The winning run scored on a bases-loaded walk as the Orioles outlasted the White Sox, 8-7. With the score tied in the eighth inning, 7-7, Mark Belanger got an infield single to start the inning. Kiko Garcia ran for Belanger and was sacrificed to second. Al Bumbry was hit by a pitch and Rich Dauer bounced an apparent double-play grounder to Mike Eden. But the shortstop bobbled the ball and the bases were loaded. Gary Roenicke then walked to force in Garcia.

The Sox had tied the game in the seventh on a homer by Wayne Nordhagen and pinch-single by Bobby Bonds. Ken Singleton was the big hitter for the Orioles, driving in four runs with a single and three-run homer. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 8, Chicago White Sox 7

Game Played on Sunday, April 30, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 8 10 2 White Sox 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 - 7 14 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry lf,cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .230 Garr lf 5 1 0 1 0 0 .277 Dauer 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .107 Moore dh 2 2 2 0 3 0 .348 Harlow cf 3 2 3 0 1 0 .364 Orta 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .290 Roenicke ph,lf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .185 Lamar Johnson 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .296 Singleton rf 4 1 2 4 0 0 .341 Nordhagen rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .324 Lopez ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Lemon cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .286 Kelly ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Soderholm 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .233 May dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Nahorodny c 5 0 3 0 0 0 .317 Murray 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Pryor ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Smith 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .256 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Belanger ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .281 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Garcia pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Molinaro ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Skaggs c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Bonds ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .313 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eden ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 10 8 4 3 Totals 39 7 14 6 5 4 Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 17,786 Left on Base: Orioles 8, White Sox 11 DP: Orioles 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Singleton, Murray, Eden Doubles: Harlow (4) Triples: Smith (1), Bumbry (1) Home Runs: Singleton (1), Nordhagen (2) Stolen Bases: Harlow (3), Garr (1) Sacrifice Hits: Skaggs 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: Nordhagen (1) GIDP: Kelly (2), Pryor (1), Lemon (3) Hit by Pitch: Belanger (1,by Barrios), Bumbry (1,by Torrealba) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan 4.1 8 3 3 2 1 0 23 4.91 Stoddard 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 6 7.94 T. Martinez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 Kerrigan 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 5 7.94 McGregor W(1-3) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 11.15 Totals 9 14 7 7 5 4 1 45 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios 5 7 6 6 3 2 1 26 4.71 Torrealba L(1-3) 2.1 3 2 1 1 1 0 13 2.57 Willoughby 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.09 Totals 9 10 8 7 4 3 1 43 Hit by Pitch: Barrios (3), Torrealba (1) Wild Pitches: T. Martinez (2) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Harlow singled to center; Harlow stole second; Singleton singled to center [Harlow scored]; May flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Moore singled to second; Orta reached on an error by Murray [Moore to second]; Lamar Johnson made an out to second; Nordhagen forced Orta (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger was hit by a pitch; Skaggs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lemon to second]; Nahorodny grounded out (pitcher to first); Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry flied out to center; Dauer singled to center; Harlow walked [Dauer to second]; Singleton homered [Dauer scored, Harlow scored]; May struck out; Murray grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (second to first); Moore walked; Orta walked [Moore to second]; Lamar Johnson singled to third [Moore to third, Orta to second]; Nordhagen hit a sacrifice fly to left [Moore scored]; Lemon struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Belanger flied out to center; Skaggs walked; Bumbry walked [Skaggs to second]; Dauer flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny singled to left; Pryor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nahorodny out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow doubled to right; Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Harlow to third]; May struck out; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr lined to shortstop; Moore singled to left; Orta singled to center [Moore to third]; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Moore scored, Orta to second]; Nordhagen singled to center [Orta scored, Lamar Johnson to second]; STODDARD REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Lemon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nordhagen out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, White Sox 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Smith tripled; Belanger singled to left [Smith scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Skaggs out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to second]; Bumbry tripled [Belanger scored]; Dauer grounded out (second to first) [Bumbry scored]; Harlow singled to right; Singleton forced Harlow (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 7, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm singled to right; Nahorodny singled to right [Soderholm to third (error by Singleton)]; CRUZ BATTED FOR PRYOR; Cruz popped to third; Garr forced Nahorodny (shortstop unassisted) [Soderholm scored]; Garr stole second; Moore walked; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); Orta walked [Garr to third, Moore to second]; T. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Garr scored, Moore to third]; KERRIGAN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 7, White Sox 5. ORIOLES 7TH: KESSINGER REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING SS); May grounded out (third to first); Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 7, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen homered; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm singled to center; Nahorodny singled to left [Soderholm to second]; MOLINARO BATTED FOR KESSINGER; MCGREGOR REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); BONDS BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Bonds singled to left [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to second]; BANNISTER RAN FOR BONDS; Garr forced Bannister (shortstop to second) [Nahorodny to third]; Moore walked [Garr to second]; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 7, White Sox 7. ORIOLES 8TH: EDEN REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING SS); Belanger singled to left; GARCIA RAN FOR BELANGER; Skaggs out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Garcia to second]; Bumbry was hit by a pitch; Dauer reached on an error by Eden [Garcia to third, Bumbry to second]; ROENICKE BATTED FOR HARLOW; Roenicke walked [Garcia scored (unearned), Bumbry to third, Dauer to second]; LOPEZ BATTED FOR SINGLETON; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Kelly grounded into a double play (first to catcher to first) [Bumbry out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 8, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 8TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lamar Johnson struck out; Nordhagen flied out to left; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 8, White Sox 7. ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (third to first); Murray grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 8, White Sox 7. WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Nahorodny grounded out (second to first); Eden grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 8, White Sox 7.

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