Owner Bill Veeck staged a second "opening day" in Chicago with A.L. President Lee MacPhail on hand to throw out the first ball, but the Rangers spoiled the festive occasion by defeating the White Sox, 9-5. Bobby Bonds, who had gone hitless in his previous 15 trips in Comiskey Park since becoming a member of the Rangers, broke his batting jinx by smashing two homers, each with a man on base. One of his round-trippers came in the first inning when the Rangers kayoed Ron Schueler wihle scoring five runs.

Paul Mirabella, a 24-year-old lefthander from Tucson (Pacific Coast), made his major league debut and was the winner, pitching 7 2/3 innings. Paul Lindblad relieved after a bases-loaded double by Lamar Johnson highlighted a four-run White Sox rally. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 5

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 9 12 1 White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 8 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .256 Garr lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .281 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .148 Kessinger ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .264 Beniquez cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Pryor pr,ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Sundberg c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .306 Orta 2b 3 0 0 1 0 2 .283 Oliver lf 5 3 4 2 0 0 .313 Soderholm dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .259 Bonds rf 5 2 3 4 0 0 .277 Spencer cf 3 1 0 1 1 1 .333 Lowenstein dh 4 1 1 0 1 2 .246 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .243 Bevacqua 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .199 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Wills 2b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .221 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .200 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 9 12 9 3 7 Totals 33 5 8 5 3 9 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 30,943 Left on Base: Rangers 8, White Sox 5 DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 0 Errors: Hargrove, Orta, Bell Doubles: Oliver 3 (21), Lamar Johnson (12) Home Runs: Bonds 2 (19) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (8), Bonds (25) Sacrifice Flies: Orta (7) GIDP: Soderholm (8) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mirabella W(1-0) 7.2 8 5 5 3 8 0 33 5.87 Lindblad 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.82 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 9 0 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schueler L(3-5) 0.2 3 5 3 2 1 1 8 4.62 Proly 4.1 5 2 2 0 4 1 19 2.57 Hinton 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.59 LaGrow 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 4.12 Totals 9 12 9 7 3 7 2 44 Passed Balls: Nahorodny (4) Balks: Mirabella (1) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Debut game for Paul Mirabella; Beniquez struck out; Sundberg reached on an error by Bell [Hargrove to third, Sundberg to second]; Oliver doubled to center [Hargrove scored, Sundberg scored (unearned)]; Bonds homered [Oliver scored]; Lowenstein walked; Bevacqua flied out to right; Lowenstein stole second; Wills singled to left [Lowenstein scored (unearned)]; PROLY REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to right; Mirabella balked [Garr to second]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garr to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garr scored]; Soderholm singled to left; Spencer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Sundberg singled to right; Oliver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Washington struck out; Nahorodny singled to center; Bell singled to left [Nahorodny to second]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. RANGERS 3RD: Bonds singled to center; Bonds stole second; Lowenstein struck out; Bevacqua reached on an error by Orta [Bonds to third]; Wills struck out; Campaneris forced Bevacqua (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger walked; Orta struck out; Soderholm grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove lined to second; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer flied out to left; Lamar Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, White Sox 1. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver doubled to center; Bonds homered [Oliver scored]; Lowenstein singled to first; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; Lowenstein stole second; Wills struck out; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bell was called out on strikes; Garr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1. RANGERS 6TH: HINTON REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to center; Beniquez flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger singled to right; PRYOR RAN FOR KESSINGER; Orta forced Pryor (second to shortstop); Soderholm forced Orta (third to second); Spencer lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, White Sox 1. RANGERS 7TH: PRYOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Oliver doubled to left; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Lowenstein struck out; Bevacqua singled to center [Oliver scored]; Wills flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); Hargrove dropped a foul fly hit by Nahorodny for an error; Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, White Sox 1. RANGERS 8TH: LAGROW REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Beniquez grounded out (first unassisted) [Jorgensen to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Jorgensen scored]; Oliver singled to left [Sundberg to second]; Nahorodny allowed a passed ball [Sundberg to third, Oliver to second]; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MASON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Bell grounded out (second to first); Garr singled to center; Pryor singled to center [Garr to second]; Orta struck out; Soderholm walked [Garr to third, Pryor to second]; Spencer walked [Garr scored, Pryor to third, Soderholm to second]; Lamar Johnson doubled to left [Pryor scored, Soderholm scored, Spencer scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED MIRABELLA (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5. RANGERS 9TH: Lowenstein flied out to right; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Bell struck out; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 9, White Sox 5.

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