With a helping hand from Dave LaRoche, who earned his 24th save, Frank Tanana gained his 18th victory when the Angels defeated the White Sox, 3-2. the White Sox nicked Tanana for their pair in the first inning when Harry Chappas singled and Chet Lemon homered.

The Angels then erupted for all their runs off Rich Hinton in the third. Brian Downing, Dave Chalk and Rick Miller hit consecutive singles to account for the first tally. Two outs later, after a walk to Lyman Bostock, Don Baylor singled to drive in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Angels 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 White Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grich 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .237 Chappas ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .288 Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Torres rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .341 Bostock rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294 Lemon cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .292 Baylor dh 3 0 1 2 1 1 .257 Lamar Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .252 Nordhagen dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .298 Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Downing c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .259 Molinaro pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Chalk ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 Colbern c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 R. Miller cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .264 Pryor 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .247 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garr lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .275 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kessinger ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 3 7 Totals 33 2 8 2 2 7 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 13,922 Left on Base: Angels 5, White Sox 8 DP: Angels 0, White Sox 0 Doubles: Soderholm (16) Home Runs: Lemon (12) Stolen Bases: Pryor (3) Caught Stealing: Baylor (9) Sacrifice Hits: Garr (10) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (8,by Tanana) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana W(18-11) 7 6 2 2 2 4 1 29 3.56 LaRoche SV(24) 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 2.73 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 7 1 37 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hinton L(2-5) 9 6 3 3 3 7 0 35 3.47 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 7 0 35 Hit by Pitch: Tanana (9) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Lou DiMuro ANGELS 1ST: Grich was called out on strikes; Lansford flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas singled to shortstop; Torres flied out to right; Lemon homered [Chappas scored]; Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Nordhagen singled to left; Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi was called out on strikes; Jackson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 2ND: Colbern was called out on strikes; Pryor flied out to right; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, White Sox 2. ANGELS 3RD: Downing singled to center; Chalk singled to right [Downing to third]; R. Miller singled to center [Downing scored, Chalk to second]; Grich forced Chalk (shortstop to third) [R. Miller to second]; Lansford struck out; Bostock walked [R. Miller to third, Grich to second]; Baylor singled to left [R. Miller scored, Grich scored, Bostock to third]; Baylor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas struck out; Torres grounded out (catcher unassisted); Lemon was hit by a pitch; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Lemon out at third (left to third to second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi struck out; Jackson flied out to right; Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm flied out to center; Colbern grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 5TH: Chalk grounded out (second to first); R. Miller flied out to left; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor singled to left; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Pryor to second]; Chappas lined to left; Torres struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 6TH: Lansford singled to center; Bostock flied out to center; Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Rudi singled to center [Lansford to second]; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon flied out to right; Lamar Johnson walked; Nordhagen walked [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm flied out to right; Colbern popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 7TH: Downing popped to catcher in foul territory; Chalk walked; R. Miller flied out to left; Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor singled to left; Garr struck out; Pryor stole second; Chappas grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 8TH: Lansford flied out to center; Bostock flied out to right; Baylor walked; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Lamar Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. ANGELS 9TH: Jackson flied out to center; Downing lined to right; Chalk grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm doubled to right; MOLINARO RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Colbern lined to shortstop; Pryor singled to left [Molinaro to third]; KESSINGER BATTED FOR GARR; Kessinger struck out; Chappas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, White Sox 2.

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