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Owner Bill Veeck staged a second "opening day" in Chicago with A.L. President Lee MacPhail on hand to throw out the first ball, but the Rangers spoiled the festive occasion by defeating the White Sox, 9-5. Bobby Bonds, who had gone hitless in his previous 15 trips in Comiskey Park since becoming a member of the Rangers, broke his batting jinx by smashing two homers, each with a man on base. One of his round-trippers came in the first inning when the Rangers kayoed Ron Schueler wihle scoring five runs. Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 5Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IRangers 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 9 12 1
White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 8 2
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .256 Garr lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .281
Jorgensen pr,1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .148 Kessinger ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .264
Beniquez cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Pryor pr,ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .240
Sundberg c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .306 Orta 2b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .283
Oliver lf 5 3 4 2 0 0 .313 Soderholm dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .259
Bonds rf 5 2 3 4 0 0 .277 Spencer cf 3 1 0 1 1 1 .333
Lowenstein dh 4 1 1 0 1 2 .246 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .243
Bevacqua 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .199 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238
Wills 2b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .221 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .200
Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 9 12 9 3 7 Totals 33 5 8 5 3 9
Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 30,943
Left on Base: Rangers 8, White Sox 5
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Hargrove, Orta, Bell
Doubles: Oliver 3 (21), Lamar Johnson (12)
Home Runs: Bonds 2 (19)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (8), Bonds (25)
Sacrifice Flies: Orta (7)
GIDP: Soderholm (8)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Mirabella W(1-0) 7.2 8 5 5 3 8 0 33 5.87
Lindblad 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.82
Totals 9 8 5 5 3 9 0 37
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Schueler L(3-5) 0.2 3 5 3 2 1 1 8 4.62
Proly 4.1 5 2 2 0 4 1 19 2.57
Hinton 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.59
LaGrow 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 4.12
Totals 9 12 9 7 3 7 2 44
Passed Balls: Nahorodny (4)
Balks: Mirabella (1)
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller
RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Debut game for Paul
Mirabella; Beniquez struck out; Sundberg reached on an error
by Bell [Hargrove to third, Sundberg to second]; Oliver doubled
to center [Hargrove scored, Sundberg scored (unearned)]; Bonds
homered [Oliver scored]; Lowenstein walked; Bevacqua flied out
to right; Lowenstein stole second; Wills singled to left
[Lowenstein scored (unearned)]; PROLY REPLACED SCHUELER
(PITCHING); Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (3
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to right; Mirabella balked [Garr to
second]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garr to
third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garr scored];
Soderholm singled to left; Spencer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Sundberg singled to right; Oliver
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5,
White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Washington struck out; Nahorodny singled to center; Bell singled
to left [Nahorodny to second]; Garr grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Bonds singled to center; Bonds stole second;
Lowenstein struck out; Bevacqua reached on an error by Orta
[Bonds to third]; Wills struck out; Campaneris forced Bevacqua
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, White
Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger walked; Orta struck out; Soderholm
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Kessinger out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5,
White Sox 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove lined to second; Beniquez grounded out
(third to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer flied out to left; Lamar Johnson popped
to catcher in foul territory; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 5TH: Oliver doubled to center; Bonds homered [Oliver
scored]; Lowenstein singled to first; Bevacqua was called out on
strikes; Lowenstein stole second; Wills struck out; Campaneris
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
7, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bell was called
out on strikes; Garr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 6TH: HINTON REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); Hargrove flied
out to center; Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, White
Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger singled to right; PRYOR RAN FOR
KESSINGER; Orta forced Pryor (second to shortstop); Soderholm
forced Orta (third to second); Spencer lined to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 7TH: PRYOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Oliver doubled
to left; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to
third]; Lowenstein struck out; Bevacqua singled to center
[Oliver scored]; Wills flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 8, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Washington grounded out (second to first); Hargrove dropped a
foul fly hit by Nahorodny for an error; Nahorodny struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, White Sox 1.
RANGERS 8TH: LAGROW REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN
RAN FOR HARGROVE; Beniquez grounded out (first unassisted)
[Jorgensen to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Jorgensen
scored]; Oliver singled to left [Sundberg to second]; Nahorodny
allowed a passed ball [Sundberg to third, Oliver to second];
Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 9, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MASON
REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Bell grounded out (second to
first); Garr singled to center; Pryor singled to center [Garr to
second]; Orta struck out; Soderholm walked [Garr to third, Pryor
to second]; Spencer walked [Garr scored, Pryor to third,
Soderholm to second]; Lamar Johnson doubled to left [Pryor
scored, Soderholm scored, Spencer scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED
MIRABELLA (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first);
4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5.
RANGERS 9TH: Lowenstein flied out to right; Bevacqua was called
out on strikes; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Bell
struck out; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5.
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