After driving in two runs earlier in the game, Chet Lemon homered in the ninth inning and Jorge Orta followed with a two-run blow to bring the White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Rangers. Mike Hargrove and John Ellis homered for the Rangers, who broke a 4-4 tie with a run on a double by Toby Harrah in the seventh and made it 6-4 in the eighth when Bobby Bonds walked, stole second and scored on a throwing error by Eric Soderholm. After Lemon homered in the ninth, Lamar Johnson beat out an infield hit before Orta ended the game with his clout off Reggie Cleveland. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Monday, July      3, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      1  3  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   6  7  0
White Sox    1  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   7 16  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .259      Garr lf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .274
  Alomar pr,1b        1   1   0   0     0   0   .167        Blomberg ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .209        Cruz lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Harrah 3b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .216      Lemon cf              5   1   2   3     0   0   .292
Zisk lf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .284      Washington rf         5   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Bonds rf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .253      Lamar Johnson 1b      3   0   2   1     2   0   .251
Sundberg c            2   1   0   0     1   1   .316        Molinaro pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .299
J. Ellis dh           4   1   1   2     0   0   .200      Orta 2b               5   1   1   2     0   0   .288
  Jorgensen pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Nordhagen dh          4   0   0   0     0   2   .300
Bevacqua 2b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .165      Soderholm 3b          4   1   3   0     0   0   .245
  Wills ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Nahorodny c           4   1   2   0     0   1   .240
Thompson cf           4   0   1   0     0   3   .235      Kessinger ss          4   1   2   1     0   0   .261
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   7   4     4   8             Totals               39   7  16   7     2   3

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 42,231
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 9
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Lamar Johnson, Soderholm
Doubles: Bevacqua (4), Thompson (3), Harrah (10), Lamar Johnson (9), Nahorodny 2 (8)
Home Runs: Hargrove (5), J. Ellis (2), Lemon (10), Orta (12)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (15), Bonds (17), Harrah (20), Garr (5), Soderholm (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (16)
GIDP: Lemon (8), Nahorodny (5)
Hit by Pitch: Sundberg (1,by Kravec)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               1.1   7   4   4   0   0   0  11   3.89
Barker                  6.2   7   1   1   2   3   1  27   2.86
Cleveland L(2-4)        0.1   2   2   2   0   0   1   3   2.75
Totals                  8.1  16   7   7   2   3   2  41

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec                  7.1   6   6   4   4   7   2  34   3.74
Willoughby W(1-5)       1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.19
Totals                  9     7   6   4   4   8   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (5)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Campaneris singled to left;
Campaneris stole second; Harrah struck out; Zisk struck out;
Bonds struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to pitcher; Garr stole second; Lemon
flied out to left; Washington grounded out (third to first);
Lamar Johnson doubled to center [Garr scored]; Orta flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg was hit by a pitch; J. Ellis homered
[Sundberg scored]; Bevacqua doubled to left; Thompson was called
out on strikes; Hargrove reached on an error by Lamar Johnson
[Bevacqua scored (unearned)]; Campaneris walked [Hargrove to
second]; Harrah popped to second; Zisk struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied out to right; Soderholm singled
to left; Nahorodny doubled to left [Soderholm to third];
Kessinger singled to center [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to
third]; On a bunt Garr singled to third [Nahorodny stayed at
third, Kessinger to second]; Lemon singled to right [Nahorodny
scored, Kessinger scored, Garr to third, Lemon to second (on
throw)]; BARKER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Washington
grounded out (second to first); Lamar Johnson walked; Orta flied
out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Bonds lined to third; Sundberg walked; J. Ellis
forced Sundberg (third to second); Bevacqua flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen was called out on strikes; Soderholm
singled to right; Soderholm stole second; Nahorodny struck out;
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Thompson doubled to center; Hargrove flied out to
right; Campaneris flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr singled to center; Lemon grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second];
Washington singled to left; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Zisk flied out to right; Bonds popped to catcher in
foul territory; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Nordhagen flied out to
right; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis made an out to shortstop; Bevacqua
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny doubled to left; Kessinger flied out to
left; Garr flied out to left; Lemon reached on a fielder's
choice [Nahorodny out at third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove walked; ALOMAR RAN FOR HARGROVE;
Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alomar
to second]; Harrah doubled to left [Alomar scored]; Zisk flied
into a double play (center to third) [Harrah out at third]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Washington
flied out to left; Lamar Johnson walked; Orta flied out to left;
Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, White
Sox 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bonds walked; Sundberg flied out to center; Bonds
stole second; J. Ellis reached on an error by Soderholm [Bonds
scored (unearned), J. Ellis to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
KRAVEC (PITCHING); JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; WILLS BATTED FOR
BEVACQUA; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first) [Jorgensen to
third]; Thompson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILLS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Soderholm singled to right;
Nahorodny grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Soderholm out at second]; On a bunt Kessinger singled to
pitcher; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR GARR; Blomberg flied out to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox 4.

RANGERS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING LF); Alomar
grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (third
to first); On a bunt Harrah singled; Harrah stole second; Zisk
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, White Sox
4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon homered; CLEVELAND REPLACED BARKER
(PITCHING); Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar
Johnson singled to shortstop; MOLINARO RAN FOR LAMAR JOHNSON;
Orta homered [Molinaro scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
6, White Sox 7.