Firing his first shutout of the season, Ken Kravec pitched the White Sox to a 3-0 triumph over the Royals. The Chisox scored all their runs after the first two batters were retired in the eighth inning. Greg Pryor singled and went to third on a single by Bob Molinaro, who stole second. A single by Claudell Washington scored both runners. Washington took second on the throw to the plate, and tallied the final marker on a single by Mike Squires. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Wednesday, August 23, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Molinaro rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Washington cf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .252 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Bosley cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Cowens rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Squires 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .359 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Lamar Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Garr lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Porter c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Spencer lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colbern c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Pryor 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 9 Totals 29 3 7 3 0 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 15,550 Left on Base: Royals 3, White Sox 3 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 2 Errors: Patek, Bell Doubles: McRae (30), Washington (14) Triples: Otis (4) Stolen Bases: Molinaro 2 (19) Caught Stealing: Washington (3) GIDP: Porter (11) Hit by Pitch: Molinaro (3,by Leonard) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(14-15) 8 7 3 3 0 6 0 30 3.57 Totals 8 7 3 3 0 6 0 30 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(10-11) 9 4 0 0 0 9 0 30 4.01 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 9 0 30 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (8) Wild Pitches: Leonard (8) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro was hit by a pitch; Washington struck out; Molinaro stole second [Molinaro to third (error by Patek)]; Squires struck out; Lamar Johnson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Otis lined to left; Wathan lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Cowens out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr grounded out (second to first); Soderholm flied out to center; Kessinger lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: Porter struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Colbern struck out; Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Molinaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: White struck out; Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae doubled to right; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington doubled to left; Squires lined to center; Lamar Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Leonard threw a wild pitch [Washington to third]; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 5TH: Otis tripled to left; Wathan struck out; Porter struck out; Hurdle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Kessinger was called out on strikes; Colbern singled to center; Pryor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 6TH: Patek struck out; White struck out; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro flied out to left; Washington singled to right; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Squires grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 7TH: McRae popped to shortstop; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson struck out; Garr flied out to center; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 8TH: Wathan singled to center; Porter grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wathan out at second]; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Kessinger was called out on strikes; Colbern popped to second; Pryor singled to center; Molinaro singled to right [Pryor to third]; Molinaro stole second; Washington singled to center [Pryor scored, Molinaro scored, Washington to second (on throw to home)]; Squires singled to right [Washington scored, Squires out at second (right to first)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 3. ROYALS 9TH: BOSLEY REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING CF); SPENCER REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Patek popped to second; White reached on an error by Bell; Brett struck out; McRae forced White (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 3.

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