A single by Jim Essian scored pinch-runner Mike Edwards in the 10th inning and brought the A's a 4-3 victory over the White Sox, who lost their sixth straight game. The A's first three runs came on homers. Dave Revering rapped a solo drive in the second and Mitchell Page hit for the circuit with a man on base in the sixth to put the A's in front, 3-2.

The White Sox tied the score in the eighth with a double by Chet Lemon and single by Bob Molinaro. In the 10th, Gary Alexander singled and yielded the paths to Edwards. Wayne Gross then sacrificed to set up the A's winning run on Essian's single. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 0 White Sox 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 11 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staggs 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .274 Bosley cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Thomasson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .187 Bannister lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Dilone rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Garr ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Tabb ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Lemon dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Schueler pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Page lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .296 Soderholm ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Murray lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Nordhagen rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Molinaro ph,rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .319 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Lamar Johnson 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .236 Revering 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .272 Nahorodny c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Alexander dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .228 Orta 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .248 Edwards pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235 Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .265 Gross 3b 2 0 1 0 1 1 .220 Pryor 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Essian c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .218 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 6 4 5 5 Totals 40 3 11 3 1 2 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 28,367 Left on Base: A's 5, White Sox 8 DP: A's 0, White Sox 2 Errors: Willoughby Doubles: Bannister (1), Pryor (1), Lemon (9) Triples: Lamar Johnson (2) Home Runs: Revering (3), Page (4) Caught Stealing: Alexander (3), Lamar Johnson (2) Sacrifice Hits: Thomasson (2), Gross (1) GIDP: Revering (3), Essian (6) Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (1,by Wood) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 7 7 2 2 1 0 0 28 1.64 Sosa 1.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 1.07 Lacey W(4-2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.20 Totals 10 11 3 3 1 2 0 41 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood 9 4 3 3 4 4 2 33 4.12 Willoughby L(0-4) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 3.26 Totals 10 6 4 4 5 5 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Wood (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Staggs grounded out (pitcher to second); Thomasson grounded out (shortstop to first); Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (third to first); Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon walked; Nordhagen forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Burke struck out; Guerrero flied out to left; Revering homered; Alexander walked; Alexander was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson tripled to center; Nahorodny lined to pitcher; Orta singled to right [Lamar Johnson scored]; Kessinger popped to third in foul territory; Pryor flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross was called out on strikes; Essian walked; Staggs forced Essian (pitcher to shortstop); Thomasson singled to center [Staggs to third]; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley flied out to right; Bannister doubled to center; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Nordhagen singled to left [Bannister scored]; Lamar Johnson forced Nordhagen (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero was hit by a pitch; Revering grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Nahorodny flied out to left; Orta popped to catcher in foul territory; Kessinger singled to center; Pryor flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross singled to center; Essian grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bosley made an out to shortstop; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Staggs walked; Thomasson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Staggs to second]; Page homered [Staggs scored]; Burke flied out to center; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar Johnson singled to left; Nahorodny flied out to center; Lamar Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering struck out; Alexander popped to catcher in foul territory; Gross walked; Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger flied out to center; Pryor doubled to left; Bosley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Staggs grounded out (third to first); Thomasson popped to third in foul territory; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: DILONE REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING RF); MURRAY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); SOSA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); GARR BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Garr made an out to shortstop; Lemon doubled to left; MOLINARO BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; SCHUELER RAN FOR LEMON; Molinaro singled to right [Schueler scored]; Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; Nahorodny forced Molinaro (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: SCHUELER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero made an out to second; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Kessinger singled to right; Pryor forced Kessinger (catcher to shortstop); Bosley singled to center [Pryor to second]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 10TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Alexander singled to left; EDWARDS RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Gross out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Essian singled to center [Edwards scored]; MURPHY RAN FOR ESSIAN; Murphy was picked off first but was safe on an error by Willoughby [Murphy to second]; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); TABB BATTED FOR DILONE; Tabb was walked intentionally; Murray was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 10TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NEWMAN REPLACED TABB (PLAYING C ); SODERHOLM BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Soderholm struck out; Molinaro grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 3.

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