Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 0, Detroit Tigers 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley cf 4 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
  Pryor ss 1 0 0 0
Orta 2b 3 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 1 0 0 0
Garr lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
Washington rf 2 0 0 0
Molinaro dh 3 0 1 0
Colbern c 3 0 1 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 2 1 0
Kemp lf 2 2 2 0
Parrish c 4 2 2 4
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 3 1
Stanley rf 4 0 1 1
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 6
Chicago 000 000 000042
Detroit 010 302 01x7100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  L (0-1) 5.0 7 6 5 2 2
  Schueler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hinton   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Willoughby   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (11-5) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
5

  E–Lamar Johnson (7), Washington (6).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Chicago Orta (19,off Billingham), Detroit Rodriguez 2 (17,off Burns,off Willoughby); Thompson (19,off Burns).  HR–Detroit Parrish 2 (11,4th inning off Burns 1 on, 0 out,6th inning off Burns 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Lamar Johnson (2,by Billingham).  SH–Kemp (1,off Burns).  HBP–Billingham (5,Lamar Johnson).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:22.  A–33,494.
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