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Saturday September 16, 1978
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Francisco Barrios allowed only one hit while pitching the White Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Mariners. Two walks and a pair of flies accounted for the Mariners' run in the second inning before Julio Cruz singled in the sixth for their lone hit. Eric Soderholm led the White Sox' 19-hit attack with four singles, driving in two runs and scoring two. Bob Molinaro contributed a homer. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

White Sox    0  2  1    3  0  0    3  0  0  -   9 19  3
Mariners     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  1  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Chappas ss            4   0   2   2     2   1   .353      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Washington lf,rf      6   1   3   1     0   1   .257      Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Lemon cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .294      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   1   .246
  Bosley lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Roberts rf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .299
Lamar Johnson dh      5   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Bochte dh             2   0   0   0     1   0   .262
Soderholm 3b          5   2   4   2     0   0   .254      Paciorek lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .317
  Bell pr,3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Meyer 1b              1   0   0   1     1   0   .224
Molinaro rf           1   1   1   1     1   0   .273      xStinson c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torres ph,rf,cf     1   1   1   0     2   0   .348        Pasley c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Squires 1b            5   2   3   3     0   0   .280      Milbourne 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Foley c               5   0   2   0     0   0   .444      Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gates 2b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .375        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Parrott 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               42   9  19   9     5   5             Totals               26   1   1   1     3   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 11,230
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Mariners 3
DP: White Sox 1, Mariners 3
Errors: Lemon, Foley 2, Reynolds, Milbourne
Doubles: Torres (2)
Home Runs: Molinaro (6)
Stolen Bases: Washington (5), Lamar Johnson (6), Cruz (52)
Caught Stealing: Chappas (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Meyer (4)
GIDP: Gates (1), Foley (1), Washington (8)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(9-13)         9     1   1   1   3   2   0  31   3.74
Totals                  9     1   1   1   3   2   0  31

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(7-12)          3.2  10   6   5   2   3   1  23   4.81
House                   2.1   5   3   3   2   0   0  12   5.02
Parrott                 1     2   0   0   0   2   0   5   4.92
Brown                   1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Rawley                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.21
Totals                  9    19   9   8   5   5   1  47

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas walked; Washington singled to center
[Chappas to second]; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory;
Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Chappas to third,
Washington to second]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

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

WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro homered; Reynolds dropped a foul fly hit
by Squires for an error; Squires singled to right; Foley
grounded out (first unassisted) [Squires to second]; Gates lined
to second; Chappas singled to center [Squires scored
(unearned)]; Washington struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts walked; Bochte walked [Roberts to second];
Paciorek flied out to right [Roberts to third]; Meyer hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Roberts scored, Bochte to third (error
by Lemon)]; Stinson reached on catcher's interference by Foley;
Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon lined to shortstop; Lamar Johnson flied out
to right; Soderholm singled to left; Molinaro walked [Soderholm
to second]; Squires singled to center [Soderholm scored,
Molinaro to second]; Foley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz flied out to left; Reynolds made an out to
shortstop; Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Gates singled to third [Gates to second (error by
Milbourne)]; Chappas was called out on strikes; Washington
singled to left [Gates scored]; Lemon was called out on strikes;
Lamar Johnson singled to left [Washington to second]; Washington
stole third and Lamar Johnson stole second; Soderholm singled to
left [Washington scored, Lamar Johnson scored]; HOUSE REPLACED
ABBOTT (PITCHING); TORRES BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Torres walked
[Soderholm to second]; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first);
3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Roberts
grounded out (third to first); Bochte grounded out (second to
first); Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 6, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Foley singled to right; Gates grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Foley out at second]; Chappas
walked; Chappas was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer walked; Stinson lined into a double play
(second to first) [Meyer out at first]; Milbourne grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners
1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington made an out to third; Lemon flied out
to right; Lamar Johnson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Cruz singled to center; Reynolds popped to third
in foul territory; Ruppert Jones flied out to right; Cruz stole
second [Cruz to third (error by Foley)]; Roberts flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm singled to left; Torres doubled to left
[Soderholm to third]; Squires singled to center [Soderholm
scored, Torres scored]; Foley singled to right [Squires to
third]; PARROTT REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Gates struck out;
Chappas singled to left [Squires scored, Foley to second];
Washington singled to left [Foley to third, Chappas to second];
Lemon struck out; Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: BOSLEY REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); Bochte flied out to center; Paciorek flied out to
center; Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BROWN REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Soderholm
singled to center; BELL RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Torres walked [Bell
to second]; Squires flied out to center; Foley grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torres out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Stinson grounded
out (first unassisted); Milbourne was called out on strikes;
Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9,
Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: PASLEY REPLACED STINSON (PLAYING C ); RAWLEY
REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Gates singled to third; Chappas
popped to second; Washington grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gates out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Ruppert Jones
grounded out (first to pitcher); Roberts popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Mariners 1.



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