The White Sox took advantage of Nolan Ryan's wildness to snap their four-game losing streak, downing the Angels, 9-6. A triple by Ralph Garr followed by a single by Don Kessinger gave the Sox a run in the first inning and they added another in the second on a single by Bob Molinaro, walks to Eric Soderholm and Bill Nahorodny and Garr's infield groundout.

Nahorodny and Jorge Orta hit two-run homers during a five-run eighth inning. The Angels scored five in the ninth, the key blows being a two-run single by Carney Lansford and two-run triple by Ike Hampton. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 9, California Angels 6

Game Played on Wednesday, May 17, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 - 6 9 1 White Sox 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 x - 9 10 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Miller rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .204 Garr lf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .256 Chalk ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Kessinger ss 3 1 2 1 1 1 .293 Fairly 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .291 Orta 2b 4 1 2 3 1 0 .263 Solaita dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Blomberg dh 4 1 0 0 1 2 .208 Baylor lf 2 1 0 1 0 1 .284 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Bostock cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .202 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Grich 2b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .224 Molinaro rf 3 2 2 0 1 1 .341 Lansford 3b 2 1 1 2 2 0 .284 Soderholm 3b 2 1 1 2 1 0 .227 Humphrey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Nahorodny c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .301 Landreaux ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hampton c 1 1 1 2 0 0 .400 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 9 6 4 2 Totals 31 9 10 9 7 6 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 13,676 Left on Base: Angels 7, White Sox 7 DP: Angels 1, White Sox 1 Errors: Ryan Doubles: Chalk (4), Grich (5), Lamar Johnson (8) Triples: Hampton (1), Garr (1) Home Runs: Nahorodny (3), Orta (5) Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (1) Sacrifice Flies: Baylor (4), Soderholm (2) GIDP: Bostock (8) Hit by Pitch: Baylor (2,by Stone) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan L(2-3) 8 10 9 9 7 6 2 40 3.00 Totals 8 10 9 9 7 6 2 40 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(2-2) 8 7 5 5 4 1 0 35 4.70 Willoughby 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.63 Totals 9 9 6 6 4 2 0 40 Hit by Pitch: Stone (2) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller flied out to left; Chalk doubled to right; Fairly flied out to right; Solaita flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr tripled to center; Kessinger singled to left [Garr scored]; Orta walked [Kessinger to second]; Blomberg lined into a double play (second to first) [Orta out at first]; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 1. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Bostock flied out to center; Grich doubled to left; Lansford walked; Humphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon grounded out (second to first); Molinaro singled to right; Soderholm walked [Molinaro to second]; Nahorodny walked [Molinaro to third, Soderholm to second]; Garr forced Nahorodny (second to shortstop) [Molinaro scored, Soderholm to third]; Kessinger walked [Garr to second]; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller grounded out (second to pitcher); Chalk flied out to left; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Blomberg was called out on strikes; Lamar Johnson lined to second; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 4TH: Solaita lined to left; Baylor grounded out (third to first); Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Molinaro struck out; Soderholm flied out to center; Nahorodny popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 5TH: Grich grounded out (first to pitcher); Lansford walked; Humphrey flied out to center; R. Miller singled to right [Lansford to third]; Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr struck out; Kessinger was called out on strikes; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 6TH: Fairly singled to right; Solaita singled to right [Fairly to third]; Baylor hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fairly scored]; Bostock grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Solaita out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Blomberg walked; Lamar Johnson doubled to left [Blomberg to third]; Lemon grounded out (third to first); Molinaro was walked intentionally; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to left [Blomberg scored, Lamar Johnson to third]; Nahorodny forced Molinaro (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 3. ANGELS 7TH: Grich walked; Lansford flied out to right; LANDREAUX BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Landreaux forced Grich (shortstop to second); R. Miller flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: HAMPTON REPLACED LANDREAUX (PLAYING C ); Garr walked; Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garr to second]; Orta singled to center [Garr scored]; Blomberg flied out to right; Lamar Johnson forced Orta (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 4. ANGELS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Fairly flied out to center; Solaita flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon struck out; Molinaro singled to right; Molinaro was picked off first but was safe on an error by Ryan [Molinaro to third]; Soderholm singled to right [Molinaro scored]; Nahorodny homered [Soderholm scored]; Garr flied out to center; Kessinger singled to first; Orta homered [Kessinger scored]; Blomberg struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, White Sox 9. ANGELS 9TH: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Bostock singled to right [Baylor to second]; Grich walked [Baylor to third, Bostock to second]; Lansford singled to right [Baylor scored, Bostock scored, Grich to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Hampton tripled to center [Grich scored, Lansford scored]; R. Miller struck out; Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Fairly singled to center [Hampton scored]; Solaita flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 6, White Sox 9.

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