The White Sox gave new manager Larry Doby his first triumph by taking the opener of a doubleheader, 8-5, but the Twins rebounded to win the nightcap, 9-5. In the first game, the White Sox picked up two unearned runs in the opening inning on two errors, a walk and a sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon. After Bill Nahorodny hit a solo homer in the second, the White Sox added three runs in the third. Wayne Nordhagen and Jorge Orta opened with singles and Claudell Washington hit a sacrifice fly. After a walk to Eric Soderholm, Orta scored on a single by Nahorodny and Soderholm tallied on a single by Alan Bannister.

Rob Wilfong and Mike Cubbage each hit a two-run homer and Rich Chiles and Willie Norwood helped with two RBIs apiece in the Twins' triumph in the second game. Mike Marshall allowed only two hits in 4 1/3 innings of relief to preserve the victory. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      2, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    2  1  3    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   8 13  0
Twins        0  1  1    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   5  7  5


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister dh          5   1   2   1     0   0   .250      Randall 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .286
Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .260      Rivera rf             3   1   1   3     1   1   .289
Lamar Johnson 1b      5   1   3   1     0   1   .247      Morales dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .324
Nordhagen lf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .303      Ford cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .296
Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .290      Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Pryor 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Carew ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .345
Lemon cf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .291      Smalley ss            4   1   1   1     0   2   .273
Washington rf         3   0   1   2     0   0   .269      Wolfe 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Cruz rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Cubbage ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .315
Soderholm 3b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .234      Norwood lf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .251
Nahorodny c           4   1   2   2     0   0   .239        Chiles ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            2   1   0   0     1   1   .211
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  13   7     3   4             Totals               32   5   7   5     3   6

Time of Game: 2:46
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 3
DP: White Sox 2, Twins 3
Errors: Rivera, Smalley 3, Zahn
Doubles: Bannister (3), Randall (10)
Triples: Lemon (3)
Home Runs: Nahorodny (7), Smalley (8), Rivera (2)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Lemon (2), Washington (1)
GIDP: Soderholm (6), Nordhagen (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(9-5)             7.1   6   5   5   3   5   2  30   4.40
Willoughby SV(10)       1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.28
Totals                  9     7   5   5   3   6   2  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(7-6)             2.2   6   6   4   2   1   1  18   3.34
Sutton                  5.1   6   2   2   1   3   0  22   3.38
Harrison                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3  12.27
Totals                  9    13   8   6   3   4   1  43

Wild Pitches: Zahn (2), Sutton 2 (2), Harrison (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger reached on an error by Smalley; Lamar Johnson singled
to left [Kessinger to second]; Nordhagen reached on an error by
Zahn [Kessinger scored (unearned), Lamar Johnson to second];
Zahn threw a wild pitch [Lamar Johnson to third, Nordhagen to
second]; Orta walked; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lamar
Johnson scored (unearned)]; Washington forced Orta (first to
shortstop); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to left; Rivera grounded out (third
to first); Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm popped to first; Nahorodny homered;
Bannister grounded out (second to first); Kessinger singled to
left; Lamar Johnson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (first unassisted); Kusick was
called out on strikes; Smalley homered; Wolfe grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins
1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen singled to center; Orta singled to
center [Nordhagen to third]; Lemon struck out; Washington hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Nordhagen scored]; Soderholm walked
[Orta to second]; Nahorodny singled to left [Orta scored,
Soderholm to second]; SUTTON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Bannister
singled to center [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to second];
Sutton threw a wild pitch [Nahorodny to third, Bannister to
second]; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Norwood singled to center; Borgmann was called out on
strikes; Norwood stole second; Randall doubled to right [Norwood
scored]; Rivera struck out; Morales popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Nordhagen reached on an
error by Smalley; Orta reached on an error by Smalley [Nordhagen
out at third (center to third)]; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Orta
to second]; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Ford walked; Kusick flied out to center; Smalley
forced Ford (third to second); Wolfe forced Smalley (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington singled to left; Soderholm grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Washington
out at second]; Nahorodny grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood flied out to left; Borgmann grounded out
(third to first); Randall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger flied out to center; Lamar Johnson singled to left;
Nordhagen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera walked; Morales struck out while Rivera was
picked off first (catcher to first); Ford grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta flied out to right; Lemon tripled to center;
Washington grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lemon scored];
Soderholm was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 7, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
struck out; Wolfe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 7, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister doubled to right; Kessinger walked; Lamar Johnson
singled to left [Bannister scored, Kessinger to second];
Nordhagen grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Kessinger out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); CRUZ REPLACED
WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); Norwood flied out to center; Borgmann
walked; Randall singled to left [Borgmann to second]; Rivera
homered [Borgmann scored, Randall scored]; Morales singled to
left; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Ford singled to left
[Morales to second]; CAREW BATTED FOR KUSICK; Carew lined into a
double play (right to first) [Ford out at first]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HARRISON
REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Pryor popped to first; Lemon singled
to right [Lemon to second (error by Rivera)]; Harrison threw a
wild pitch [Lemon to third]; Cruz reached on a fielder's choice
that turned into a double play [Lemon out at home (second to
catcher to third), Cruz out at second (third to second)]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Smalley was called out on strikes; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR
WOLFE; Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); CHILES BATTED
FOR NORWOOD; Chiles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 8, Twins 5.