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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 2, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, played on July 2, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 2, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 2, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Wood |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Geoff Zahn |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Durwood Merrill 1B: Marty Springstead 2B: Larry Barnett 3B: Jim Evans |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alan Bannister | DH |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Wayne Nordhagen | Left Fielder |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Claudell Washington | Right Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Larry Doby | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Bombo Rivera | Right Fielder |
| Jose Morales | DH |
| Dan Ford | Center Fielder |
| Craig Kusick | First Baseman |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Larry Wolfe | Third Baseman |
| Willie Norwood | Left Fielder |
| Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 2, 1978
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Zahn
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Zahn
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Zahn
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nordhagen vs. Zahn
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Zahn. Kessinger scores. Johnson moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Zahn
There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to third. Nordhagen moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Orta vs. Zahn
Orta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Zahn
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Washington vs. Zahn
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Wood
Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Wood
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Wood
Morales hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Zahn
Soderholm hits a popup towards first. Kusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Zahn
Nahorodny hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Zahn
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Zahn
Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Zahn
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Wood
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ford for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Wood
Kusick is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Wood
Smalley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolfe vs. Wood
Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Zahn
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Zahn
Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nordhagen moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Zahn
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Washington vs. Zahn
Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nordhagen tags and scores. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Zahn
Soderholm takes first base on ball four. Orta moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nahorodny vs. Zahn
Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orta scores. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bannister vs. Sutton
John Sutton now pitching.
Bannister hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm scores. Nahorodny moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kessinger vs. Sutton
There's a wild pitch. Nahorodny moves to third. Bannister moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kessinger vs. Sutton
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Wood
Norwood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Wood
Borgmann is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randall vs. Wood
There goes Norwood. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. Norwood steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randall vs. Wood
Randall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Randall reaches second base with a double. Norwood scores. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rivera vs. Wood
Rivera strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morales vs. Wood
Morales hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Sutton
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Sutton
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Sutton
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley throws the ball towards second to get the runner. He throws it away into center field. Ford throws it back to Wolfe, who tags the runner out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Sutton
There's a wild pitch. Orta moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Sutton
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Wood
Ford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. Wood
Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Wood
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wolfe vs. Wood
Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Sutton
Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Sutton
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Sutton
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Wood
Norwood hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Wood
Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Wood
Randall hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Sutton
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Sutton
Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Sutton
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Sutton
Nordhagen is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Wood
Rivera takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Wood
Morales strikes out. The throw from Nahorodny to pick off Rivera, and he's out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Wood
Ford 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 7
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White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Sutton
Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Sutton
Lemon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ford who is chasing the ball. Lemon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Washington vs. Sutton
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lemon scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Sutton
Soderholm is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Wood
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Wood
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolfe vs. Wood
Wolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Sutton
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Sutton
Bannister hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Bannister reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kessinger vs. Sutton
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Sutton
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bannister scores. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nordhagen vs. Sutton
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Wood
Greg Pryor now playing second base. Henry Cruz now playing right field.
Norwood hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Wood
Borgmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randall vs. Wood
Randall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Borgmann moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Wood
Rivera hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Wood
Morales hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Willoughby
Jim Willoughby now pitching.
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morales moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Willoughby
Rod Carew pinch hits for Craig Kusick.
Carew hits a line drive towards right. Cruz catches it and throws to first to double up Ford. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Harrison
Rod Carew now playing first base. Roric Harrison now pitching.
Pryor hits a popup towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Harrison
Lemon hits a line drive into right field. Rivera picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rivera. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Harrison
There's a wild pitch. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cruz vs. Harrison
Cruz hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Willoughby
Smalley is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Willoughby
Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Larry Wolfe.
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Willoughby covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiles vs. Willoughby
Rich Chiles pinch hits for Willie Norwood.
Chiles hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon 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 7/2/1978, game 1 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Bannister A, dh 5 1 2 1 Randall B, 2b 4 1 2 1
Kessinger D, ss 4 1 1 0 Rivera B, rf 3 1 1 3
Johnson L, 1b 5 1 3 1 Morales J, dh 4 0 1 0
Nordhagen W, lf 5 1 1 0 Ford D, cf 3 0 1 0
Orta J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Kusick C, 1b 3 0 0 0
Pryor G, 2b 1 0 0 0 Carew R, ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Lemon C, cf 4 1 2 1 Smalley R, ss 4 1 1 1
Washington C, rf 3 0 1 2 Wolfe L, 3b 3 0 0 0
Cruz H, rf 1 0 0 0 Cubbage M, ph 1 0 0 0
Soderholm E, 3b 3 1 0 0 Norwood W, lf 3 1 1 0
Nahorodny B, c 4 1 2 2 Chiles R, ph 1 0 0 0
Borgmann G, c 2 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 13 7 32 5 7 5
Chicago 213 000 110 -- 8
Minnesota 011 000 030 -- 5
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wood W (W) 7.1 6 5 5 3 5
Willoughby J (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn G (L) 2.2 6 6 4 2 1
Sutton J 5.1 6 2 2 1 3
Harrison R 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Smalley R 3, Zahn G, Rivera B
DP -- Chicago 2, Minnesota 3
LOB -- Chicago 8, Minnesota 3
2B -- Randall B, Bannister A
3B -- Lemon C
HR -- Nahorodny B, Smalley R, Rivera B
SB -- Norwood W
SF -- Lemon C, Washington C
WP -- Zahn G, Sutton J 2, Harrison R
T -- 2:46
A -- 0
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