A single by Jim Essian scored pinch-runner Mike Edwards in the 10th inning and brought the A's a 4-3 victory over the White Sox, who lost their sixth straight game. The A's first three runs came on homers. Dave Revering rapped a solo drive in the second and Mitchell Page hit for the circuit with a man on base in the sixth to put the A's in front, 3-2.

The White Sox tied the score in the eighth with a double by Chet Lemon and single by Bob Molinaro. In the 10th, Gary Alexander singled and yielded the paths to Edwards. Wayne Gross then sacrificed to set up the A's winning run on Essian's single. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       27, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    1  -   4  6  0
White Sox    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   3 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .274      Bosley cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Thomasson rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .187      Bannister lf          3   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Dilone rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Garr ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Tabb ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .125      Lemon dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .287
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .385        Schueler pr,dh      0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Page lf               4   1   1   2     0   1   .296        Soderholm ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   1   .205
  Murray lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Nordhagen rf          3   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Burke cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .245        Molinaro ph,rf      2   0   1   1     0   0   .319
Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Lamar Johnson 1b      5   1   2   0     0   1   .236
Revering 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .272      Nahorodny c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Alexander dh          3   0   1   0     1   0   .228      Orta 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .248
  Edwards pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .235      Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .265
Gross 3b              2   0   1   0     1   1   .220      Pryor 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Essian c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .218      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   6   4     5   5             Totals               40   3  11   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 28,367
Left on Base: A's 5, White Sox 8
DP: A's 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Willoughby
Doubles: Bannister (1), Pryor (1), Lemon (9)
Triples: Lamar Johnson (2)
Home Runs: Revering (3), Page (4)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (3), Lamar Johnson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomasson (2), Gross (1)
GIDP: Revering (3), Essian (6)
Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (1,by Wood)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 7     7   2   2   1   0   0  28   1.64
Sosa                    1.2   4   1   1   0   1   0   9   1.07
Lacey W(4-2)            1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.20
Totals                 10    11   3   3   1   2   0  41

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    9     4   3   3   4   4   2  33   4.12
Willoughby L(0-4)       1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.26
Totals                 10     6   4   4   5   5   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Wood (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Staggs grounded out (pitcher to
second); Thomasson grounded out (shortstop to first); Page
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (third to first); Bannister
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon walked; Nordhagen
forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Burke struck out; Guerrero flied out to left;
Revering homered; Alexander walked; Alexander was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson tripled to center; Nahorodny lined
to pitcher; Orta singled to right [Lamar Johnson scored];
Kessinger popped to third in foul territory; Pryor flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross was called out on strikes; Essian walked;
Staggs forced Essian (pitcher to shortstop); Thomasson singled
to center [Staggs to third]; Page grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley flied out to right; Bannister doubled to
center; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Nordhagen
singled to left [Bannister scored]; Lamar Johnson forced
Nordhagen (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
was hit by a pitch; Revering grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nahorodny flied out to left; Orta popped to
catcher in foul territory; Kessinger singled to center; Pryor
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross
singled to center; Essian grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bosley made an out to shortstop; Bannister
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Staggs walked; Thomasson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Staggs to second]; Page homered [Staggs
scored]; Burke flied out to center; Guerrero grounded out (third
to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lamar Johnson singled to left; Nahorodny flied out to center;
Lamar Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering struck out; Alexander popped to catcher
in foul territory; Gross walked; Essian flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
flied out to center; Pryor doubled to left; Bosley grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White
Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Staggs grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
popped to third in foul territory; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: DILONE REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING RF); MURRAY
REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); SOSA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
GARR BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Garr made an out to shortstop; Lemon
doubled to left; MOLINARO BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; SCHUELER RAN FOR
LEMON; Molinaro singled to right [Schueler scored]; Lamar
Johnson was called out on strikes; Nahorodny forced Molinaro
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, White
Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SCHUELER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MOLINARO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero made an out to
second; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Kessinger
singled to right; Pryor forced Kessinger (catcher to shortstop);
Bosley singled to center [Pryor to second]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA
(PITCHING); Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Alexander
singled to left; EDWARDS RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Gross out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Essian
singled to center [Edwards scored]; MURPHY RAN FOR ESSIAN;
Murphy was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Willoughby [Murphy to second]; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to
first); TABB BATTED FOR DILONE; Tabb was walked intentionally;
Murray was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN
REPLACED TABB (PLAYING C ); SODERHOLM BATTED FOR SCHUELER;
Soderholm struck out; Molinaro grounded out (pitcher to first);
Lamar Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, White Sox 3.