A successful squeeze bunt by Toby Harrah in the sixth inning produced the Rangers' deciding run in a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. Before turning to the bunt, the Rangers overcame a 3-0 deficit with two homers -- a solo swat by Bump Wills in third and a belt by Bobby Bonds with a man on base that tied the score in the sixth. After Bonds' blow, Juan Beniquez singled, took third on another single by Jim Mason and scored on Harrah's squeeze. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      10, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   4 11  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Harrah 3b             5   0   2   1     0   2   .212
Molinaro rf           2   1   0   0     2   0   .289      Wills 2b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .229
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .274      Oliver lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Breazeale 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Zisk dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .292
Cruz cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Hargrove 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .265
Blomberg dh           4   0   1   1     0   1   .232      Bonds rf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .249
  Bannister pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .331
Nahorodny c           3   0   0   0     1   1   .247      Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Mason ss              4   0   3   0     0   0   .224
  Bosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .304      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Soderholm 3b          2   1   1   0     1   0   .213
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   5   2     5   4             Totals               35   4  11   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 27,735
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Rangers 10
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Hargrove, Mason, D. Ellis
Doubles: Cruz (2), Soderholm (6)
Home Runs: Wills (5), Bonds (6)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro (9), Harrah (14)
Caught Stealing: Soderholm (2), Molinaro (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(5-4)            5.1   8   4   4   3   4   2  27   3.59
Willoughby              2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.84
Totals                  8    11   4   4   3   4   2  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(5-2)         9     5   3   2   5   4   0  35   3.45
Totals                  9     5   3   2   5   4   0  35

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Molinaro
grounded out (third to first); Orta grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah struck out; Wills grounded out (first
unassisted); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale singled to right; Cruz doubled to right
[Breazeale to third]; Blomberg grounded out (second to first)
[Breazeale scored]; Cruz was picked off second but was safe on
an error by D. Ellis [Cruz to third]; Nahorodny struck out;
Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Hargrove singled to
right; Bonds popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg singled
to right [Hargrove to second]; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm doubled to left; Garr singled to center
[Soderholm scored]; Molinaro walked [Garr to second]; Garr was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Molinaro stole second;
Orta walked; Breazeale forced Orta (second to shortstop)
[Molinaro scored (error by Mason) (unearned)]; Cruz flied out to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Mason flied out to right; Harrah struck out; Wills
homered; Oliver singled to center; Zisk walked [Oliver to
second]; Hargrove flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Blomberg struck out; Nahorodny flied out to
center; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bonds flied out to left; Sundberg flied out to
center; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm walked; Soderholm was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Garr grounded out (second to
first); Molinaro walked; Molinaro was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Mason singled to left; Harrah popped to shortstop;
Wills walked [Mason to second]; Oliver grounded out (second to
first) [Mason to third, Wills to second]; Zisk flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Breazeale
flied out to left; Cruz reached on an error by Hargrove [Cruz to
second]; Blomberg grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove walked; Bonds homered [Hargrove scored];
Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez singled to
center; Mason singled to right [Beniquez to third]; WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); On a bunt Harrah singled to pitcher
[Beniquez scored, Mason to second]; Wills flied out to center;
Oliver flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny flied out to right; Kessinger was
called out on strikes; Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr flied out to center; Molinaro grounded out
(second to first); Orta flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (first unassisted); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Mason singled to shortstop;
Harrah singled to left [Mason to third]; Harrah stole second;
Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Breazeale grounded out (second to first); Cruz
grounded out (third to first); Blomberg singled to center;
BANNISTER RAN FOR BLOMBERG; Nahorodny walked [Bannister to
second]; BOSLEY BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Bosley struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 4.