Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 3, 1978 Box Score

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

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Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Torres lf 3 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 2 3 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
  Bell pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Squires 1b 3 0 1 1
  Nordhagen ph 1 1 1 3
  Nahorodny 1b 0 0 0 0
Bosley cf 4 0 0 0
Pryor 2b 3 0 0 0
Colbern c 3 0 1 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
  Harlow ph 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 3 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 1 1 0 0
May dh 3 0 2 0
Mora lf 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Lopez cf 3 0 1 1
  Kelly ph 1 1 1 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Chicago 000 100 003481
Baltimore 010 000 001270
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham   7.2 6 1 1 5 4
  LaGrow  W (4-4) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (17-12) 9.0 8 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
2

  E–Lemon (3).  DP–Chicago 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Chicago Lamar Johnson (19,off Flanagan), Baltimore Dauer (20,off Wortham); May (14,off Wortham).  HR–Chicago Nordhagen (4,9th inning off Flanagan 2 on, 2 out), Baltimore Kelly (7,9th inning off LaGrow 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Squires (2,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey).  CS–Lemon (7,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey); DeCinces (6,2nd base by Wortham/Colbern).  WP–Wortham (3).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:40.  A–7,101.
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