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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 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 8, Chicago White Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0
Wallis cf 4 0 1 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
  Armas rf 1 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 1 2 0
  Dilone pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Revering 1b 3 2 2 1
  Picciolo pr 0 1 0 0
  Essian c 1 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 5 2 3 1
Duncan 3b 5 1 2 0
Newman c,1b 3 0 1 1
Burke rf,lf 4 0 2 2
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 15 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister dh 3 1 1 1
  Orta ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 1
Spencer cf 4 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 4 1 2 1
Garr lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 0
Nahorodny c 4 0 2 0
Washington rf 3 1 1 0
Pryor 2b 3 0 0 0
  Blomberg ph 1 0 1 0
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Oakland 000 330 1018150
Chicago 002 001 0014102
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (8-6) 7.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Heaverlo   1.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Sosa  SV (12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L (10-8) 3.1 8 3 3 0 0
  Hinton   3.0 5 4 2 2 2
  LaGrow   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
6
3
4

  E–Pryor 2 (7).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland Edwards (11,off Wood); Duncan (7,off Wood), Chicago Nahorodny (11,off Johnson).  3B–Chicago Bannister (2,off Johnson).  HR–Oakland Revering (13,4th inning off Wood 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Soderholm (14,6th inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Edwards (6,off Wood); Wallis (3,off Wood); Garr (5,off Johnson); Kessinger (7,off Johnson).  SB–Dilone 2 (34,2nd base off Hinton/Nahorodny,2nd base off LaGrow/Nahorodny).  CS–Dilone (18,3rd base by Hinton/Nahorodny); Bannister (3,2nd base by Johnson/Newman).  WP–LaGrow (1).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:56.  A–11,897.
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