With a helping hand from Dave LaRoche, who earned his 24th save, Frank Tanana gained his 18th victory when the Angels defeated the White Sox, 3-2. the White Sox nicked Tanana for their pair in the first inning when Harry Chappas singled and Chet Lemon homered.

The Angels then erupted for all their runs off Rich Hinton in the third. Brian Downing, Dave Chalk and Rick Miller hit consecutive singles to account for the first tally. Two outs later, after a walk to Lyman Bostock, Don Baylor singled to drive in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Angels       0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich 2b              4   1   0   0     0   2   .237      Chappas ss            5   1   1   0     0   2   .288
Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Torres rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .341
Bostock rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .294      Lemon cf              3   1   1   2     0   0   .292
Baylor dh             3   0   1   2     1   1   .257      Lamar Johnson 1b      3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .252      Nordhagen dh          3   0   1   0     1   1   .298
Jackson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Downing c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .259        Molinaro pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Chalk ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .255      Colbern c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
R. Miller cf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .264      Pryor 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .247
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garr lf               2   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kessinger ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
                                                          Hinton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     3   7             Totals               33   2   8   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 13,922
Left on Base: Angels 5, White Sox 8
DP: Angels 0, White Sox 0
Doubles: Soderholm (16)
Home Runs: Lemon (12)
Stolen Bases: Pryor (3)
Caught Stealing: Baylor (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (10)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (8,by Tanana)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(18-11)         7     6   2   2   2   4   1  29   3.56
LaRoche SV(24)          2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.73
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   7   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hinton L(2-5)           9     6   3   3   3   7   0  35   3.47
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   7   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Tanana (9)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ANGELS 1ST: Grich was called out on strikes; Lansford flied out
to left; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas singled to shortstop; Torres flied out to
right; Lemon homered [Chappas scored]; Lamar Johnson flied out
to left; Nordhagen singled to left; Soderholm popped to catcher
in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi was called out on strikes;
Jackson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Colbern was called out on strikes; Pryor flied
out to right; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing singled to center; Chalk singled to right
[Downing to third]; R. Miller singled to center [Downing scored,
Chalk to second]; Grich forced Chalk (shortstop to third) [R.
Miller to second]; Lansford struck out; Bostock walked [R.
Miller to third, Grich to second]; Baylor singled to left [R.
Miller scored, Grich scored, Bostock to third]; Baylor was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas struck out; Torres grounded out (catcher
unassisted); Lemon was hit by a pitch; Lamar Johnson singled to
left [Lemon out at third (left to third to second to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Jackson flied out to right; Downing
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first);
Soderholm flied out to center; Colbern grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk grounded out (second to first); R. Miller
flied out to left; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor singled to left; Garr out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Pryor to second]; Chappas lined to
left; Torres struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, White
Sox 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Lansford singled to center; Bostock flied out to
center; Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Rudi singled
to center [Lansford to second]; Jackson popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon flied out to right; Lamar Johnson walked;
Nordhagen walked [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm flied out
to right; Colbern popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Downing popped to catcher in foul territory; Chalk
walked; R. Miller flied out to left; Grich flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor singled to left; Garr struck out; Pryor
stole second; Chappas grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Lansford flied out to center; Bostock flied out to
right; Baylor walked; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Lemon popped
to catcher in foul territory; Lamar Johnson popped to third in
foul territory; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Jackson flied out to center; Downing lined to right;
Chalk grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm doubled to right; MOLINARO RAN FOR
SODERHOLM; Colbern lined to shortstop; Pryor singled to left
[Molinaro to third]; KESSINGER BATTED FOR GARR; Kessinger struck
out; Chappas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 3, White
Sox 2.