Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
July 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister dh 5 1 2 1
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 5 1 3 1
Nordhagen lf 5 1 1 0
Orta 2b 3 1 1 0
  Pryor 2b 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Washington rf 3 0 1 2
  Cruz rf 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 0 0
Nahorodny c 4 1 2 2
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b 4 1 2 1
Rivera rf 3 1 1 3
Morales dh 4 0 1 0
Ford cf 3 0 1 0
Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0
  Carew ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
Norwood lf 3 1 1 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 0 0
Borgmann c 2 1 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Chicago 213 000 1108130
Minnesota 011 000 030575
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (9-5) 7.1 6 5 5 3 5
  Willoughby  SV (10) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (7-6) 2.2 6 6 4 2 1
  Sutton   5.1 6 2 2 1 3
  Harrison   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
3
4

  E–Rivera (1), Smalley 3 (19), Zahn (2).  DP–Chicago 2, Minnesota 3.  2B–Chicago Bannister (3,off Sutton), Minnesota Randall (10,off Wood).  3B–Chicago Lemon (3,off Sutton).  HR–Chicago Nahorodny (7,2nd inning off Zahn 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Smalley (8,2nd inning off Wood 0 on, 2 out); Rivera (2,8th inning off Wood 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Lemon (2,off Zahn); Washington (1,off Zahn).  SB–Norwood (18,2nd base off Wood/Nahorodny).  WP–Zahn (2), Sutton 2 (2), Harrison (1).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:46.
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