Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 26, 1978 Box Score

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

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Oakland Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 5 1 2 0
Duncan 3b,2b 4 1 2 2
Carty dh 2 0 1 2
  Burke pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Page lf 4 1 1 0
  Alston lf 1 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Woodard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0
  Revering 1b 2 1 1 1
Wallis rf 4 2 2 1
Meyer c 4 1 1 0
Picciolo 2b,ss 4 2 3 3
Wirth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 14 9
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Chappas ss 3 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 1 1
Lemon cf 3 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Garr lf 4 0 0 0
Molinaro rf 4 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0
  Bell pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Foley c 4 1 2 0
Gates 2b 2 2 0 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 1
Oakland 020 000 80010143
Chicago 002 010 000361
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Wirth  W (5-5) 9.0 6 3 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
2
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  L (11-16) 6.0 9 5 5 4 5
  LaGrow   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Baumgarten   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Willoughby   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
4
7

  E–Page 2 (6), Woodard (1), Foley (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Meyer (1).  2B–Oakland Meyer (1,off Kravec); Picciolo (1,off Kravec); Wallis (16,off Baumgarten), Chicago Squires (9,off Wirth).  HR–Oakland Picciolo (2,7th inning off Baumgarten 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Guerrero (17,off Kravec); Chappas (3,off Wirth).  SB–Dilone 2 (49,2nd base off Kravec/Foley 2); Woodard (3,2nd base off Kravec/Foley).  WP–Baumgarten (1).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:58.  A–10,408.
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