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.

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