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.

Paul Mirabella, a 24-year-old lefthander from Tucson (Pacific Coast), made his major league debut and was the winner, pitching 7 2/3 innings. Paul Lindblad relieved after a bases-loaded double by Lamar Johnson highlighted a four-run White Sox rally. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 5
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      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.