Rookie southpaw Steve Trout, son of the late major leaguer Dizzy Trout, got credit for a victory in his first major league start as the White Sox edged the Twins, 4-3. Two-run homer by Claudell Washington gave the Pale Hose the lead in the third inning and their margin rose to 3-0 in the fourth frame on a triple by Chet Lemon and sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm. The White Sox added a run in the seventh on a double by Greg Pryor and single by Don Kessinger. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  2    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  6  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   3 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington lf         3   1   1   2     1   0   .253      Smalley ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Bosley cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .255      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Squires 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Norwood lf,cf         4   0   0   0     0   2   .261
Lamar Johnson dh      4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Ford cf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .281
Lemon rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .281        Powell rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Molinaro rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Borgmann ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .212
Soderholm 3b          2   0   0   1     1   1   .251      Morales dh            4   1   3   1     0   0   .330
  Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Wolfe 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .244
Pryor 2b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .244        Wilfong pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Nahorodny c           4   1   1   0     0   2   .238      Rivera rf,lf          4   0   3   2     0   0   .276
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   1     0   0   .263      Kusick 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .183
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .243
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carew ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .340
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   6   4     4   4             Totals               35   3  10   3     2   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  3,630
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Twins 7
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Bosley
Doubles: Pryor 2 (7), Borgmann (3), Morales (12)
Triples: Lemon (5)
Home Runs: Washington (4)
Caught Stealing: Washington (6), Bosley (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Soderholm (7)
GIDP: Smalley (15)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout W(1-0)            6.1   5   1   1   1   4   0  24   2.45
Hinton                  2     4   2   2   0   3   0   9   3.90
Torrealba               0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.97
LaGrow SV(15)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.79
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   8   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(13-10)       4     4   3   3   1   1   1  17   4.20
Jackson                 4     2   1   1   2   1   0  14   4.63
Sutton                  1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   3.70
Totals                  9     6   4   4   4   4   1  35

Wild Pitches: Sutton (4)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dale Ford


WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bosley grounded out (first unassisted); Squires grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Randall
grounded out (third to first); Norwood grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first);
Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm walked; Pryor
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford struck out; Morales grounded out (first
unassisted); Wolfe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny singled to center; Kessinger flied out
to left; Washington homered [Nahorodny scored]; Bosley grounded
out (shortstop to first); Squires grounded out (first to
pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Rivera singled to third; Kusick singled to center
[Rivera to third]; Wynegar struck out; Smalley grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kusick out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first);
Lemon tripled to center; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Lemon scored]; Pryor doubled to left; Nahorodny struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Norwood
flied out to center; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: JACKSON REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Kessinger
flied out to right; Washington walked; Washington was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Bosley struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Morales singled to right; Wolfe flied out to right;
Rivera flied out to right; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Squires flied out to left; Lamar Johnson flied
out to center; Lemon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Smalley grounded out
(third to first); Randall was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Pryor doubled to
left; Nahorodny flied out to center; Kessinger singled to left
[Pryor scored, Kessinger to second (on throw to home)];
Washington flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
4, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Norwood struck out; Ford singled to right; Morales
singled to center [Ford to second]; Wolfe walked [Ford to third,
Morales to second]; HINTON REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Rivera
singled to center [Ford scored, Morales out at home (catcher
unassisted), Wolfe to third]; Jose Morales passed Dan Ford
running the bases; Kusick popped to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: POWELL REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); NORWOOD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Bosley walked; Squires flied out to left; Bosley
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Lamar Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Wynegar struck out; Smalley struck out; Randall flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SUTTON REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Lemon
grounded out (second to first); Soderholm struck out; Pryor
walked; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Pryor to second]; Nahorodny
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); MOLINARO
REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING RF); Norwood was called out on strikes;
BORGMANN BATTED FOR POWELL; Borgmann doubled to center; Morales
doubled to right [Borgmann scored]; Wolfe singled to right
[Morales to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING);
WILFONG RAN FOR WOLFE; Rivera singled to center [Morales scored,
Wilfong to third (error by Bosley), Rivera to second]; Kusick
was walked intentionally; LAGROW REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING);
CAREW BATTED FOR WYNEGAR; Carew struck out; Smalley flied out to
center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.