Hitting for the cycle in the first inning, the White Sox scored four runs en route to a 7-1 victory over the Indians. In that opening burst, Bob Molinaro led off with a single, Don Kessinger doubled and Mike Squires knocked them across with a triple. After one out, Ralph Garr completed the cycle with a homer. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

White Sox 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 12 1 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molinaro rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .264 Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Kessinger 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .272 Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Squires 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .440 Bell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .301 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .272 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Garr lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .283 Grubb lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Spencer cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Alexander dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Norris rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .278 Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .285 Washington cf,lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Diaz c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Pryor ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Colbern c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .271 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 7 12 6 0 3 Totals 34 1 8 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 6,972 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Indians 8 DP: White Sox 2, Indians 0 Errors: Pryor, Wise Doubles: Kessinger (15), Soderholm (11), Lamar Johnson (15) Triples: Squires (2) Home Runs: Garr (3) Sacrifice Flies: Colbern (2) GIDP: Manning (8), Carbo (9) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Proly W(3-2) 9 8 1 1 2 3 0 36 3.38 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 3 0 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(9-16) 3.2 7 6 4 0 1 1 19 3.74 Reuschel 5.1 5 1 1 0 2 0 20 4.04 Totals 9 12 7 5 0 3 1 39 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Nick Bremigan WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro singled to second; Kessinger doubled to right [Molinaro to third]; Squires tripled to center [Molinaro scored, Kessinger scored]; Lamar Johnson lined to first; Garr homered [Squires scored]; Soderholm flied out to center; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning lined to shortstop; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell singled to center; Thornton forced Bell (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Pryor was called out on strikes; Colbern grounded out (third to first); Molinaro flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Alexander grounded out (third to first); Norris singled to left; Veryzer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger lined to second; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Diaz made an out to shortstop; Manning reached on an error by Pryor; Kuiper forced Manning (second to shortstop); Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr flied out to right; Soderholm doubled to left; Washington singled to center [Soderholm to third]; Pryor reached on an error by Wise [Soderholm scored (unearned) (no RBI), Washington to third]; Colbern hit a sacrifice fly to center [Washington scored (unearned)]; Molinaro singled to right [Pryor to second]; REUSCHEL REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to left [Pryor out at home (left to catcher), Molinaro to second]; 2 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires flied out to center; Lamar Johnson struck out; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Norris singled to right; Veryzer walked [Norris to second]; Diaz walked [Norris to third, Veryzer to second]; Manning grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris scored, Veryzer to third, Diaz out at second]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm lined to third; Washington lined to third; Pryor popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied out to left; Thornton singled to left; On a bunt Grubb singled [Thornton to second]; Alexander flied out to left; Norris flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Colbern flied out to center; Molinaro grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz struck out; Manning singled to center; Kuiper lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires singled to center; Lamar Johnson doubled to center [Squires scored]; Garr grounded out (first unassisted) [Lamar Johnson to third]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: SPENCER REPLACED GARR (PLAYING CF); WASHINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Bell singled to center; Thornton flied out to center; Grubb grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Indians 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor struck out; Colbern grounded out (third to first); Molinaro singled to second; Kessinger singled to left [Molinaro to second]; Squires grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 7, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Norris singled to left; Veryzer struck out; CARBO BATTED FOR DIAZ; Carbo grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Indians 1.

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