A five-hitter by Ken Kravec carried the White Sox to a 1-0 whitewashing of the Twins. The lone run of the game came in the fifth inning on a double by Chet Lemon and single by Greg Pryor. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 1, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Washington lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Norwood lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Eden 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Rivera rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .280 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Ford cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .281 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .324 Lemon rf 2 1 2 0 1 0 .286 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .180 Bosley cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Wolfe 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .241 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .249 Smalley ss 2 0 1 0 2 0 .282 Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pryor ss,3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Colbern c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 5 1 3 4 Totals 32 0 5 0 5 8 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 3,648 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 10 DP: White Sox 0, Twins 0 Doubles: Lemon 2 (20) Stolen Bases: Kusick (3) Caught Stealing: Lemon (8) Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (7) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(11-13) 9 5 0 0 5 8 0 37 3.91 Totals 9 5 0 0 5 8 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(11-10) 9 5 1 1 3 4 0 34 2.53 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 4 0 34 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); Eden flied out to left; Squires grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to center; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon walked; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to second to shortstop); Bosley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Morales flied out to center; Kusick flied out to right; Wolfe walked; Smalley walked [Wolfe to second]; Wynegar forced Wolfe (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Soderholm flied out to center; Pryor flied out to center; Colbern grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to right; Norwood singled to left; On a bunt Rivera singled [Norwood to second]; Ford flied out to center; Morales forced Rivera (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Eden grounded out (first unassisted); Squires flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Kusick struck out; Wolfe popped to first in foul territory; Smalley singled to center; Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon doubled to right; Bosley struck out; Soderholm walked; Pryor singled to left [Lemon scored, Soderholm to second]; Colbern struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Randall struck out; Norwood flied out to center; Rivera singled to right; Ford singled to right [Rivera to third]; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington struck out; Eden flied out to left; Squires flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Kusick popped to first in foul territory; Wolfe walked; Smalley walked [Wolfe to second]; Wynegar flied out to center; Randall forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson singled to left; Lemon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Lamar Johnson to second]; Bosley grounded out (second to first) [Lamar Johnson to third]; Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Norwood struck out; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbern grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to center; Eden lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: Morales struck out; Kusick walked; Kusick stole second; Wolfe struck out; Smalley lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: Squires was called out on strikes; Lamar Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon doubled to right; Bosley walked; MOLINARO BATTED FOR BELL; Molinaro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: KESSINGER REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Wynegar struck out; Randall grounded out (second to first); Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 0.

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