The streaking White Sox posted their 11th victory in 12 games, beating the Twins, 2-1. The first White Sox run came in the seventh when Bill Nahorodny doubled home Henry Cruz, who had singled. The other tally came in the eighth when Eric Soderholm singled, went to third on a pair of wild pitches and scored on a double by Ralph Garr. Wilbur Wood pitched 7 2/3 innings and was relieved by Jim Willoughby in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 8, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 10 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosley rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Norwood lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Molinaro rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Garr lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Carew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .358 Orta 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .282 Ford cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .307 Breazeale 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Rivera rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .342 Kessinger pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Morales dh 3 1 3 1 0 0 .333 Cruz cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .250 Wolfe 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .257 Blomberg dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .237 Wilfong pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .252 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Bannister ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Wynegar c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Lamar Johnson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Soderholm 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .215 Cubbage 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 10 2 2 5 Totals 31 1 7 1 4 5 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 11,071 Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 9 DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0 Doubles: Nahorodny (6), Garr (4) Home Runs: Morales (1) Caught Stealing: Bosley (2) Sacrifice Hits: Morales (1), Randall (5) GIDP: Smalley (10) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(6-5) 7.2 7 1 1 4 5 1 33 4.04 Willoughby SV(5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.06 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 5 1 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(2-4) 7.1 8 2 2 2 3 0 30 3.04 Marshall 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.75 Totals 9 10 2 2 2 5 0 37 Wild Pitches: Goltz 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley struck out; On a bunt Garr grounded out (catcher to first); Orta walked; Breazeale popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Carew struck out; Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Blomberg singled to left; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first) [Blomberg to second]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Rivera walked; Morales singled to right [Rivera to third]; Wolfe walked [Morales to second]; Smalley forced Rivera (third to catcher) [Morales to third, Wolfe to second]; Wynegar popped to first in foul territory; Randall forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm singled to center; Bosley forced Soderholm (shortstop to second); Garr struck out; Bosley was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: MOLINARO REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING RF); Norwood flied out to right; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford singled to right; Rivera struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Breazeale grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz singled to center; Blomberg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to left; Wolfe singled to right [Morales to second]; Smalley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales to third, Wolfe out at second]; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bannister flied out to right; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Randall struck out; Norwood flied out to center; Carew walked; Ford lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro flied out to center; Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Rivera singled to center; Morales out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rivera to second]; Wolfe flied out to center; Smalley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Breazeale grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz singled to left; Blomberg singled to first [Cruz to third]; Nahorodny doubled to left [Cruz scored, Blomberg out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Bannister made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar singled to right; Randall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wynegar to second]; Norwood made an out to shortstop; Carew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm singled to center; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Soderholm to second]; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Soderholm to third]; Molinaro struck out; Garr doubled to right [Soderholm scored]; Orta walked; MARSHALL REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Breazeale singled to right [Garr to third, Orta to second]; Twins Manager Gene Mauch ejected by HP umpire Jerry Neudecker; KESSINGER RAN FOR BREAZEALE; Cruz struck out; Blomberg popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: KESSINGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LAMAR JOHNSON REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING 1B); Ford flied out to center; Rivera flied out to center; Morales homered; Wolfe walked; WILFONG RAN FOR WOLFE; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CUBBAGE REPLACED RANDALL (PLAYING 3B); Nahorodny made an out to shortstop; Lamar Johnson struck out; Soderholm singled to left; Molinaro popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first); ADAMS BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 1.

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