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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 23, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, played on July 23, 1978 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Figueroa |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Kravec |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 27,651 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Kunkel 1B: Bill Deegan 2B: Terry Cooney 3B: Al Clark |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | Right Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Roy White | DH |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Molinaro | Left Fielder |
| Ralph Garr | DH |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Claudell Washington | Right Fielder |
| Tom Spencer | Center Fielder |
| Ron Blomberg | First Baseman |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Larry Doby | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 23, 1978
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Kravec
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Kravec
Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Kravec
Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Figueroa
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Molinaro for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Figueroa
Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Figueroa
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Figueroa
Soderholm takes first base on ball four. Garr moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Washington vs. Figueroa
Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Kravec
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Kravec
Chambliss strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Kravec
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Kravec
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Kravec
Stanley is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Figueroa
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Figueroa
Blomberg hits a line drive towards short. Stanley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Figueroa
Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nahorodny vs. Figueroa
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Kravec
Heath hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Kravec
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Kravec
Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Figueroa
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Figueroa
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Figueroa
Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Kravec
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Kravec
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Kravec
Chambliss 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
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Figueroa
Soderholm hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Figueroa
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Figueroa
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blomberg vs. Figueroa
Blomberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Soderholm scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Figueroa
Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Kravec
Nettles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blomberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kravec
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Kravec
Stanley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Kravec
There goes White. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Kravec
Heath hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Molinaro. Heath reaches second base with a double. White scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Kravec
Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Heath trying to get to home. Spencer throws the ball in to Nahorodny who tags Heath who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Figueroa
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Figueroa
Molinaro hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Figueroa
Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Figueroa
There goes Garr. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Garr steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orta vs. Figueroa
Orta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Figueroa
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Kravec
Rivers 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 -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Kravec
Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Kravec
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Figueroa
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Figueroa
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Figueroa
Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Kravec
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Kravec
Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Kravec
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blomberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Kravec
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Figueroa
Paul Blair now playing center field.
Kessinger hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Figueroa
Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molinaro vs. Figueroa
Alan Bannister pinch runs for Bill Nahorodny.
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Kravec
Mike Colbern now catching.
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kravec fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Kravec
Randolph 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 -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Kravec
Blair strikes out. Colbern drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Blair out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Figueroa
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Figueroa
Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Figueroa
Soderholm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Blair. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Figueroa
Kevin Bell pinch runs for Eric Soderholm.
Washington is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Figueroa
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Kravec
Kevin Bell now playing third base.
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Kravec
Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Kravec
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Molinaro. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. Piniella goes all the way around to score. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Kravec
Nettles bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chambliss scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Kravec
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Kravec
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Kravec
Heath hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blomberg vs. Gossage
Rich Gossage now pitching.
Blomberg hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Gossage
Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colbern vs. Gossage
Colbern strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Molinaro vs. Gossage
Molinaro hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/23/1978 -- New York at Chicago (D)
New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Randolph W, 2b 4 0 1 0 Molinaro B, lf 5 0 0 0
Rivers M, cf 3 0 0 0 Garr R, dh 4 0 2 0
Blair P, cf 1 0 0 0 Orta J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Munson T, rf 4 0 1 0 Soderholm E, 3b 3 1 2 0
Piniella L, lf 4 1 1 0 Bell K, pr-3b 0 0 0 0
Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 1 1 Washington C, rf 3 0 0 0
Nettles G, 3b 3 0 2 1 Spencer T, cf 4 0 0 0
White R, dh 4 1 3 0 Blomberg R, 1b 4 0 1 1
Stanley F, ss 4 0 0 0 Kessinger D, ss 4 0 2 0
Heath M, c 4 0 1 1 Nahorodny B, c 3 0 1 0
Bannister A, pr 0 0 0 0
Colbern M, c 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 3 10 3 34 1 8 1
New York 000 010 002 -- 3
Chicago 000 100 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa E (W) 8.0 7 1 1 3 0
Gossage R (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec K (L) 9.0 10 3 3 1 4
DP -- New York 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- New York 6, Chicago 9
2B -- Soderholm E 2, Heath M, Chambliss C
SB -- White R, Garr R
T -- 2:20
A -- 27651
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