Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Washington lf 3 1 1 2
Bosley cf 3 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 1 1 0
  Molinaro rf 0 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 1
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Pryor 2b 3 1 2 0
Nahorodny c 4 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 1
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Randall 2b 4 0 0 0
Norwood lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Ford cf 3 1 1 0
  Powell rf 0 0 0 0
  Borgmann ph 1 1 1 0
Morales dh 4 1 3 1
Wolfe 3b 3 0 1 0
  Wilfong pr 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf,lf 4 0 3 2
Kusick 1b 3 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
  Carew ph 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago 002 100 100461
Minnesota 000 000 1023100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (1-0) 6.1 5 1 1 1 4
  Hinton   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Torrealba   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  LaGrow  SV (15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (13-10) 4.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Jackson   4.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Sutton   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
4

  E–Bosley (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Pryor 2 (7,off Erickson,off Jackson), Minnesota Borgmann (3,off Hinton); Morales (12,off Hinton).  3B–Chicago Lemon (5,off Erickson).  HR–Chicago Washington (4,3rd inning off Erickson 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Soderholm (7,off Erickson).  IBB–Kusick (2,by Torrealba).  CS–Washington (6,2nd base by Jackson/Wynegar); Bosley (10,2nd base by Jackson/Wynegar).  WP–Sutton (4).  IBB–Torrealba (5,Kusick).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:27.  A–3,630.
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