Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley cf 5 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Orta 2b 5 1 3 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 2 1
  Bell pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Garr lf 3 1 1 1
  Spencer lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1
Molinaro dh 2 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Colbern c 4 0 1 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 5 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 5 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 1 2 0
May c 4 1 2 1
  Parrish c 0 1 0 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 2 1
Mankowski 3b 2 0 2 0
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Chicago 000 100 300 0493
Detroit 100 111 000 15131
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   8.0 10 4 4 2 6
  LaGrow  L (2-4) 1.2 3 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.2
13
5
4
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema   6.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Sykes  W (6-5) 4.0 2 0 0 1 7
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
1
9

  E–Orta (8), Washington (5), Colbern (3), Sykes (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Orta (18,off Rozema); Garr (12,off Rozema).  HR–Chicago Soderholm (16,4th inning off Rozema 0 on, 2 out), Detroit May (9,4th inning off Stone 0 on, 1 out); Staub (17,5th inning off Stone 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kessinger (10,off Sykes); Corcoran (4,off LaGrow).  HBP–Parrish (1,by LaGrow).  CS–Molinaro (3,2nd base by Rozema/May); Whitaker (6,2nd base by Stone/Colbern).  SB–LeFlore 2 (50,2nd base off Stone/Colbern,2nd base off LaGrow/Colbern); Corcoran (3,2nd base off Stone/Colbern).  HBP–LaGrow (3,Parrish).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:01.  A–11,257.
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