Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1978 Box Score

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

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Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris cf 5 1 2 1
Kuiper 2b 5 1 3 2
Bell 3b 5 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 5 0 1 1
Carbo dh 3 1 0 0
Pruitt lf 4 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Dade rf 3 1 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 1 2
  Speed pr 0 1 0 0
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 2 2 1 1
  Molinaro rf 2 0 2 0
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 2
Squires 1b 4 2 1 2
Johnson dh 5 1 2 1
Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0
  Bell 3b 1 0 1 1
Colbern c 4 0 1 1
Bosley rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Pryor 2b 3 2 2 0
Spencer cf 4 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Cleveland 001 001 0057110
Chicago 004 200 20x8131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde  L (5-9) 2.2 5 4 4 1 0
  Hood   1.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Freisleben   2.0 6 2 2 1 0
  Monge   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
4
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (10-10) 7.0 6 2 2 0 0
  LaGrow   1.1 5 5 4 1 1
  Willoughby  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
1
1

  E–Bell (4).  2B–Cleveland Norris (7,off LaGrow); Kuiper (17,off LaGrow), Chicago Squires (4,off Clyde); Kessinger (17,off Hood).  3B–Chicago Garr (7,off Clyde).  SH–Dade (5,off Stone).  CS–Bosley (9,2nd base by Freisleben/Diaz).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:28.  A–19,100.
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