The White Sox snapped out of their six-game losing streak by sweeping a doubleheader with the A's, 3-2 and 4-0. The A's, who were held to four hits in the opener, managed only two more while being shut out by Francisco Barrios in the nightcap.

Jorge Orta produced the deciding run for the White Sox in the first game by hitting a homer in the eighth inning. The A's, scoreless on two hits through the first eight frames, rallied in the ninth, putting their first two men on base against Ken Kravec when Jim Essian walked and Steve Staggs singled. Lerrin LaGrow, in relief, allowed two runs to score on a single by Jeff Newman and infield out by Mitchell Page. After Glenn Burke walked, Jim Willoughby took over and saved the game by inducing Mario Guerrero to ground into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       28, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  4  2
White Sox    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   3 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Bosley cf,rf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .222
  Dilone pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .207      Molinaro rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Thomasson rf          2   0   0   0     1   1   .183        Lemon ph,cf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .287
  Newman ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .407      Garr lf               2   1   1   0     2   0   .279
  Murphy pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Blomberg dh           3   0   1   0     0   1   .194
Page lf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .288        Nordhagen ph,dh     1   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Burke cf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .250      Breazeale 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275        Lamar Johnson 1b    0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Orta 2b               4   2   1   1     0   0   .248
Alexander dh          3   0   0   0     0   2   .223      Nahorodny c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Essian c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Pryor 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .300
  Edwards pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .235      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaGrow 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
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   4   2     3   5             Totals               33   3  10   2     4   3

Time of Game: 2:41
Left on Base: A's 3, White Sox 10
DP: A's 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Staggs, Revering
Home Runs: Orta (6)
Stolen Bases: Page (6), Bosley (1)
Caught Stealing: Garr (1)
GIDP: Revering (4), Guerrero 2 (6)
Hit by Pitch: Page (3,by Kravec)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(2-4)           6     7   2   1   3   2   0  28   2.48
Lacey                   0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.18
Sosa                    1.2   3   1   1   0   1   1   7   1.27
Totals                  8    10   3   2   4   3   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(2-4)           8     3   2   2   2   5   0  28   5.40
LaGrow                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.16
Willoughby SV(3)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.19
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   5   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (3)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
struck out; Page popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley flied out to left; Molinaro grounded out
(second to first); Garr walked; Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
flied out to center; Revering popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale singled to center; Orta reached on an
error by Staggs [Breazeale to second]; Nahorodny forced
Breazeale (first to third) [Orta to second]; Kessinger reached
on an error by Revering [Orta scored (unearned), Nahorodny to
second]; Pryor singled to right [Nahorodny out at home (right to
catcher), Kessinger to third]; Bosley flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alexander flied out to left; Gross grounded out
(second to first); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Molinaro grounded out (second to first); Garr
singled to right; Blomberg singled to left [Garr to third];
Breazeale forced Blomberg (third to second) [Garr scored]; Orta
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Staggs lined to second; Thomasson grounded out
(second to first); Page was hit by a pitch; Page stole second;
Burke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nahorodny flied out to right; Kessinger flied out
to left; Pryor singled to center; Bosley walked [Pryor to
second]; Molinaro popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero singled to left; Revering grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at
second]; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr walked; Garr was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Blomberg grounded out (second to first);
Breazeale flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross struck out; Essian grounded out (shortstop
to first); Staggs popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta lined to shortstop; Nahorodny flied out to
right; Kessinger singled to center; Pryor was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Thomasson walked; Page flied out to center; Burke
singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Guerrero grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Thomasson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bosley singled to right; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH
(PITCHING); LEMON BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Bosley stole second;
Lemon walked; Garr flied out to center; SOSA REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Nordhagen singled to
shortstop [Bosley out at third (shortstop to third), Lemon to
second]; Thad Bosley rounded 3B too far; Breazeale flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LAMAR
JOHNSON REPLACED BREAZEALE (PLAYING 1B); LEMON STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING CF); BOSLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Revering
flied out to right; Alexander struck out; Gross popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta homered; Nahorodny struck out; Kessinger
singled to shortstop; Pryor flied out to right; Bosley flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian walked; EDWARDS RAN FOR ESSIAN; Staggs
singled to center [Edwards to third]; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC
(PITCHING); DILONE RAN FOR STAGGS; NEWMAN BATTED FOR THOMASSON;
Newman singled to left [Edwards scored, Dilone to third]; MURPHY
RAN FOR NEWMAN; Page grounded out (second to first) [Dilone
scored, Murphy to second]; Burke walked; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
LAGROW (PITCHING); Guerrero grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Burke out at second]; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.