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Saturday September 30, 1978
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Bob Molinaro's bloop single to center scored Eric Soderholm from second base in the ninth inning to lift the White Sox to a 6-5 win over the Angels. Molinaro's game-winning hit off Angels' reliever Dave LaRoche came after Soderholm singled to open the inning and Lamar Johnson sacrificed. [ap]


Chicago White Sox 6, California Angels 5

Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    3  1  1  -   6 13  1
Angels       0  3  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5  7  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .277      Grich 2b              5   1   4   2     0   0   .249
Pryor 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .264      Rettenmund rf         1   0   0   0     3   0   .269
Lemon cf              5   1   2   1     0   2   .300        Landreaux pr,rf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Soderholm dh          4   1   2   1     1   1   .258      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .292
Squires 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Baylor dh             4   0   1   2     0   0   .257
  Lamar Johnson ph,1b 1   0   1   1     0   0   .272      Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Washington rf         3   1   2   1     0   1   .255      Jackson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .295
  Nordhagen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Downing c             4   1   0   0     0   0   .256
  Molinaro rf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .265      Chalk ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Colbern c             5   1   1   1     0   3   .270        Anderson ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Chappas ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .254      R. Miller cf          3   2   1   0     1   0   .261
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .191      Knapp p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   6  13   6     2   9             Totals               33   5   7   4     5   2

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 16,919
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Angels 6
DP: White Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Pryor, Chalk, Anderson
Doubles: Lamar Johnson (22), Grich (16), Baylor (26)
Triples: Washington (5)
Home Runs: Washington (6), Colbern (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lamar Johnson (1)
GIDP: Landreaux (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham                 6.1   5   5   2   4   1   0  28   3.05
Torrealba               0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.71
LaGrow W(6-5)           2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.40
Totals                  9     7   5   2   5   2   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knapp                   6.2   7   4   1   2   9   1  31   4.21
LaRoche L(10-9)         1.2   6   2   2   0   0   1  11   2.82
D. Miller               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.66
Totals                  9    13   6   3   2   9   2  44

Wild Pitches: Wortham (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor
popped to first; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund
walked; Lansford grounded out (third to first) [Rettenmund to
second]; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Squires flied out
to right; Washington tripled to right; Colbern struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Rudi walked; Jackson singled to left [Rudi to
second]; Downing forced Rudi (first to third) [Jackson to
second]; Chalk lined to third; R. Miller reached on an error by
Pryor [Jackson to third, Downing to second]; Grich singled to
center [Jackson scored (unearned), Downing scored (unearned), R.
Miller to second]; Rettenmund walked [R. Miller to third, Grich
to second]; Wortham threw a wild pitch [R. Miller scored
(unearned), Grich to third, Rettenmund to second]; Lansford
struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas flied out to left; Bell struck out; Garr
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 3RD: Baylor flied to left in foul territory; Rudi made an
out to second; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor singled to left; Lemon singled to left
[Pryor to second]; Soderholm walked [Pryor to third, Lemon to
second]; Squires struck out; Washington struck out; Colbern
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing flied out to center; Chalk flied out to
right; R. Miller singled to left; Grich doubled to left [R.
Miller out at third (pitcher to third)]; Rick Miller out on
appeal for missing 3B; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Chappas flied out to left; Bell made an out to
second; Garr reached on an error by Chalk; Pryor singled to
shortstop [Garr to second]; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Rettenmund made an out to second; Lansford flied out
to center; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING SS); Soderholm
struck out; Squires flied to left in foul territory; Washington
homered; Colbern struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Rudi flied out to center; Jackson flied out to
right; Downing flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Chappas flied out to center; Bell flied out to
left; Garr walked; Pryor reached on an error by Anderson [Garr
to second]; Lemon singled to right [Garr scored (unearned),
Pryor to second]; Soderholm singled to center [Pryor scored
(unearned), Lemon to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING);
LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR SQUIRES; Lamar Johnson doubled to
center [Lemon scored (unearned), Soderholm to third]; NORDHAGEN
BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOLINARO
REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING RF); Anderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); R. Miller walked; Grich singled to left
[R. Miller to second]; TORREALBA REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING);
Rettenmund walked [R. Miller to third, Grich to second]; LAGROW
REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); LANDREAUX RAN FOR RETTENMUND;
Lansford was called out on strikes; Baylor doubled to left [R.
Miller scored, Grich scored, Landreaux to third]; Rudi grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LANDREAUX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Colbern
homered; Chappas lined to shortstop; Bell singled to left; Garr
singled to third [Bell to second]; Pryor forced Garr (shortstop
to second) [Bell to third]; Lemon lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Angels 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Downing
grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm singled to left; Lamar Johnson out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Soderholm to second]; Molinaro
singled to center [Soderholm scored]; D. MILLER REPLACED LAROCHE
(PITCHING); Colbern flied out to right; Chappas popped to first;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Angels 5.

ANGELS 9TH: R. Miller flied out to center; Grich singled to
right; Landreaux grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 6, Angels 5.



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