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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 28, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 28, 1978 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 28, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 28, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Renko |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Francisco Barrios |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 23,934 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ken Kaiser 1B: Mike Reilly 2B: Bill Haller 3B: Lou DiMuro |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
| Gary Thomasson | Right Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
| Glenn Burke | Center Fielder |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Gary Alexander | DH |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Thad Bosley | Center Fielder |
| Bob Molinaro | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Jim Breazeale | First Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | DH |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Wayne Nordhagen | Catcher |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Greg Pryor | Third Baseman |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 28, 1978
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Barrios
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page bunts towards the mound. Barrios fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Renko
Bosley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molinaro vs. Renko
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Molinaro for the out. Bosley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garr vs. Renko
Garr strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Breazeale vs. Renko
Breazeale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bosley scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Renko
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Breazeale moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Renko
Orta strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Barrios
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Barrios
Revering is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Barrios
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Renko
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Renko
Kessinger bunts, foul, towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Renko
The throw from Newman to Revering and they have Nordhagen trapped. The throw over to Edwards, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Renko
Pryor hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Barrios
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Barrios
There's a wild pitch. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Barrios
The umpire calls a balk on Barrios Gross moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Picciolo vs. Barrios
Picciolo strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Renko
Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Renko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Renko
Molinaro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Renko
There goes Molinaro. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Molinaro steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garr vs. Renko
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Renko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Breazeale vs. Renko
Breazeale takes first base on ball four. Molinaro moves to third. Garr moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Langford
Rick Langford now pitching.
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Molinaro tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Langford
Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Barrios
Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Barrios
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Breazeale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burke for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Langford
Nordhagen hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Langford
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Langford
Pryor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosley vs. Langford
Bosley strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Barrios
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Barrios
Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross strikes out. There goes Newman. The throw from Nordhagen to Kessinger, and Newman is out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Langford
Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breazeale vs. Langford
Breazeale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon bunts towards the mound. Langford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Breazeale moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Langford
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering throws to second for one, and Picciolo throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Breazeale scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Langford
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Edwards fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Barrios
Alexander hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Barrios
Mario Guerrero pinch hits for Rob Picciolo.
Guerrero hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nordhagen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Langford
Mario Guerrero now playing shortstop.
Kessinger hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Edwards reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Langford
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Langford
Bosley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molinaro vs. Langford
There goes Bosley. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Bosley steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Barrios
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Breazeale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomasson for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Breazeale scoops it up and throws to first, with Barrios covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Barrios
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Langford
Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breazeale vs. Langford
Breazeale strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Barrios
Lamar Johnson now playing first base.
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Barrios
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Barrios
Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Jeff Newman.
There goes Dilone. The throw from Nordhagen and he is safe. Dilone steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alexander vs. Barrios
Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Langford
Jim Essian now catching.
Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Langford
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Langford
Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Langford
Pryor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nordhagen moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bosley vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Bosley bunts towards the mound. Lacey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pryor moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cruz vs. Heaverlo
Alan Bannister pinch hits for Bob Molinaro. Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Henry Cruz pinch hits for Alan Bannister.
Cruz is hit by the pitch. Nordhagen scores. Pryor moves to third. Bosley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garr vs. Heaverlo
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Barrios
Henry Cruz now playing right field.
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pryor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabb vs. Barrios
Jerry Tabb pinch hits for Mike Edwards.
Tabb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tabb for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Barrios
Thomasson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosley. Thomasson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/28/1978, game 2 -- Oakland at Chicago (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Edwards M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Bosley T, cf 4 1 2 0
Tabb J, ph 1 0 0 0 Molinaro B, rf 4 1 1 0
Thomasson G, rf 4 0 1 0 Bannister A, ph 0 0 0 0
Page M, lf 4 0 0 0 Cruz H, ph-rf 0 0 0 1
Burke G, cf 3 0 0 0 Garr R, lf 5 0 1 0
Revering D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Breazeale J, 1b 2 1 1 1
Newman J, c 2 0 1 0 Johnson L, 1b 0 0 0 0
Dilone M, pr 0 0 0 0 Lemon C, dh 3 0 2 1
Essian J, c 0 0 0 0 Orta J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Gross W, 3b 2 0 0 0 Nordhagen W, c 4 1 1 0
Alexander G, dh 3 0 0 0 Kessinger D, ss 3 0 0 0
Picciolo R, ss 1 0 0 0 Pryor G, 3b 4 0 2 0
Guerrero M, ph-ss 2 0 0 0
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28 0 2 0 33 4 11 3
Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago 101 010 01x -- 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Renko S (L) 2.1 5 2 2 2 2
Langford R 5.1 5 2 1 2 2
Lacey B* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Heaverlo D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios F (W) 9.0 2 0 0 1 4
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Picciolo R
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Oakland 3, Chicago 11
2B -- Thomasson G
SB -- Molinaro B, Bosley T, Dilone M
CS -- Nordhagen W, Newman J
SF -- Lemon C
HBP -- by Barrios F (Gross W), by Heaverlo D (Cruz H)
WP -- Barrios F
Balk -- Barrios F
T -- 2:27
A -- 23934
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