Mitchell Page drove in five runs with a homer, two doubles and a single and rookie lefty John Henry Johnson pitched his second shutout as the A's won the second game of a doubleheader, 8-0, after losing the first game to the White Sox, 6-2. The White Sox trailed, 2-1, going into the eighth inning of the lidlifter when Lamar Johnson drew a base on balls, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Junior Moore. After Henry Cruz forced Moore, singles by Don Kessinger and Eric Soderholm put the Sox ahead, 3-2. A double by Jorge Orta and homer by Johnson added three insurance runs in the ninth.

In the nightcap, Page homered for two runs in the first inning, got his third RBI with a fifth inning double and plated two more mates with a sixth-inning double. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 - 6 9 0 A's 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Burke cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .281 Larry Johnson ph,c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Staggs 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .320 Washington dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 .170 Page lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .258 Orta 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .260 Murphy pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 2 1 2 1 0 .250 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Molinaro rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .351 Revering 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Moore ph,lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Newman c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .350 Cruz cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .217 Edwards pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234 Nahorodny c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Alexander dh 4 0 1 1 0 3 .238 Blomberg ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Dilone rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .212 Nordhagen ph,lf,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 9 6 4 1 Totals 33 2 6 2 5 7 Time of Game: 2:40 Left on Base: White Sox 9, A's 9 DP: White Sox 0, A's 0 Errors: Burke, Guerrero Doubles: Cruz (1), Orta (8), Burke (2) Home Runs: Lamar Johnson (3) Stolen Bases: Garr (3), Dilone (14), Burke (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(3-2) 7.1 6 2 2 5 5 0 33 4.38 Hinton 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.87 Willoughby SV(2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.28 Totals 9 6 2 2 5 7 0 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko 6 3 1 0 2 1 0 25 2.25 Sosa 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.87 Lacey L(3-2) 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 8 2.67 Heaverlo 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 4.85 Coleman 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1.37 Totals 9 9 6 5 4 1 1 42 Wild Pitches: Lacey (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Washington reached on an error by Guerrero; Orta grounded out (pitcher to first) [Washington to second]; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke flied out to right; Staggs walked; Page popped to third in foul territory; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro lined to right; Cruz walked; Kessinger grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to second]; Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to right; Newman singled to left [Revering to third]; Gross struck out; Alexander singled to right [Revering scored, Newman to third, Alexander to second (on throw)]; Dilone flied out to left; Burke flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny walked; Garr flied out to right; Washington struck out; Orta flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); Page was called out on strikes; Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Molinaro grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to left; Newman grounded out (second to first); Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Athletics 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kessinger reached on an error by Burke [Kessinger to second]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny grounded out (pitcher to first); Garr singled to left [Kessinger scored (unearned)]; Garr stole second; Washington grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander struck out; Dilone singled to center; Dilone stole second; Burke doubled to center [Dilone scored]; Staggs grounded out (third to first) [Burke to third]; Page walked; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta made an out to second; Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); Molinaro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering made an out to third; Newman made an out to third; Gross walked; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Cruz doubled to center; Kessinger singled to right [Cruz to third]; SOSA REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Soderholm forced Kessinger (second to shortstop); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR NAHORODNY; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Nordhagen made an out to third; LARRY JOHNSON BATTED FOR GARR; Larry Johnson walked [Soderholm to second]; Washington forced Larry Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: LARRY JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dilone grounded out (second to first); Burke singled to center; Burke stole second; Staggs was called out on strikes; Page walked; MURPHY RAN FOR PAGE; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar Johnson walked; MOORE BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Lacey threw a wild pitch [Lamar Johnson to second]; Moore singled to right [Lamar Johnson scored]; Cruz forced Moore (second to shortstop); Kessinger singled to center [Cruz to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Soderholm singled to left [Cruz scored, Kessinger to second]; Nordhagen grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NORDHAGEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Revering flied out to left; Newman walked; EDWARDS RAN FOR NEWMAN; HINTON REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (first unassisted) [Edwards to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Athletics 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: ESSIAN REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING C ); Larry Johnson flied out to left; Washington singled to center; Orta doubled to right [Washington scored]; COLEMAN REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson homered [Orta scored]; Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Dilone lined to third; Burke was called out on strikes; Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Athletics 2.

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