Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 3 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 2 1
  Dilone pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy rf 0 0 0 0
Page lf 3 1 2 0
  Murray lf 0 0 0 0
Burke cf 4 1 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 1
Revering 1b 4 0 2 1
Alexander dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 0
Essian c 2 0 0 0
Wirth p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 0 0
  Bannister ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Moore 3b 2 0 2 0
  Pryor 3b 2 0 1 0
Molinaro rf,cf 3 0 0 0
  Soderholm ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemon dh 3 0 0 0
Cruz cf 2 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Orta 2b 3 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 3 1 2 1
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Oakland 000 200 100380
Chicago 000 001 000162
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wirth  W (2-3) 6.1 5 1 1 1 1
  Lacey  SV (3) 2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (3-3) 8.0 8 3 2 3 7
  Willoughby   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
8

  E–Moore (2), Lamar Johnson (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 3.  2B–Oakland Thomasson (2,off Stone).  HR–Chicago Nahorodny (4,6th inning off Wirth 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Essian 2 (6,off Stone,off Willoughby).  HBP–Gross (2,by Willoughby).  IBB–Page (2,by Stone).  SB–Page 2 (5,2nd base off Stone/Nahorodny 2); Staggs (2,2nd base off Stone/Nahorodny); Thomasson (2,2nd base off Stone/Nahorodny).  CS–Moore (1,2nd base by Wirth/Essian).  HBP–Willoughby (2,Gross).  IBB–Stone (1,Page).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:20.  A–19,018.
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