After building an early 5-0 lead, the White Sox held on to edge the Mariners, 6-5. The White Sox scoring included a two-run homer by Chet Lemon in the fifth. What proved to be the deciding run counted on a sacrifice fly by Wayne Nordhagen in the ninth. In the Mariners' half of the ninth, Leon Roberts and Bruce Bochte hit two-run singles, but the rally was finally quelled by Lerrin LaGrow. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Thursday, September 14, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
White Sox    1  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   6 16  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  4  -   5  4  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Chappas ss            5   2   2   0     0   0   .333      Cruz 2b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .244
Torres rf,cf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Lemon cf              3   1   2   3     0   0   .294      Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   0   0     0   1   .251
  Washington rf       1   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Hale cf             0   1   0   0     1   0   .179
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   2   1     1   0   .281      Roberts rf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .302
  Squires pr,1b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .266      Paciorek lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .319
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .249      Bochte dh             4   1   2   3     0   0   .263
  Bell 3b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .203        Milbourne pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Nordhagen dh          4   0   1   1     0   0   .289      Stein 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Nahorodny c           5   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Stinson c             2   1   0   0     1   1   .266
Bosley lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .265      Beamon 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gates 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Parrott p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   6  16   6     1   0             Totals               30   5   4   5     4   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  5,310
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Mariners 2
DP: White Sox 1, Mariners 0
Doubles: Nordhagen (15), Bosley (4)
Home Runs: Lemon (11), Bochte (11)
Stolen Bases: Squires (3)
Caught Stealing: Bosley (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Lemon (3), Nordhagen (5)
GIDP: Bochte (13)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(11-12)          8.1   2   3   3   2   4   1  28   4.41
LaGrow                  0.2   2   2   2   2   0   0   6   4.52
Totals                  9     4   5   5   4   4   1  34

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(5-9)        4     9   5   5   1   0   1  21   4.51
Parrott                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.00
Brown                   3     3   0   0   0   0   0  12   0.00
Rawley                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.28
Totals                  9    16   6   6   1   0   1  43

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas singled to right; Torres out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Chappas to second]; Lemon
popped to catcher in foul territory; Lamar Johnson singled to
left [Chappas scored]; Soderholm flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ruppert Jones flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied out to left; Nahorodny flied out
to center; Bosley singled to left; Bosley was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Paciorek
popped to first; Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Gates singled to right; On a bunt Chappas singled
to first [Gates to second]; On a bunt Torres singled to third
[Gates to third, Chappas to second]; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Gates scored, Chappas to third]; Lamar Johnson walked
[Torres to second]; Soderholm grounded out (second to first)
[Chappas scored, Torres to third, Lamar Johnson to second];
Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stein flied out to center; Stinson struck out;
Beamon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nahorodny singled to left; Bosley forced
Nahorodny (shortstop to second); Gates grounded out (second to
first) [Bosley to second]; Chappas grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Cruz made an out to shortstop; Reynolds grounded
out (second to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Torres singled to left; Lemon homered [Torres
scored]; PARROTT REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson
singled to right; Soderholm singled to center [Lamar Johnson to
second]; Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lamar
Johnson to third, Soderholm to second]; Nahorodny lined to
third; Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Roberts singled to second; Paciorek popped to
catcher in foul territory; Bochte grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: BROWN REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Gates flied
out to left; Debut game for Tom Brown; Chappas flied out
to right; Torres popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Stein flied out to center; Stinson grounded out
(second to first); Beamon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon singled to center; Lamar Johnson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Soderholm flied out to center;
Nordhagen doubled [Lemon to third]; Nahorodny popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING RF); TORRES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING
3B); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Reynolds made an out
to third; Ruppert Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HALE REPLACED RUPPERT JONES (PLAYING CF); Bosley
doubled to left; Gates lined to third; Chappas grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Bosley to third]; Torres grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 8TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Paciorek
was called out on strikes; Bochte homered; Stein was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: RAWLEY REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Washington
singled to left; Lamar Johnson forced Washington (second to
shortstop); SQUIRES RAN FOR LAMAR JOHNSON; Squires stole second;
Bell singled to left [Squires to third]; Nordhagen hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Squires scored]; Nahorodny forced Bell
(third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners
1.

MARINERS 9TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Stinson
walked; Beamon popped to first in foul territory; Cruz walked
[Stinson to second]; LAGROW REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Reynolds
lined to right; Hale walked [Stinson to third, Cruz to second];
Roberts singled to center [Stinson scored, Cruz scored, Hale to
second]; Paciorek walked [Hale to third, Roberts to second];
Bochte singled to center [Hale scored, Roberts scored, Paciorek
to second]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR BOCHTE; Stein flied out to right;
4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners 5.