A two-out single by Greg Pryor broke a tie in the eighth inning and lifted the White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Angels. Mike Squires singled, moved to second on an infield out and scored on Pryor's hit. The game was followed by the tragic death of Lyman Bostock. The Angels' outfielder was shot and killed in Gary, Ind. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, California Angels 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Angels       2  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  1
White Sox    0  1  2    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   5  9  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich 2b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .235      Chappas ss            4   1   2   0     1   0   .304
  Goodwin ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Molinaro lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Lansford 3b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Lemon cf              4   1   2   2     0   1   .295
Bostock rf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .296      Lamar Johnson dh      2   0   0   1     1   1   .271
Baylor dh             2   0   1   1     1   0   .258      Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .254
Rudi lf               2   0   1   0     1   1   .253        Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Jackson 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .295      Squires 1b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .285
Downing c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .262      Foley c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .364
Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Torres rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .318
  Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Gates 2b              2   1   0   0     1   2   .273
R. Miller cf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .261        Pryor 2b            1   0   1   1     0   0   .251
Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hartzell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4  10   3     4   4             Totals               31   5   9   5     5  10

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  7,953
Left on Base: Angels 8, White Sox 8
DP: Angels 1, White Sox 2
Errors: R. Miller, Torres
Doubles: Bostock (24), Jackson (18), Rudi (26), Chappas (1)
Triples: Lemon (6)
Home Runs: Soderholm (18)
Stolen Bases: Downing (3), Molinaro (21), Soderholm (2)
Caught Stealing: Foley (1), Squires (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Baylor (10), Lamar Johnson (6)
GIDP: Jackson (9), Downing (14)
Hit by Pitch: Rudi (2,by Willoughby)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp                   6.2   7   4   4   4  10   1  30   4.31
D. Miller L(6-2)        1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   2.67
Hartzell                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.44
Totals                  8     9   5   5   5  10   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham                 7     7   4   4   4   4   0  30   3.08
Willoughby              0     1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.80
LaGrow W(5-5)           2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.41
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   4   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Willoughby (3)
Wild Pitches: Wortham 3 (7)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Grich walked; Lansford singled to right [Grich to
third]; Wortham threw a wild pitch [Grich scored, Lansford to
second]; Bostock singled to left [Lansford to third]; Baylor hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Lansford scored]; Wortham threw a
wild pitch [Bostock to second]; Rudi walked; Jackson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas singled to shortstop; Molinaro grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Chappas to second]; Lemon flied out to
right; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 2, White Sox 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Downing singled to left; Downing stole second;
Anderson reached on a fielder's choice [Downing out at third
(pitcher to third)]; R. Miller was called out on strikes; Grich
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm homered; Squires struck out; Foley
singled to center; Torres walked [Foley to second]; Gates struck
out while Foley was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
doubled to right; Wortham threw a wild pitch [Bostock to third];
Baylor walked; Baylor was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas doubled to left; Molinaro grounded out
(second to first) [Chappas to third]; Lemon tripled to right
[Chappas scored]; Lamar Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Lemon scored]; Soderholm was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, White Sox 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Jackson doubled to left; Downing singled to right
[Jackson scored]; Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Downing to second]; R. Miller grounded out (second to first)
[Downing to third]; Grich struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires walked; Squires was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Foley struck out; Torres struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Gates struck out; On a bunt Chappas made an out
to pitcher; Molinaro reached on an error by R. Miller; Molinaro
stole second; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3,
White Sox 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Rudi doubled to left; Jackson flied out to right
[Rudi to third]; Downing grounded out (third to first); Anderson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox
3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Soderholm singled to
center; Soderholm stole second; Squires struck out; Foley flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, White Sox 3.

ANGELS 7TH: R. Miller was called out on strikes; Grich flied out
to center; Lansford made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Torres struck out; Gates walked; Chappas walked
[Gates to second]; Molinaro popped to third; Lemon singled to
left [Gates scored, Chappas to second]; D. MILLER REPLACED KNAPP
(PITCHING); Lamar Johnson walked [Chappas to third, Lemon to
second]; Soderholm flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Angels 3, White Sox 4.

ANGELS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED GATES (PLAYING 2B); BELL REPLACED
SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Bostock walked; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
WORTHAM (PITCHING); Baylor singled to left [Bostock to second];
Rudi was hit by a pitch [Bostock to third, Baylor to second];
LAGROW REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Jackson singled to left
[Bostock scored, Baylor out at home (left to catcher), Rudi to
second]; Downing grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Jackson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4,
White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires singled to left; Foley flied out to left;
Torres grounded out (pitcher to first) [Squires to second];
Pryor singled to center [Squires scored]; HARTZELL REPLACED D.
MILLER (PITCHING); Chappas forced Pryor (shortstop to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, White Sox 5.

ANGELS 9TH: FAIRLY BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Fairly grounded out
(first to pitcher); R. Miller reached on an error by Torres;
GOODWIN BATTED FOR GRICH; Goodwin forced R. Miller (second to
shortstop); Lansford singled to right [Goodwin to second];
Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 4, White Sox 5.