The streaking White Sox posted their 11th victory in 12 games, beating the Twins, 2-1. The first White Sox run came in the seventh when Bill Nahorodny doubled home Henry Cruz, who had singled. The other tally came in the eighth when Eric Soderholm singled, went to third on a pair of wild pitches and scored on a double by Ralph Garr. Wilbur Wood pitched 7 2/3 innings and was relieved by Jim Willoughby in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      8, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2 10  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosley rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .309      Norwood lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Molinaro rf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .294        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Garr lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .271      Carew 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .358
Orta 2b               2   0   0   0     2   0   .282      Ford cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Breazeale 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Rivera rf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .342
  Kessinger pr,ss     0   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Morales dh            3   1   3   1     0   0   .333
Cruz cf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .250      Wolfe 3b              2   0   1   0     2   0   .257
Blomberg dh           4   0   2   0     0   0   .237        Wilfong pr,2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Nahorodny c           4   0   1   1     0   0   .252      Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Bannister ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
  Lamar Johnson 1b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Soderholm 3b          4   1   3   0     0   0   .215        Cubbage 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2  10   2     2   5             Totals               31   1   7   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 11,071
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 9
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Doubles: Nahorodny (6), Garr (4)
Home Runs: Morales (1)
Caught Stealing: Bosley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Morales (1), Randall (5)
GIDP: Smalley (10)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(6-5)             7.2   7   1   1   4   5   1  33   4.04
Willoughby SV(5)        1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.06
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   5   1  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(2-4)            7.1   8   2   2   2   3   0  30   3.04
Marshall                1.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.75
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Goltz 2 (3)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley struck out; On a bunt Garr grounded out
(catcher to first); Orta walked; Breazeale popped to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Carew struck
out; Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Blomberg
singled to left; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Blomberg to second]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Rivera walked; Morales singled to right [Rivera to
third]; Wolfe walked [Morales to second]; Smalley forced Rivera
(third to catcher) [Morales to third, Wolfe to second]; Wynegar
popped to first in foul territory; Randall forced Smalley
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins
0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm singled to center; Bosley forced
Soderholm (shortstop to second); Garr struck out; Bosley was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: MOLINARO REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING RF); Norwood flied
out to right; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford
singled to right; Rivera struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Breazeale
grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz singled to center;
Blomberg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to left; Wolfe singled to right
[Morales to second]; Smalley grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Morales to third, Wolfe out at
second]; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bannister flied
out to right; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Randall struck out; Norwood flied out to center;
Carew walked; Ford lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro flied out to center; Garr grounded out
(second to first); Orta grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera singled to center; Morales out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Rivera to second]; Wolfe flied out to
center; Smalley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Breazeale grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz
singled to left; Blomberg singled to first [Cruz to third];
Nahorodny doubled to left [Cruz scored, Blomberg out at home
(left to shortstop to catcher)]; Bannister made an out to
second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar singled to right; Randall out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wynegar to second]; Norwood made an
out to shortstop; Carew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm singled to center; Goltz threw a wild
pitch [Soderholm to second]; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Soderholm
to third]; Molinaro struck out; Garr doubled to right [Soderholm
scored]; Orta walked; MARSHALL REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING);
Breazeale singled to right [Garr to third, Orta to second];
Twins Manager Gene Mauch ejected by HP umpire Jerry
Neudecker; KESSINGER RAN FOR BREAZEALE; Cruz struck out;
Blomberg popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: KESSINGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LAMAR JOHNSON
REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING 1B); Ford flied out to center;
Rivera flied out to center; Morales homered; Wolfe walked;
WILFONG RAN FOR WOLFE; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING);
Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CUBBAGE
REPLACED RANDALL (PLAYING 3B); Nahorodny made an out to
shortstop; Lamar Johnson struck out; Soderholm singled to left;
Molinaro popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Cubbage
grounded out (pitcher to first); ADAMS BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Adams
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.