After building an early 5-0 lead, the White Sox held on to edge the Mariners, 6-5. The White Sox scoring included a two-run homer by Chet Lemon in the fifth. What proved to be the deciding run counted on a sacrifice fly by Wayne Nordhagen in the ninth. In the Mariners' half of the ninth, Leon Roberts and Bruce Bochte hit two-run singles, but the rally was finally quelled by Lerrin LaGrow. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 5

Game Played on Thursday, September 14, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

White Sox 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 16 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 - 5 4 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Chappas ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .333 Cruz 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Torres rf,cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Lemon cf 3 1 2 3 0 0 .294 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Washington rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Hale cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .179 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .281 Roberts rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .302 Squires pr,1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266 Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .319 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .249 Bochte dh 4 1 2 3 0 0 .263 Bell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .203 Milbourne pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Nordhagen dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Stein 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Nahorodny c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Stinson c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .266 Bosley lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .265 Beamon 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gates 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 6 16 6 1 0 Totals 30 5 4 5 4 4 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 5,310 Left on Base: White Sox 10, Mariners 2 DP: White Sox 1, Mariners 0 Doubles: Nordhagen (15), Bosley (4) Home Runs: Lemon (11), Bochte (11) Stolen Bases: Squires (3) Caught Stealing: Bosley (11) Sacrifice Hits: Torres (1) Sacrifice Flies: Lemon (3), Nordhagen (5) GIDP: Bochte (13) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(11-12) 8.1 2 3 3 2 4 1 28 4.41 LaGrow 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 4.52 Totals 9 4 5 5 4 4 1 34 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(5-9) 4 9 5 5 1 0 1 21 4.51 Parrott 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.00 Brown 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 Rawley 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 4.28 Totals 9 16 6 6 1 0 1 43 Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas singled to right; Torres out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Chappas to second]; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Chappas scored]; Soderholm flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out (pitcher to first); Ruppert Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen flied out to left; Nahorodny flied out to center; Bosley singled to left; Bosley was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Paciorek popped to first; Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Gates singled to right; On a bunt Chappas singled to first [Gates to second]; On a bunt Torres singled to third [Gates to third, Chappas to second]; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gates scored, Chappas to third]; Lamar Johnson walked [Torres to second]; Soderholm grounded out (second to first) [Chappas scored, Torres to third, Lamar Johnson to second]; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Stein flied out to center; Stinson struck out; Beamon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Nahorodny singled to left; Bosley forced Nahorodny (shortstop to second); Gates grounded out (second to first) [Bosley to second]; Chappas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Cruz made an out to shortstop; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Torres singled to left; Lemon homered [Torres scored]; PARROTT REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson singled to right; Soderholm singled to center [Lamar Johnson to second]; Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lamar Johnson to third, Soderholm to second]; Nahorodny lined to third; Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Roberts singled to second; Paciorek popped to catcher in foul territory; Bochte grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: BROWN REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Gates flied out to left; Debut game for Tom Brown; Chappas flied out to right; Torres popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Stein flied out to center; Stinson grounded out (second to first); Beamon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon singled to center; Lamar Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; Soderholm flied out to center; Nordhagen doubled [Lemon to third]; Nahorodny popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING RF); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Reynolds made an out to third; Ruppert Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: HALE REPLACED RUPPERT JONES (PLAYING CF); Bosley doubled to left; Gates lined to third; Chappas grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bosley to third]; Torres grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 8TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Paciorek was called out on strikes; Bochte homered; Stein was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: RAWLEY REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Washington singled to left; Lamar Johnson forced Washington (second to shortstop); SQUIRES RAN FOR LAMAR JOHNSON; Squires stole second; Bell singled to left [Squires to third]; Nordhagen hit a sacrifice fly to right [Squires scored]; Nahorodny forced Bell (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Mariners 1. MARINERS 9TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Stinson walked; Beamon popped to first in foul territory; Cruz walked [Stinson to second]; LAGROW REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Reynolds lined to right; Hale walked [Stinson to third, Cruz to second]; Roberts singled to center [Stinson scored, Cruz scored, Hale to second]; Paciorek walked [Hale to third, Roberts to second]; Bochte singled to center [Hale scored, Roberts scored, Paciorek to second]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR BOCHTE; Stein flied out to right; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Mariners 5.

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