Bob Molinaro's bloop single to center scored Eric Soderholm from second base in the ninth inning to lift the White Sox to a 6-5 win over the Angels. Molinaro's game-winning hit off Angels' reliever Dave LaRoche came after Soderholm singled to open the inning and Lamar Johnson sacrificed. [ap]

Chicago White Sox 6, California Angels 5

Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 - 6 13 1 Angels 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 7 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .277 Grich 2b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .249 Pryor 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .264 Rettenmund rf 1 0 0 0 3 0 .269 Lemon cf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .300 Landreaux pr,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Soderholm dh 4 1 2 1 1 1 .258 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Squires 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Baylor dh 4 0 1 2 0 0 .257 Lamar Johnson ph,1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Washington rf 3 1 2 1 0 1 .255 Jackson 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .295 Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Downing c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .256 Molinaro rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Chalk ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Colbern c 5 1 1 1 0 3 .270 Anderson ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Chappas ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .254 R. Miller cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .261 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .191 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 6 13 6 2 9 Totals 33 5 7 4 5 2 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 16,919 Left on Base: White Sox 11, Angels 6 DP: White Sox 1, Angels 0 Errors: Pryor, Chalk, Anderson Doubles: Lamar Johnson (22), Grich (16), Baylor (26) Triples: Washington (5) Home Runs: Washington (6), Colbern (2) Sacrifice Hits: Lamar Johnson (1) GIDP: Landreaux (5) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham 6.1 5 5 2 4 1 0 28 3.05 Torrealba 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.71 LaGrow W(6-5) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.40 Totals 9 7 5 2 5 2 0 38 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp 6.2 7 4 1 2 9 1 31 4.21 LaRoche L(10-9) 1.2 6 2 2 0 0 1 11 2.82 D. Miller 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.66 Totals 9 13 6 3 2 9 2 44 Wild Pitches: Wortham (8) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor popped to first; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund walked; Lansford grounded out (third to first) [Rettenmund to second]; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Squires flied out to right; Washington tripled to right; Colbern struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Rudi walked; Jackson singled to left [Rudi to second]; Downing forced Rudi (first to third) [Jackson to second]; Chalk lined to third; R. Miller reached on an error by Pryor [Jackson to third, Downing to second]; Grich singled to center [Jackson scored (unearned), Downing scored (unearned), R. Miller to second]; Rettenmund walked [R. Miller to third, Grich to second]; Wortham threw a wild pitch [R. Miller scored (unearned), Grich to third, Rettenmund to second]; Lansford struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas flied out to left; Bell struck out; Garr popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 3RD: Baylor flied to left in foul territory; Rudi made an out to second; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor singled to left; Lemon singled to left [Pryor to second]; Soderholm walked [Pryor to third, Lemon to second]; Squires struck out; Washington struck out; Colbern struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 4TH: Downing flied out to center; Chalk flied out to right; R. Miller singled to left; Grich doubled to left [R. Miller out at third (pitcher to third)]; Rick Miller out on appeal for missing 3B; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Chappas flied out to left; Bell made an out to second; Garr reached on an error by Chalk; Pryor singled to shortstop [Garr to second]; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. ANGELS 5TH: Rettenmund made an out to second; Lansford flied out to center; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING SS); Soderholm struck out; Squires flied to left in foul territory; Washington homered; Colbern struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 6TH: Rudi flied out to center; Jackson flied out to right; Downing flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Angels 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Chappas flied out to center; Bell flied out to left; Garr walked; Pryor reached on an error by Anderson [Garr to second]; Lemon singled to right [Garr scored (unearned), Pryor to second]; Soderholm singled to center [Pryor scored (unearned), Lemon to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR SQUIRES; Lamar Johnson doubled to center [Lemon scored (unearned), Soderholm to third]; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOLINARO REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING RF); Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Miller walked; Grich singled to left [R. Miller to second]; TORREALBA REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Rettenmund walked [R. Miller to third, Grich to second]; LAGROW REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); LANDREAUX RAN FOR RETTENMUND; Lansford was called out on strikes; Baylor doubled to left [R. Miller scored, Grich scored, Landreaux to third]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Angels 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: LANDREAUX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Colbern homered; Chappas lined to shortstop; Bell singled to left; Garr singled to third [Bell to second]; Pryor forced Garr (shortstop to second) [Bell to third]; Lemon lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 5. ANGELS 8TH: Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Angels 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm singled to left; Lamar Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Soderholm to second]; Molinaro singled to center [Soderholm scored]; D. MILLER REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Colbern flied out to right; Chappas popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Angels 5. ANGELS 9TH: R. Miller flied out to center; Grich singled to right; Landreaux grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Angels 5.

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