After driving in two runs earlier in the game, Chet Lemon homered in the ninth inning and Jorge Orta followed with a two-run blow to bring the White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Rangers. Mike Hargrove and John Ellis homered for the Rangers, who broke a 4-4 tie with a run on a double by Toby Harrah in the seventh and made it 6-4 in the eighth when Bobby Bonds walked, stole second and scored on a throwing error by Eric Soderholm. After Lemon homered in the ninth, Lamar Johnson beat out an infield hit before Orta ended the game with his clout off Reggie Cleveland. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 6

Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 6 7 0 White Sox 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 16 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259 Garr lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .274 Alomar pr,1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Blomberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .209 Cruz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Harrah 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .216 Lemon cf 5 1 2 3 0 0 .292 Zisk lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Washington rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Bonds rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .253 Lamar Johnson 1b 3 0 2 1 2 0 .251 Sundberg c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .316 Molinaro pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .299 J. Ellis dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .200 Orta 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .288 Jorgensen pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Nordhagen dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .300 Bevacqua 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .165 Soderholm 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .245 Wills ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Nahorodny c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .240 Thompson cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .235 Kessinger ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .261 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 7 4 4 8 Totals 39 7 16 7 2 3 Time of Game: 3:07 Attendance: 42,231 Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 9 DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Lamar Johnson, Soderholm Doubles: Bevacqua (4), Thompson (3), Harrah (10), Lamar Johnson (9), Nahorodny 2 (8) Home Runs: Hargrove (5), J. Ellis (2), Lemon (10), Orta (12) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (15), Bonds (17), Harrah (20), Garr (5), Soderholm (1) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (16) GIDP: Lemon (8), Nahorodny (5) Hit by Pitch: Sundberg (1,by Kravec) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander 1.1 7 4 4 0 0 0 11 3.89 Barker 6.2 7 1 1 2 3 1 27 2.86 Cleveland L(2-4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 2.75 Totals 8.1 16 7 7 2 3 2 41 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec 7.1 6 6 4 4 7 2 34 3.74 Willoughby W(1-5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.19 Totals 9 7 6 4 4 8 2 40 Hit by Pitch: Kravec (5) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove homered; Campaneris singled to left; Campaneris stole second; Harrah struck out; Zisk struck out; Bonds struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to pitcher; Garr stole second; Lemon flied out to left; Washington grounded out (third to first); Lamar Johnson doubled to center [Garr scored]; Orta flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, White Sox 1. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg was hit by a pitch; J. Ellis homered [Sundberg scored]; Bevacqua doubled to left; Thompson was called out on strikes; Hargrove reached on an error by Lamar Johnson [Bevacqua scored (unearned)]; Campaneris walked [Hargrove to second]; Harrah popped to second; Zisk struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied out to right; Soderholm singled to left; Nahorodny doubled to left [Soderholm to third]; Kessinger singled to center [Soderholm scored, Nahorodny to third]; On a bunt Garr singled to third [Nahorodny stayed at third, Kessinger to second]; Lemon singled to right [Nahorodny scored, Kessinger scored, Garr to third, Lemon to second (on throw)]; BARKER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first); Lamar Johnson walked; Orta flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. RANGERS 3RD: Bonds lined to third; Sundberg walked; J. Ellis forced Sundberg (third to second); Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen was called out on strikes; Soderholm singled to right; Soderholm stole second; Nahorodny struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. RANGERS 4TH: Thompson doubled to center; Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris flied out to center; Harrah grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr singled to center; Lemon grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second]; Washington singled to left; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. RANGERS 5TH: Zisk flied out to right; Bonds popped to catcher in foul territory; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta flied out to left; Nordhagen flied out to right; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis made an out to shortstop; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny doubled to left; Kessinger flied out to left; Garr flied out to left; Lemon reached on a fielder's choice [Nahorodny out at third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, White Sox 4. RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove walked; ALOMAR RAN FOR HARGROVE; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alomar to second]; Harrah doubled to left [Alomar scored]; Zisk flied into a double play (center to third) [Harrah out at third]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Washington flied out to left; Lamar Johnson walked; Orta flied out to left; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 4. RANGERS 8TH: Bonds walked; Sundberg flied out to center; Bonds stole second; J. Ellis reached on an error by Soderholm [Bonds scored (unearned), J. Ellis to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; WILLS BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first) [Jorgensen to third]; Thompson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Soderholm singled to right; Nahorodny grounded into a double play (second to first) [Soderholm out at second]; On a bunt Kessinger singled to pitcher; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR GARR; Blomberg flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 4. RANGERS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING LF); Alomar grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Harrah singled; Harrah stole second; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon homered; CLEVELAND REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson singled to shortstop; MOLINARO RAN FOR LAMAR JOHNSON; Orta homered [Molinaro scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, White Sox 7.

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