b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .215      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Essian c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Nahorodny c           3   1   2   1     0   1   .268
Wirth p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   8             Totals               31   1   6   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 19,018
Left on Base: A's 8, White Sox 4
DP: A's 1, White Sox 3
Errors: Moore, Lamar Johnson
Doubles: Thomasson (2)
Home Runs: Nahorodny (4)
Stolen Bases: Page 2 (5), Staggs (2), Thomasson (2)
Caught Stealing: Moore (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian 2 (6)
GIDP: Gross (1), Revering (2), Burke (2), Lamar Johnson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (2,by Willoughby)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wirth W(2-3)            6.1   5   1   1   1   1   1  23   3.32
Lacey SV(3)             2.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   9   2.30
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   1  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(3-3)            8     8   3   2   3   7   0  34   4.10
Willoughby              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.07
Totals                  9     8   3   2   3   8   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Willoughby (2)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ATHLETICS 1ST: Staggs reached on an error by Moore; Thomasson
popped to first in foul territory; Page singled to right [Staggs
to third]; Page stole second; Burke was called out on strikes;
Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Moore singled to first;
Moore was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Molinaro flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to right; Alexander struck out;
Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson made an out to second; Lemon flied
out to right; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian grounded out (third to first); Staggs
flied out to right; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

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

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to right; Page stole second; Burke
reached on an error by Lamar Johnson [Page to third]; Guerrero
grounded out (second to first) [Page scored, Burke to second];
Revering singled to right [Burke scored (unearned)]; Alexander
flied out to right; Gross struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Moore singled to center; Molinaro popped to
second; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Moore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: PRYOR REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING 3B); Essian struck
out; Staggs walked; Staggs stole second; On a bunt Thomasson
singled [Staggs to third]; Thomasson stole second; Page struck
out; Burke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon made an out to shortstop; Cruz flied out to
right; Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to left; Revering grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at
second]; Alexander grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted);
Nahorodny homered; Garr grounded out (second to first); Pryor
singled to left; Molinaro flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross singled to left; Essian out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Gross to second]; Staggs walked;
Thomasson doubled to right [Gross scored, Staggs to third];
DILONE RAN FOR THOMASSON; Page was walked intentionally; Burke
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Page out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MURRAY
REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Lamar Johnson was called out on
strikes; Lemon walked; LACEY REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING);
NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR CRUZ; Nordhagen flied out to left; Orta
singled to shortstop [Lemon to second]; Kessinger struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MOLINARO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Guerrero flied out to left;
Revering flied out to right; Alexander lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nahorodny struck out; BANNISTER BATTED FOR GARR;
Bannister grounded out (third to first); Pryor grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox
1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Gross was hit by a pitch; Essian out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gross to second];
Staggs grounded out (third to first) [Gross to third]; TABB
BATTED FOR DILONE; Tabb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED TABB (PLAYING RF); SODERHOLM
BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Soderholm struck out; Lamar Johnson flied
out to right; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 1.