The White Sox gave new manager Larry Doby his first triumph by taking the opener of a doubleheader, 8-5, but the Twins rebounded to win the nightcap, 9-5. In the first game, the White Sox picked up two unearned runs in the opening inning on two errors, a walk and a sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon. After Bill Nahorodny hit a solo homer in the second, the White Sox added three runs in the third. Wayne Nordhagen and Jorge Orta opened with singles and Claudell Washington hit a sacrifice fly. After a walk to Eric Soderholm, Orta scored on a single by Nahorodny and Soderholm tallied on a single by Alan Bannister.

Rob Wilfong and Mike Cubbage each hit a two-run homer and Rich Chiles and Willie Norwood helped with two RBIs apiece in the Twins' triumph in the second game. Mike Marshall allowed only two hits in 4 1/3 innings of relief to preserve the victory. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 5 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 8 13 0 Twins 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 7 5 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bannister dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Randall 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .260 Rivera rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 .289 Lamar Johnson 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .247 Morales dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .324 Nordhagen lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .303 Ford cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Orta 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .290 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Pryor 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Carew ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .345 Lemon cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .291 Smalley ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 .273 Washington rf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .269 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Cruz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Soderholm 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .234 Norwood lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Nahorodny c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .239 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .211 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 13 7 3 4 Totals 32 5 7 5 3 6 Time of Game: 2:46 Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 3 DP: White Sox 2, Twins 3 Errors: Rivera, Smalley 3, Zahn Doubles: Bannister (3), Randall (10) Triples: Lemon (3) Home Runs: Nahorodny (7), Smalley (8), Rivera (2) Stolen Bases: Norwood (18) Sacrifice Flies: Lemon (2), Washington (1) GIDP: Soderholm (6), Nordhagen (3) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(9-5) 7.1 6 5 5 3 5 2 30 4.40 Willoughby SV(10) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.28 Totals 9 7 5 5 3 6 2 35 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(7-6) 2.2 6 6 4 2 1 1 18 3.34 Sutton 5.1 6 2 2 1 3 0 22 3.38 Harrison 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12.27 Totals 9 13 8 6 3 4 1 43 Wild Pitches: Zahn (2), Sutton 2 (2), Harrison (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger reached on an error by Smalley; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Kessinger to second]; Nordhagen reached on an error by Zahn [Kessinger scored (unearned), Lamar Johnson to second]; Zahn threw a wild pitch [Lamar Johnson to third, Nordhagen to second]; Orta walked; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lamar Johnson scored (unearned)]; Washington forced Orta (first to shortstop); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to left; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm popped to first; Nahorodny homered; Bannister grounded out (second to first); Kessinger singled to left; Lamar Johnson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (first unassisted); Kusick was called out on strikes; Smalley homered; Wolfe grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen singled to center; Orta singled to center [Nordhagen to third]; Lemon struck out; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center [Nordhagen scored]; Soderholm walked [Orta to second]; Nahorodny singled to left [Orta scored, Soderholm to second]; SUTTON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Bannister singled to center [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to second]; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Nahorodny to third, Bannister to second]; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Norwood singled to center; Borgmann was called out on strikes; Norwood stole second; Randall doubled to right [Norwood scored]; Rivera struck out; Morales popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Nordhagen reached on an error by Smalley; Orta reached on an error by Smalley [Nordhagen out at third (center to third)]; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Orta to second]; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. TWINS 4TH: Ford walked; Kusick flied out to center; Smalley forced Ford (third to second); Wolfe forced Smalley (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington singled to left; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Washington out at second]; Nahorodny grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: Norwood flied out to left; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Randall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to center; Lamar Johnson singled to left; Nordhagen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Rivera walked; Morales struck out while Rivera was picked off first (catcher to first); Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta flied out to right; Lemon tripled to center; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lemon scored]; Soderholm was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley struck out; Wolfe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister doubled to right; Kessinger walked; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Bannister scored, Kessinger to second]; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (third to first) [Kessinger out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 8, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); CRUZ REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); Norwood flied out to center; Borgmann walked; Randall singled to left [Borgmann to second]; Rivera homered [Borgmann scored, Randall scored]; Morales singled to left; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Ford singled to left [Morales to second]; CAREW BATTED FOR KUSICK; Carew lined into a double play (right to first) [Ford out at first]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 8, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HARRISON REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Pryor popped to first; Lemon singled to right [Lemon to second (error by Rivera)]; Harrison threw a wild pitch [Lemon to third]; Cruz reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Lemon out at home (second to catcher to third), Cruz out at second (third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 8, Twins 5. TWINS 9TH: Smalley was called out on strikes; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); CHILES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Chiles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 8, Twins 5.

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