A two-run single by Lamar Johnson in the third inning propelled the White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the A's. The score was 1-1 when Greg Pryor led off the Sox third with a single. Harry Chappas laid down a sacrifice bunt and was safe when losing pitcher John Henry Johnson threw wildly to first.

Mike Squires also sacrificed and Chet Lemon was given an intentional pass to load the bases for Lamar Johnson. Pitcher Johnson booted another sacrifice bunt attempt by Chappas in the seventh stanza to set the stage for two more Pale Hose runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Monday, September 25, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  4
White Sox    1  0  2    0  0  0    2  1  x  -   6 10  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wallis cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Chappas ss            3   2   0   0     0   1   .279
Alston rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .206      Squires 1b            2   0   0   1     0   1   .279
Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Lemon cf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .293
  Burke pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Lamar Johnson dh      4   0   2   2     0   0   .273
Page lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .287      Nordhagen rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .270        Molinaro rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .264
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .276      Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .204        Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Colbern c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Duncan 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Garr lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .277
Robinson c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Pryor 2b              4   2   2   0     0   1   .252
Picciolo 2b           2   1   1   1     0   0   .215      Kucek p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Newman ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .233        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Woodard 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     3   3             Totals               31   6  10   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  5,279
Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 7
DP: A's 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Page, Picciolo, Johnson 2, Nordhagen, Pryor
Doubles: Revering (20)
Home Runs: Page (17), Picciolo (1), Lemon (13)
Stolen Bases: Alston (11)
Caught Stealing: Dilone (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Chappas 2 (2), Squires (2), Bell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Squires (2)
GIDP: Revering (12), Robinson (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(11-9)         7     8   6   3   1   3   1  32   3.20
Heaverlo                0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.27
Lacey                   0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   3.08
Totals                  8    10   6   3   1   5   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kucek W(2-3)            7.1   6   2   2   3   3   2  29   3.33
LaGrow SV(16)           1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.32
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   3   2  35

Wild Pitches: Johnson (5), Kucek (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis struck out; Alston lined to first; Carty
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas flied out to center; Squires struck out;
Lemon homered; Lamar Johnson popped to first in foul territory;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page homered; Revering doubled to right [Revering
to third (error by Nordhagen)]; Guerrero struck out; Gross made
an out to shortstop; Robinson grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied out to center; Soderholm singled
to center; Colbern popped to second; Garr struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wallis grounded out (first to pitcher); Alston singled to right;
Alston stole second; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor singled to center; Chappas reached on an
error by Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Pryor to second]; Squires
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Pryor to third,
Chappas to second]; Lemon was walked intentionally; Lamar
Johnson singled to left [Pryor scored, Chappas scored
(unearned), Lemon to third, Lamar Johnson to second (error by
Page)]; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to center; Revering grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Page out at second];
Guerrero flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Colbern flied out to center; Garr singled to left
[Garr to second (error by Picciolo)]; Pryor flied out to center;
Chappas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to left; Robinson grounded out
(second to first); Picciolo homered; Wallis flied out to right;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires flied out to left; Lemon struck out;
Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen forced Lamar Johnson
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox
3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alston flied out to right; Carty singled to
center; Page grounded out (first unassisted) [Carty to second];
Revering was walked intentionally; Kucek threw a wild pitch
[Carty to third, Revering to second]; Guerrero struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Colbern flied out
to left; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross walked; DILONE RAN FOR GROSS; Dilone was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Robinson flied
out to center; NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Newman flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: DUNCAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 3B); WOODARD
REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING 2B); Pryor singled to left; Chappas
reached on an error by Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Pryor to
third, Chappas to second]; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Pryor
scored (unearned), Chappas to third]; Squires hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Chappas scored (unearned)]; Lemon flied out to
left; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MOLINARO REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING RF); BELL
REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Wallis grounded out (first
unassisted); Alston walked; LAGROW REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING);
Carty reached on an error by Pryor (assist by Chappas) [Alston
to second]; BURKE RAN FOR CARTY; Page forced Burke (shortstop to
second) [Alston to third]; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Molinaro
singled to left; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Bell out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Molinaro to second];
Colbern singled to right [Molinaro scored]; Garr singled to
right [Colbern to third]; LACEY REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING);
Pryor struck out; Chappas struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero singled to right; Duncan flied out to
right; Robinson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 6.