Rookie southpaw Steve Trout, son of the late major leaguer Dizzy Trout, got credit for a victory in his first major league start as the White Sox edged the Twins, 4-3. Two-run homer by Claudell Washington gave the Pale Hose the lead in the third inning and their margin rose to 3-0 in the fourth frame on a triple by Chet Lemon and sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm. The White Sox added a run in the seventh on a double by Greg Pryor and single by Don Kessinger. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 6 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 10 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Washington lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .253 Smalley ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Bosley cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Norwood lf,cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Ford cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .281 Lemon rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Powell rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Molinaro rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Borgmann ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .212 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 1 1 1 .251 Morales dh 4 1 3 1 0 0 .330 Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Wolfe 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .244 Pryor 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .244 Wilfong pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Nahorodny c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .238 Rivera rf,lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .276 Kessinger ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Kusick 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .183 Trout p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carew ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .340 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 4 6 4 4 4 Totals 35 3 10 3 2 8 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 3,630 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Twins 7 DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0 Errors: Bosley Doubles: Pryor 2 (7), Borgmann (3), Morales (12) Triples: Lemon (5) Home Runs: Washington (4) Caught Stealing: Washington (6), Bosley (10) Sacrifice Flies: Soderholm (7) GIDP: Smalley (15) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Trout W(1-0) 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 24 2.45 Hinton 2 4 2 2 0 3 0 9 3.90 Torrealba 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.97 LaGrow SV(15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.79 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 8 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(13-10) 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 17 4.20 Jackson 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 14 4.63 Sutton 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 3.70 Totals 9 6 4 4 4 4 1 35 Wild Pitches: Sutton (4) Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dale Ford WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley grounded out (first unassisted); Squires grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Randall grounded out (third to first); Norwood grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm walked; Pryor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford struck out; Morales grounded out (first unassisted); Wolfe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny singled to center; Kessinger flied out to left; Washington homered [Nahorodny scored]; Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Rivera singled to third; Kusick singled to center [Rivera to third]; Wynegar struck out; Smalley grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kusick out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); Lemon tripled to center; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lemon scored]; Pryor doubled to left; Nahorodny struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Norwood flied out to center; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: JACKSON REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Kessinger flied out to right; Washington walked; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bosley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Morales singled to right; Wolfe flied out to right; Rivera flied out to right; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Squires flied out to left; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; Lemon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Smalley grounded out (third to first); Randall was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Pryor doubled to left; Nahorodny flied out to center; Kessinger singled to left [Pryor scored, Kessinger to second (on throw to home)]; Washington flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Norwood struck out; Ford singled to right; Morales singled to center [Ford to second]; Wolfe walked [Ford to third, Morales to second]; HINTON REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Rivera singled to center [Ford scored, Morales out at home (catcher unassisted), Wolfe to third]; Jose Morales passed Dan Ford running the bases; Kusick popped to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: POWELL REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); NORWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bosley walked; Squires flied out to left; Bosley was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Lamar Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar struck out; Smalley struck out; Randall flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: SUTTON REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Lemon grounded out (second to first); Soderholm struck out; Pryor walked; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Pryor to second]; Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); MOLINARO REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING RF); Norwood was called out on strikes; BORGMANN BATTED FOR POWELL; Borgmann doubled to center; Morales doubled to right [Borgmann scored]; Wolfe singled to right [Morales to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); WILFONG RAN FOR WOLFE; Rivera singled to center [Morales scored, Wilfong to third (error by Bosley), Rivera to second]; Kusick was walked intentionally; LAGROW REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED FOR WYNEGAR; Carew struck out; Smalley flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 4, Twins 3.

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