The White Sox rallied for three runs in the sixth inning and defeated the Rangers, 4-3, for their fifth straight victory. A homer by Al Oliver helped the Rangers take a 3-1 lead before the White Sox opened the sixth with a run on a single by Ralph Garr, double by Bob Molinaro and sacrifice fly by Jim Breazeale. Henry Cruz and Ron Blomberg then drew walks from Doc Medich to load the bases and Bill Nahorodny followed with the decisive single, driving in two runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Friday, June      9, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Rangers      2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .276      Harrah 3b             4   1   1   0     1   2   .206
Molinaro rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .295      Beniquez cf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .269
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .278      Oliver lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .283
Breazeale 1b          1   0   0   1     1   0   .292      Zisk dh               2   0   1   1     1   0   .296
  Lamar Johnson ph,1b 1   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Thompson pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Cruz cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .255      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   3   .249
Blomberg dh           2   0   0   0     1   0   .231      J. Ellis c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Lemon ph,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .263
Nahorodny c           4   0   1   2     0   1   .252      Bevacqua 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .150
Kessinger ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .278      Mason ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .178
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Lowenstein ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Torrealba p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wills pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   7   4     5   2             Totals               33   3   8   3     4   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 17,511
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 8
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0
Doubles: Molinaro (1)
Triples: Garr (2)
Home Runs: Oliver (7)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro (8), Thompson (4), Harrah (13)
Caught Stealing: Kessinger (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Breazeale (1), Zisk (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrealba               0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   4.54
Schueler W(1-1)         6     4   1   1   2   4   1  23   4.28
LaGrow SV(4)            3     2   0   0   1   4   0  12   4.34
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   8   1  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(1-2)           6.2   5   4   4   5   1   0  30   4.78
Umbarger                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.17
Comer                   1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.17
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   2   0  37

Wild Pitches: Medich (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Molinaro
made an out to shortstop; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah walked; Beniquez singled to center [Harrah
to second]; Oliver singled to center [Harrah scored, Beniquez to
third]; SCHUELER REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Zisk hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Beniquez scored]; Bonds singled to left
[Oliver out at third (left to third)]; J. Ellis flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale lined to second; Cruz grounded out
(first to pitcher); Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove singled to center; Bevacqua flied out to
right; Mason forced Hargrove (second to shortstop); Harrah
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger singled to center; Soderholm grounded out (second to
first) [Kessinger to second]; Garr tripled to right [Kessinger
scored]; Molinaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to left; Oliver homered; Zisk
walked; Bonds struck out; J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to pitcher); Breazeale
walked; Cruz flied out to right; Blomberg grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove lined to first; Bevacqua grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mason singled to right; Harrah was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Soderholm grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez made an out to third; Oliver flied out to
left; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr singled to left; Molinaro doubled to right
[Garr to third]; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); Breazeale
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garr scored]; Cruz walked; Medich
threw a wild pitch [Molinaro to third, Cruz to second]; Blomberg
was walked intentionally; Nahorodny singled to center [Molinaro
scored, Cruz scored, Blomberg to second]; Kessinger grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers
3.

RANGERS 6TH: Bonds struck out; J. Ellis flied out to center;
Hargrove walked; Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm grounded out (second to first); Garr
flied out to center; Molinaro walked; Molinaro stole second;
UMBARGER REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Orta walked (walk was
charged to Medich); LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Lamar
Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LAGROW
REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Mason flied out to center; Harrah
struck out; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Cruz singled to third; LEMON BATTED FOR BLOMBERG;
Lemon out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cruz to
second]; COMER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Cruz was picked off
second (pitcher to second); Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: LEMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Oliver grounded
out (pitcher to first); Zisk singled to center; THOMPSON RAN FOR
ZISK; Thompson stole second; Bonds struck out; J. Ellis grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kessinger
singled to center; Kessinger was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Soderholm flied out to left; On a bunt Garr grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove struck out; Bevacqua flied out to right;
LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR MASON; Lowenstein walked; WILLS RAN FOR
LOWENSTEIN; Harrah singled to center [Wills to third]; Harrah
stole second; Beniquez made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 3.