Exploding for eight runs in the seventh inning, the A's routed the White Sox, 10-3. The A's sent 11 batters to the plate in their big frame. Rob Picciolo opened with a double and drove in the final two runs of the inning with a homer. A two-run single by Taylor Duncan, a wild pitch, RBI singles by Rico Carty and Dave Revering and a double by Joe Wallis accounted for the other runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  2  0    0  0  0    8  0  0  -  10 14  3
White Sox    0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone cf             5   1   2   0     0   2   .226      Chappas ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Duncan 3b,2b          4   1   2   2     1   0   .260      Squires 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Carty dh              2   0   1   2     2   0   .284      Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .294
  Burke pr,dh         1   1   0   0     0   0   .233      Lamar Johnson dh      4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Page lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .287      Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .275
  Alston lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Molinaro rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Newman 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
  Woodard pr,2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bell pr,3b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .197
  Gross ph,3b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Foley c               4   1   2   0     0   1   .414
Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Gates 2b              2   2   0   0     1   0   .250
  Revering 1b         2   1   1   1     0   1   .271      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wallis rf             4   2   2   1     1   1   .255        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Meyer c               4   1   1   0     0   1   .125        Baumgarten p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo 2b,ss        4   2   3   3     0   0   .241        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wirth p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  10  14   9     4   7             Totals               32   3   6   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 10,408
Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 5
DP: A's 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Page 2, Woodard, Foley
Doubles: Meyer (1), Picciolo (1), Wallis (16), Squires (9)
Home Runs: Picciolo (2)
Stolen Bases: Dilone 2 (49), Woodard (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (17), Chappas (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wirth W(5-5)            9     6   3   1   2   5   0  35   2.81
Totals                  9     6   3   1   2   5   0  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(11-16)         6     9   5   5   4   5   0  29   4.08
LaGrow                  0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   4.54
Baumgarten              1     3   3   3   0   1   1   6   5.87
Willoughby              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.72
Totals                  9    14  10  10   4   7   1  43

Passed Balls: Meyer (1)
Wild Pitches: Baumgarten (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone singled to left; Dilone stole second;
Duncan grounded out (second to first) [Dilone to third]; Carty
walked; Page struck out; Newman forced Carty (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas flied out to center; Squires grounded out
(second to first); Lemon walked; Lamar Johnson forced Lemon
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero was called out on strikes; Wallis
walked; Meyer doubled to left [Wallis to third]; On a bunt
Picciolo singled [Wallis scored, Meyer to third]; Dilone was
called out on strikes; Duncan walked [Picciolo to second]; Carty
walked [Meyer scored, Picciolo to third, Duncan to second]; Page
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr struck out; Molinaro grounded out (second to
first); Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Guerrero popped to catcher in foul territory; Wallis singled to
shortstop [Wallis out at second (shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Foley singled to center; Gates walked [Foley to
second]; Chappas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Foley to third, Gates to second]; Squires lined to left; Lemon
reached on an error by Page [Foley scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Gates scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Meyer grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
flied out to right; Dilone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr struck out; Molinaro flied out to center;
Soderholm popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; Carty lined into a
double play (first to shortstop) [Duncan out at second]; Page
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Foley singled to right; On a bunt Gates forced
Foley (third to shortstop); Chappas popped to third in foul
territory; Squires doubled to left [Gates scored, Squires out at
home (left to shortstop to catcher) (error by Page)]; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman singled to left; WOODARD RAN FOR NEWMAN;
Woodard stole second; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Woodard to third]; Wallis struck out; Meyer struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: WOODARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PICCIOLO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); REVERING REPLACED GUERRERO
(PLAYING 1B); Lemon singled to left; Lamar Johnson forced Lemon
(shortstop to second) [Lamar Johnson to second (error by
Woodard)]; Garr grounded out (second to first) [Lamar Johnson to
third]; Molinaro popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo doubled to left; On a bunt Dilone
singled [Picciolo to third]; Dilone stole second; Duncan singled
to left [Picciolo scored, Dilone scored, Duncan to second (error
by Foley)]; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Carty singled to
right [Duncan scored]; BURKE RAN FOR CARTY; Page singled to
right [Burke to third]; GROSS BATTED FOR WOODARD; BAUMGARTEN
REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Baumgarten threw a wild pitch [Burke
scored, Page to second]; Gross grounded out (second to first)
[Page to third]; Revering singled to center [Page scored];
Wallis doubled to left [Revering scored, Wallis to third (on
throw to home)]; Meyer popped to third in foul territory;
Picciolo homered [Wallis scored]; Dilone struck out; 8 R, 8 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GROSS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNCAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
ALSTON REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Soderholm singled to left;
BELL RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Meyer allowed a passed ball [Bell to
second]; Foley flied out to left; Gates popped to first; Chappas
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, White
Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Duncan made an out to shortstop;
Burke grounded out (first unassisted); Alston grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 10, White
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires flied out to left; Lemon flied out to
right; Lamar Johnson singled to center; Garr struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 10, White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Revering
struck out; Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 10, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Molinaro grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell
struck out; Foley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
10, White Sox 3.