Batting sixth, seventh and eighth, Bob Molinaro, Eric Soderholm and Henry Cruz provided the scoring punch as the White Sox defeated the A's, 6-2. In the fourth inning, Molinaro batted in two runs with a single and Soderholm accounted for a third marker with an infield out. Cruz homered in the seventh and Soderholm delivered the final two Chicago runs with a double in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Friday, May 19, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

White Sox 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 6 0 A's 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 3 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Staggs 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .349 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Burke cf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .292 Orta 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .262 Page lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .261 Blomberg dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 .185 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .298 Bannister pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .246 Alexander dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .246 Molinaro rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .392 Dilone pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 3 0 1 .229 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Cruz cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .188 Essian c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Nahorodny c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Thomasson rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .160 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 6 6 1 3 Totals 35 2 10 2 2 7 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 5,515 Left on Base: White Sox 3, A's 9 DP: White Sox 1, A's 0 Errors: Page, Guerrero, Gross Doubles: Soderholm (3), Burke (1) Home Runs: Cruz (1) Stolen Bases: Molinaro 2 (6) Sacrifice Hits: Molinaro (1) Sacrifice Flies: Guerrero (1) GIDP: Burke (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(4-4) 8 8 2 2 2 7 0 34 3.98 Willoughby 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.47 Totals 9 10 2 2 2 7 0 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(4-3) 8 5 5 3 1 3 1 31 2.83 Sosa 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.88 Totals 9 6 6 3 1 3 1 36 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Staggs flied to left in foul territory; Burke singled to left; Page grounded out (second to first) [Burke to second]; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg flied out to center; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; Molinaro singled to right; Molinaro stole second; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied out to left; Alexander made an out to second; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Cruz flied out to right; Nahorodny flied out to left; Garr singled to shortstop; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to center; Thomasson struck out; Staggs flied out to center; Burke doubled to left [Essian to third]; Page singled to second [Essian scored, Burke to third]; Guerrero struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta singled to right; Blomberg reached on an error by Gross [Orta to third, Blomberg to second]; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Molinaro singled to left [Orta scored, Blomberg scored (unearned), Molinaro to second (error by Page)]; Molinaro stole third; Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first) [Molinaro scored (unearned)]; Cruz lined to first; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to right; Alexander walked; Gross popped to second; Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Kessinger made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Thomasson singled to left; Staggs struck out; Burke singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Page singled to right [Thomasson to third, Burke to second]; Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thomasson scored, Burke to third]; Revering popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta flied out to right; Blomberg was called out on strikes; Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Alexander struck out; Gross struck out; Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Molinaro grounded out (second to first); Soderholm grounded out (catcher to first); Cruz homered; Nahorodny flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Staggs grounded out (third to first); Burke popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Page singled to right; Guerrero flied out to center; Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Alexander walked [Page to second]; DILONE RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Gross struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Blomberg walked; BANNISTER RAN FOR BLOMBERG; SOSA REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson reached on an error by Guerrero [Bannister to second]; Molinaro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bannister to third, Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm doubled to right [Bannister scored, Lamar Johnson scored (unearned)]; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted) [Soderholm to third]; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson singled to left; Staggs singled to right [Thomasson to second]; Burke grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Staggs out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

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