Posting their fifth straight victory and 17th in the last 19 games, the White Sox defeated the Rangers, 3-1, as Steve Stone and Lerrin LaGrow combined on a three-hitter. Stone had a no-hitter for 5 2/3 innings before Bobby Thompson doubled and scored the Rangers' only run on a single by Mike Hargrove.

The White Sox scored in the second on a bases-empty home run by Ron Blomberg. Their second run came in the fourth when Chet Lemon singled, stole second, advanced to third on an outfield fly and scored on a single by Bill Nahorodny. Blomberg singled home an insurance run in the eighth after walks to Jim Breazeale and Lemon. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      15, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  3  1
White Sox    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  6  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .262      Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   0     1   1   .172      Bosley rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .293
  Bevacqua ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .148        Molinaro rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Lowenstein dh         4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Zisk lf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .279      Breazeale 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .258
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .235        Cruz pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .241
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .309        Lamar Johnson 1b    0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .201      Lemon cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .294
Alomar 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Blomberg dh           4   1   2   2     0   0   .244
  Wills pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Nahorodny c           4   0   2   1     0   0   .253
Thompson cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .257      Kessinger ss          2   0   1   0     1   0   .262
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pryor 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .292
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   3   1     3   6             Totals               30   3   6   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 27,740
Left on Base: Rangers 4, White Sox 7
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Alomar
Doubles: Thompson (1)
Home Runs: Blomberg (4)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (2)
Caught Stealing: Bosley (3)
GIDP: Bonds (7)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(1-3)           7.2   6   3   3   4   3   1  33   4.59
Cleveland               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.98
Totals                  8     6   3   3   4   3   1  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(6-4)            8     3   1   1   2   6   0  28   3.38
LaGrow SV(7)            1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.90
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   6   0  32

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris flied out to
center; Lowenstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

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

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk struck out; Bonds struck out; Sundberg flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale struck out; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Blomberg homered; Nahorodny singled to
third; On a bunt Kessinger singled to pitcher [Nahorodny to
second]; Pryor grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah flied to left in foul territory; Alomar
grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Bosley
walked; Bosley was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove made an out to second; Campaneris struck
out; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Breazeale grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lemon singled to second; Lemon stole second; Blomberg flied out
to center [Lemon to third]; Nahorodny singled to left [Lemon
scored]; Kessinger walked [Nahorodny to second]; Pryor flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Zisk walked; Bonds grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; Sundberg flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: On a bunt Garr grounded out (catcher to first);
Bosley was called out on strikes; Orta grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Alomar was called
out on strikes; Thompson doubled to center; Hargrove singled to
left [Thompson scored]; Campaneris walked [Hargrove to second];
Lowenstein flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Breazeale flied out to center; Lemon flied out to
center; Blomberg flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: MOLINARO REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING RF); Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to center;
Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first);
Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Pryor reached on an
error by Alomar; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah lined to third; Alomar singled to center;
WILLS RAN FOR ALOMAR; Thompson popped to third in foul territory
[Wills to second]; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Molinaro
popped to third in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second to
first); Breazeale walked; CRUZ RAN FOR BREAZEALE; Lemon walked
[Cruz to second]; Blomberg singled to right [Cruz scored, Lemon
to third]; CLEVELAND REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Nahorodny flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 9TH: LAMAR JOHNSON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING 1B); LAGROW
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS;
Bevacqua flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (second to
first); Zisk walked; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 3.