The White Sox delivered a double jolt to the Rangers, sweeping a twin bill, 5-4 and 4-2. The White Sox trailed, 4-2, going into the bottom of the eighth of the first game when the winning rally began with a one-out single by Eric Soderholm. Ralph Garr drew a walk and Reggie Cleveland replaced Jim Umbarger on the hill for Texas. Tom Spencer struck out, but Claudell Washington got an infield hit to load the sacks. Lamar Johnson then lined a single into short center field, scoring two runs, and when Juan Beniquez bobbled the ball for an error, Washington came home with the winning run.

In the second game, the first two White Sox runs came in the fourth on a double by Garr, triple by Bob Molinaro and sacrifice fly by Washington. In the next inning, Don Kessinger drew a leadoff walk and came home two outs later on a triple by Garr. Molinaro opened the eighth with a single, advanced on a sacrifice and tallied on a single by Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Texas Rangers 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      30, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  1
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  3  x  -   5 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .259      Bosley cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
  Jorgensen pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .148      Kessinger ss          3   0   1   1     1   0   .262
Beniquez cf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .266      Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Sundberg c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .304      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .259
Oliver lf             3   0   3   1     0   0   .319        Bell pr,3b          0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .277      Garr lf               3   2   1   0     1   0   .284
Harrah 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .212        Cruz lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Gray dh               4   0   1   2     0   0   .241      Molinaro dh           3   0   0   1     0   1   .277
Wills 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .228        Spencer ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Washington rf         4   1   2   0     0   1   .244
  Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   3   2     0   1   .251
Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           2   1   1   0     0   1   .243
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blomberg ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Colbern c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                          Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     2   0             Totals               34   5  11   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 7
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Beniquez, Nahorodny
Doubles: Bonds (15), Oliver (22), Washington (9)
Triples: Nahorodny (2), Garr (4)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (26), Harrah (24), Beniquez (9)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (6)
GIDP: Kessinger (7)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer                   6.1   8   2   2   1   6   0  28   2.25
Umbarger                1     1   2   2   1   0   0   4   4.69
Cleveland L(3-7)        0.2   2   1   0   0   1   0   4   3.00
Totals                  8    11   5   4   2   7   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    3.1   7   3   3   0   0   0  17   5.04
Schueler                2.2   1   1   0   1   0   0  10   4.39
LaGrow W(2-3)           3     2   0   0   1   0   0  11   3.92
Totals                  9    10   4   3   2   0   0  38

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (second to first); Kessinger
walked; Orta struck out; Soderholm singled to right [Kessinger
to second]; Garr forced Soderholm (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver singled to left; Bonds flied out to left;
Harrah flied out to left; Gray forced Oliver (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro grounded out (second to first);
Washington doubled to left; Lamar Johnson singled to center
[Washington stayed at second]; Nahorodny struck out; Bosley was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White
Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills flied out to left; On a bunt Campaneris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove singled to center;
Beniquez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger flied out to left; Orta grounded out
(second to first); Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to shortstop; Oliver singled to
right [Sundberg to second]; Bonds doubled to left [Sundberg
scored, Oliver to third]; Harrah reached on a fielder's choice
[Oliver out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Bonds stole third
and Harrah stole second; Gray singled to left [Bonds scored,
Harrah scored]; Wills singled to center [Gray to second];
SCHUELER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to left;
Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Molinaro struck out; Washington flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez singled to center; Beniquez stole second
[Beniquez to third (error by Nahorodny)]; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Beniquez scored (unearned)]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Nahorodny tripled to
right; Bosley flied out to right; Kessinger singled to shortstop
[Nahorodny scored]; Orta flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah walked; Gray forced Harrah (third to
second); Wills grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gray to second];
On a bunt Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Garr tripled to
right; Molinaro grounded out (second to first) [Garr scored];
Washington struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White
Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: LAGROW REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Hargrove flied
out to left; Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson singled to right; BLOMBERG BATTED
FOR NAHORODNY; Blomberg flied out to center; Bosley singled to
center [Lamar Johnson to second]; UMBARGER REPLACED COMER
(PITCHING); Kessinger grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Lamar Johnson out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: COLBERN REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING C ); Oliver
doubled to left; Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Harrah
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Gray flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta flied out to left; Soderholm singled to
left; BELL RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Garr walked [Bell to second];
CLEVELAND REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); SPENCER BATTED FOR
MOLINARO; Spencer struck out; Washington singled to shortstop
[Bell to third, Garr to second]; Lamar Johnson singled to center
[Bell scored, Garr scored, Washington scored (error by Beniquez)
(unearned), Lamar Johnson to second]; Colbern grounded out
(third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White
Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); CRUZ REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Wills
walked; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein forced
Wills (second to shortstop); Hargrove singled to center
[Lowenstein to third]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Lowenstein
was caught stealing home (catcher to third) [Jorgensen to
second]; Beniquez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 5.