A five-hitter by Ken Kravec carried the White Sox to a 1-0 whitewashing of the Twins. The lone run of the game came in the fifth inning on a double by Chet Lemon and single by Greg Pryor. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 1, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Norwood lf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Eden 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Rivera rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Squires 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Ford cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .281
Lamar Johnson dh      4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Morales dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .324
Lemon rf              2   1   2   0     1   0   .286      Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .180
Bosley cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Wolfe 3b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .241
Soderholm 3b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Smalley ss            2   0   1   0     2   0   .282
  Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Molinaro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pryor ss,3b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .246
Colbern c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     3   4             Totals               32   0   5   0     5   8

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  3,648
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 10
DP: White Sox 0, Twins 0
Doubles: Lemon 2 (20)
Stolen Bases: Kusick (3)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (7)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(11-13)         9     5   0   0   5   8   0  37   3.91
Totals                  9     5   0   0   5   8   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(11-10)          9     5   1   1   3   4   0  34   2.53
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   4   0  34

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); Eden
flied out to left; Squires grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to center; Rivera grounded out
(third to first); Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lemon walked; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop to first to second to shortstop); Bosley grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Morales flied out to center; Kusick flied out to
right; Wolfe walked; Smalley walked [Wolfe to second]; Wynegar
forced Wolfe (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm flied out to center; Pryor flied out to
center; Colbern grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to right; Norwood singled to left;
On a bunt Rivera singled [Norwood to second]; Ford flied out to
center; Morales forced Rivera (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Eden
grounded out (first unassisted); Squires flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Kusick struck out; Wolfe popped to first in foul
territory; Smalley singled to center; Wynegar flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lemon doubled to right; Bosley struck out; Soderholm walked;
Pryor singled to left [Lemon scored, Soderholm to second];
Colbern struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Randall struck out; Norwood flied out to center;
Rivera singled to right; Ford singled to right [Rivera to
third]; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington struck out; Eden flied out to left;
Squires flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Kusick popped to first in foul territory; Wolfe
walked; Smalley walked [Wolfe to second]; Wynegar flied out to
center; Randall forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson singled to left; Lemon out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Lamar Johnson to second];
Bosley grounded out (second to first) [Lamar Johnson to third];
Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Norwood struck
out; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Ford struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbern
grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to center;
Eden lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Morales struck out; Kusick walked; Kusick stole
second; Wolfe struck out; Smalley lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Squires was called out on strikes; Lamar Johnson
grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon doubled to right; Bosley
walked; MOLINARO BATTED FOR BELL; Molinaro grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: KESSINGER REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING SS); PRYOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Wynegar struck out; Randall
grounded out (second to first); Norwood flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.