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White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 19, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 19, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 19, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 19, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Wood |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Broberg |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 5,515 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: George Maloney 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Greg Kosc |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Ron Blomberg | DH |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Bob Molinaro | Right Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Henry Cruz | Center Fielder |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Staggs | Second Baseman |
| Glenn Burke | Center Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Gary Alexander | DH |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Gary Thomasson | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 19, 1978
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Broberg
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Broberg
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Broberg
Orta strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staggs vs. Wood
Staggs hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Wood
Burke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Wood
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burke moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Wood
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Broberg
Blomberg hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Broberg
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Broberg
Molinaro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Broberg
There goes Molinaro. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Molinaro steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soderholm vs. Broberg
Soderholm strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Wood
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Wood
Alexander hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Wood
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Broberg
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Broberg
Nahorodny hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Broberg
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Broberg
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Wood
Essian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Wood
Thomasson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staggs vs. Wood
Staggs hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Wood
Burke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Burke reaches second base with a double. Essian moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Page vs. Wood
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Essian scores. Burke moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guerrero vs. Wood
Guerrero strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Broberg
Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Broberg
Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Orta moves to third. Blomberg moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Broberg
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Molinaro vs. Broberg
Molinaro hits a line drive into left field. Page picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Page. Orta scores. Blomberg scores. Molinaro moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soderholm vs. Broberg
There goes Molinaro. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Molinaro steals third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Soderholm vs. Broberg
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Molinaro scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Broberg
Cruz hits a line drive towards first. Revering reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Wood
Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Wood
Alexander takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Wood
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Wood
Essian hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Broberg
Nahorodny hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Broberg
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Broberg
Kessinger hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Wood
Thomasson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staggs vs. Wood
Staggs strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Wood
Burke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomasson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Wood
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomasson moves to third. Burke moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Guerrero vs. Wood
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomasson tags and scores. Burke tags and moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Revering vs. Wood
Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Broberg
Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Broberg
Blomberg is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Broberg
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Wood
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Wood
Gross strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Wood
Essian hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Broberg
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Staggs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Broberg
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Essian fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Broberg
Cruz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Broberg
Nahorodny hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Wood
Thomasson is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staggs vs. Wood
Staggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Wood
Burke hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Broberg
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Broberg
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Broberg
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Wood
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Wood
Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Wood
Revering hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nahorodny settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Wood
Alexander takes first base on ball four. Page moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Wood
Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Gary Alexander.
Gross strikes out. Nahorodny drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gross out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Broberg
Blomberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Sosa
Alan Bannister pinch runs for Ron Blomberg. Elias Sosa now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero misplays the ball. That's an error on Guerrero. Bannister moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Molinaro vs. Sosa
Molinaro bunts towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. Bannister moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Soderholm vs. Sosa
Soderholm hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomasson. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. Bannister scores. Johnson scores. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Sosa
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out. Soderholm moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nahorodny vs. Sosa
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Willoughby
Jim Willoughby now pitching.
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Willoughby
Thomasson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staggs vs. Willoughby
Staggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomasson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burke vs. Willoughby
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/19/1978 -- Chicago at Oakland (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Garr R, lf 4 0 1 0 Staggs S, 2b 5 0 1 0
Kessinger D, ss 4 0 0 0 Burke G, cf 5 0 3 0
Orta J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Page M, lf 4 0 3 1
Blomberg R, dh 3 1 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 3 0 0 1
Bannister A, pr 0 1 0 0 Revering D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson L, 1b 4 1 0 0 Alexander G, dh 2 0 0 0
Molinaro B, rf 3 1 2 2 Dilone M, pr 0 0 0 0
Soderholm E, 3b 4 0 1 3 Gross W, 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz H, cf 4 1 1 1 Essian J, c 4 1 1 0
Nahorodny B, c 4 0 0 0 Thomasson G, rf 4 1 2 0
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34 6 6 6 35 2 10 2
Chicago 000 300 102 -- 6
Oakland 001 010 000 -- 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wood W (W) 8.0 8 2 2 2 7
Willoughby J 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg P (L)* 8.0 5 5 3 1 3
Sosa E 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Gross W, Page M, Guerrero M
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 3, Oakland 9
2B -- Burke G, Soderholm E
HR -- Cruz H
SB -- Molinaro B 2
SH -- Molinaro B
SF -- Guerrero M
T -- 2:24
A -- 5515
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