Firing his first shutout of the season, Ken Kravec pitched the White Sox to a 3-0 triumph over the Royals. The Chisox scored all their runs after the first two batters were retired in the eighth inning. Greg Pryor singled and went to third on a single by Bob Molinaro, who stole second. A single by Claudell Washington scored both runners. Washington took second on the throw to the plate, and tallied the final marker on a single by Mike Squires. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    23, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .274      Molinaro rf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Washington cf         4   1   3   2     0   1   .252
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .278        Bosley cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Cowens rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Squires 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .359
Otis cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Lamar Johnson dh      3   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Wathan 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .297      Garr lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .270        Spencer lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Hurdle lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Wilson lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   2   .266
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Colbern c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .269
                                                          Pryor 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .239
                                                          Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     0   9             Totals               29   3   7   3     0   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 15,550
Left on Base: Royals 3, White Sox 3
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Patek, Bell
Doubles: McRae (30), Washington (14)
Triples: Otis (4)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro 2 (19)
Caught Stealing: Washington (3)
GIDP: Porter (11)
Hit by Pitch: Molinaro (3,by Leonard)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(14-15)        8     7   3   3   0   6   0  30   3.57
Totals                  8     7   3   3   0   6   0  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(10-11)         9     4   0   0   0   9   0  30   4.01
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   9   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Leonard (8)
Wild Pitches: Leonard (8)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded
out (shortstop to first); McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro was hit by a pitch; Washington struck
out; Molinaro stole second [Molinaro to third (error by Patek)];
Squires struck out; Lamar Johnson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Otis lined to left; Wathan
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Cowens out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
flied out to center; Kessinger lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Porter struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Colbern struck out; Pryor grounded out (shortstop
to first); Molinaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: White struck out; Brett grounded out (second to
first); McRae doubled to right; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington doubled to left; Squires lined to
center; Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Leonard
threw a wild pitch [Washington to third]; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis tripled to left; Wathan struck out; Porter
struck out; Hurdle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Kessinger was
called out on strikes; Colbern singled to center; Pryor grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox
0.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek struck out; White struck out; Brett flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro flied out to left; Washington singled to
right; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Squires grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae popped to shortstop; Cowens grounded out
(third to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Garr flied out to
center; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Wathan singled to center; Porter grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wathan out at
second]; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Kessinger
was called out on strikes; Colbern popped to second; Pryor
singled to center; Molinaro singled to right [Pryor to third];
Molinaro stole second; Washington singled to center [Pryor
scored, Molinaro scored, Washington to second (on throw to
home)]; Squires singled to right [Washington scored, Squires out
at second (right to first)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 3.

ROYALS 9TH: BOSLEY REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING CF); SPENCER
REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING
3B); Patek popped to second; White reached on an error by Bell;
Brett struck out; McRae forced White (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.