Exploding for eight runs in the seventh inning, the A's routed the White Sox, 10-3. The A's sent 11 batters to the plate in their big frame. Rob Picciolo opened with a double and drove in the final two runs of the inning with a homer. A two-run single by Taylor Duncan, a wild pitch, RBI singles by Rico Carty and Dave Revering and a double by Joe Wallis accounted for the other runs. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 - 10 14 3 White Sox 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .226 Chappas ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Duncan 3b,2b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .260 Squires 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Carty dh 2 0 1 2 2 0 .284 Lemon cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Burke pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 .233 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Page lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .275 Alston lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Molinaro rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Newman 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Woodard pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bell pr,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Gross ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Foley c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .414 Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Gates 2b 2 2 0 0 1 0 .250 Revering 1b 2 1 1 1 0 1 .271 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wallis rf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .255 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Meyer c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .125 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo 2b,ss 4 2 3 3 0 0 .241 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 10 14 9 4 7 Totals 32 3 6 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 10,408 Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 5 DP: A's 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Page 2, Woodard, Foley Doubles: Meyer (1), Picciolo (1), Wallis (16), Squires (9) Home Runs: Picciolo (2) Stolen Bases: Dilone 2 (49), Woodard (3) Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (17), Chappas (3) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wirth W(5-5) 9 6 3 1 2 5 0 35 2.81 Totals 9 6 3 1 2 5 0 35 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec L(11-16) 6 9 5 5 4 5 0 29 4.08 LaGrow 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 4.54 Baumgarten 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 6 5.87 Willoughby 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.72 Totals 9 14 10 10 4 7 1 43 Passed Balls: Meyer (1) Wild Pitches: Baumgarten (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Lou DiMuro ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone singled to left; Dilone stole second; Duncan grounded out (second to first) [Dilone to third]; Carty walked; Page struck out; Newman forced Carty (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Chappas flied out to center; Squires grounded out (second to first); Lemon walked; Lamar Johnson forced Lemon (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero was called out on strikes; Wallis walked; Meyer doubled to left [Wallis to third]; On a bunt Picciolo singled [Wallis scored, Meyer to third]; Dilone was called out on strikes; Duncan walked [Picciolo to second]; Carty walked [Meyer scored, Picciolo to third, Duncan to second]; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr struck out; Molinaro grounded out (second to first); Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero popped to catcher in foul territory; Wallis singled to shortstop [Wallis out at second (shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Foley singled to center; Gates walked [Foley to second]; Chappas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Foley to third, Gates to second]; Squires lined to left; Lemon reached on an error by Page [Foley scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gates scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Meyer grounded out (third to first); Picciolo flied out to right; Dilone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr struck out; Molinaro flied out to center; Soderholm popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan singled to center; Carty lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [Duncan out at second]; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Foley singled to right; On a bunt Gates forced Foley (third to shortstop); Chappas popped to third in foul territory; Squires doubled to left [Gates scored, Squires out at home (left to shortstop to catcher) (error by Page)]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman singled to left; WOODARD RAN FOR NEWMAN; Woodard stole second; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Woodard to third]; Wallis struck out; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: WOODARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PICCIOLO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); REVERING REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING 1B); Lemon singled to left; Lamar Johnson forced Lemon (shortstop to second) [Lamar Johnson to second (error by Woodard)]; Garr grounded out (second to first) [Lamar Johnson to third]; Molinaro popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo doubled to left; On a bunt Dilone singled [Picciolo to third]; Dilone stole second; Duncan singled to left [Picciolo scored, Dilone scored, Duncan to second (error by Foley)]; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Carty singled to right [Duncan scored]; BURKE RAN FOR CARTY; Page singled to right [Burke to third]; GROSS BATTED FOR WOODARD; BAUMGARTEN REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Baumgarten threw a wild pitch [Burke scored, Page to second]; Gross grounded out (second to first) [Page to third]; Revering singled to center [Page scored]; Wallis doubled to left [Revering scored, Wallis to third (on throw to home)]; Meyer popped to third in foul territory; Picciolo homered [Wallis scored]; Dilone struck out; 8 R, 8 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNCAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); ALSTON REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Soderholm singled to left; BELL RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Meyer allowed a passed ball [Bell to second]; Foley flied out to left; Gates popped to first; Chappas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WILLOUGHBY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Duncan made an out to shortstop; Burke grounded out (first unassisted); Alston grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires flied out to left; Lemon flied out to right; Lamar Johnson singled to center; Garr struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Revering struck out; Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Molinaro grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell struck out; Foley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, White Sox 3.

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