Five home runs, two of them by Chet Lemon, enabled the White Sox to post a 10-6 decision over the Mariners. Bob Molinaro led off the fourth inning with a round-tripper. Jorge Orta drew a walk in the same frame and scored on a circuit clout by Jim Breazeale. Don Kessinger hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Lemon smashed solo blasts in the seventh and ninth innings.

The Mariners, trailing 10-1 going into the bottom of the ninth, knocked starter Wilbur Wood out with a five-run rally that included a grand slam by John Hale, but reliever Rich Hinton came on to close out the game. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 10, Seattle Mariners 6
Game Played on Tuesday, June      27, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
White Sox    0  0  0    4  1  2    1  1  1  -  10  9  0
Mariners     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   6  7  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Cruz 2b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Molinaro dh           4   2   3   2     0   0   .318      Milbourne ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Orta 2b               4   1   1   1     1   0   .276      Meyer 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .215
Breazeale 1b          3   1   1   2     0   1   .259      Roberts rf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .276
  Lamar Johnson ph,1b 2   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Robertson dh          4   1   1   1     0   0   .207
Lemon cf              3   3   2   2     1   0   .296      Stein 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .246
Cruz rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Stanton lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .201
Soderholm 3b          2   1   0   0     2   1   .244      Stinson c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .296
  Pryor 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Bernhardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Nahorodny c           3   1   0   0     1   0   .233        Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Kessinger ss          3   1   1   2     1   0   .267      Hale cf               4   1   2   4     0   1   .183
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35  10   9   9     6   4             Totals               34   6   7   6     3   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 10,259
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Mariners 4
DP: White Sox 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Milbourne
Doubles: Orta (11)
Home Runs: Molinaro (3), Breazeale (3), Kessinger (1), Lemon 2 (9), Hale (3)
Stolen Bases: Roberts (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Molinaro (1)
GIDP: Nahorodny (4)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (5,by Pole)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(8-5)             8.2   7   6   6   3   4   1  36   4.29
Hinton                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.54
Totals                  9     7   6   6   3   4   1  37

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(4-9)             3     3   4   4   2   0   2  16   5.86
Todd                    1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.40
House                   3.2   3   4   4   4   4   2  18   4.60
Romo                    1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.55
Totals                  9     9  10  10   6   4   5  43

Hit by Pitch: Pole (2)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr lined to second; Molinaro flied out to
center; Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne
flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale flied out to left; Lemon grounded out
(second to first); Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts walked; Robertson popped to second; Stein
flied out to right; Roberts stole second; Stanton singled to
left [Roberts scored]; Stinson made an out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm reached on an error by Milbourne;
Nahorodny popped to third in foul territory; Kessinger grounded
out (second to first) [Soderholm to second]; Garr grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners
1.

MARINERS 3RD: Hale grounded out (second to first); Cruz grounded
out (third to first); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Molinaro homered; Orta walked; Breazeale homered
[Orta scored]; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Cruz singled to right
[Lemon to third]; TODD REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); Soderholm
walked (walk was charged to Pole) [Cruz to second]; Nahorodny
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Lemon scored, Cruz to third, Soderholm out at second];
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer flied out to right; Roberts grounded out
(third to first); Robertson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Molinaro
singled to center; Orta doubled to center [Molinaro scored];
HOUSE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Breazeale struck out; Lemon was
walked intentionally; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Stein flied out to center; Stanton grounded out
(third to first); Stinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm walked; Nahorodny flied out to center;
Kessinger homered [Soderholm scored]; Garr struck out; Molinaro
singled to center; Orta grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Hale was called out on strikes; On a bunt Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Milbourne grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Lamar Johnson
flied out to center; Lemon homered; Cruz struck out; Soderholm
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PRYOR
REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Meyer singled to center;
Roberts grounded out (third to first) [Meyer to second];
Robertson grounded out (third to first); Stein walked; Stanton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
8, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nahorodny walked; Kessinger walked [Nahorodny to
second]; Garr forced Kessinger (second to shortstop) [Nahorodny
to third]; Molinaro hit a sacrifice fly to right [Nahorodny
scored]; Orta forced Garr (shortstop to second); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: BERNHARDT BATTED FOR STINSON; Bernhardt struck
out; Hale singled to center; Cruz lined to center; Milbourne
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
9, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BERNHARDT (PLAYING C ); ROMO
REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lemon homered; Cruz flied out to center; Pryor lined
to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 10, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Meyer singled to center; Roberts singled to center
[Meyer to second]; Robertson singled to left [Meyer scored,
Roberts to second]; Stein walked [Roberts to third, Robertson to
second]; Stanton flied out to center; Plummer was called out on
strikes; Hale homered [Roberts scored, Robertson scored, Stein
scored]; HINTON REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out
(third to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 10, Mariners
6.