Eric Soderholm drove in one run and scored another as the White Sox squeaked by the Rangers, 2-1. The deciding run came in the seventh on Soderholm's infield out after singles by Jorge Orta and Don Kessinger. The White Sox got their other tally in the third on a pop double by Soderholm and a single by Alan Bannister. The Rangers scored in the sixth stanza on a leadoff triple by Al Oliver and sacrifice fly by Richie Zisk. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Sunday, June 11, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 11 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Bannister cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .209 Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Cruz cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Oliver lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .286 Lemon dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296 Zisk dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Nordhagen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .269 Molinaro ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Thompson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .239 Bonds rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .249 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .326 Orta 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .278 Mason ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Soderholm 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .222 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 11 2 0 4 Totals 32 1 8 1 1 5 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 22,861 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 7 DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Beniquez, Mason Doubles: Soderholm (7), Kessinger (6) Triples: Oliver (3) Stolen Bases: Bannister (1), Wills (18) Caught Stealing: Bannister (1) Sacrifice Hits: Mason (2) Sacrifice Flies: Zisk (4) GIDP: Nordhagen (2), Beniquez (6) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios W(5-5) 8 8 1 1 1 5 0 33 3.55 LaGrow SV(5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.20 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 5 0 35 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 23 2.77 Cleveland L(1-3) 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 12 2.00 Totals 9 11 2 2 0 4 0 35 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Bannister flied out to right; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Harrah flied out to center; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver singled to left; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen lined to shortstop; Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nahorodny flied out to center [Lamar Johnson to third (error by Beniquez)]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove singled to left; Bonds was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded out (second to first) [Hargrove to second]; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm doubled to right; Mason dropped a foul fly hit by Garr for an error; Garr made an out to shortstop; Bannister singled to center [Soderholm scored]; Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Mason singled to center; Harrah flied out to left; Wills forced Mason (second to shortstop); Wills stole second; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to left; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lemon out at second]; Lamar Johnson singled to shortstop; Nahorodny singled to left [Lamar Johnson to second]; Orta grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk singled to left; Hargrove flied out to right; Bonds flied out to center; Sundberg popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kessinger doubled to left; Soderholm singled to right [Kessinger to third, Soderholm out at second (right to first to second)]; Garr struck out; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez singled to left; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Beniquez to second]; Harrah made an out to third; Wills made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen flied out to left; Lamar Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver tripled to right; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oliver scored]; Hargrove flied out to left; Bonds struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Nahorodny flied out to center; Orta singled to left; Kessinger singled to right [Orta to third]; Soderholm forced Kessinger (shortstop to second) [Orta scored]; Garr lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg walked; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg to second]; Mason was called out on strikes; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bannister singled to left; Lemon was called out on strikes; MOLINARO BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Molinaro was called out on strikes; Bannister stole second; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CRUZ REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING CF); Wills struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta grounded out (first to pitcher); Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove singled to left; THOMPSON RAN FOR HARGROVE; Bonds singled to center [Thompson to second]; LAGROW REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); On a bunt Sundberg made an out to first; Beniquez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 1.

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