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July 26, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 15 0
White Sox 4 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 15 0
White Sox 4 10 2

Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .000 .325
At Bats 3 287
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 1 20

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 11
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Comiskey Park - July 26, 1978
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Out
Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Jeff Newman
Mike Edwards
Taylor Duncan
Mario Guerrero
Glenn Burke
Joe Wallis
Tony Armas
Don Kessinger
Jorge Orta
Ron Blomberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 8 15 0 8
Chicago White Sox 4 10 2 7
Winning Pitcher John Henry Johnson
Losing Pitcher Wilbur Wood
Save Elias Sosa
Game Winning RBI Glenn Burke
Attendance 11,897
Time of Game 2 hours 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Elias Sosa now pitching. Kessinger hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Edwards reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jorge Orta pinch hits for Alan Bannister. Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Blomberg moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Greg Pryor. Blomberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Nahorodny strikes out.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pryor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Dilone scores.
Top 9 Essian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dilone moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Dilone. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 9 Dilone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wallis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bannister hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pryor hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeff Newman now playing first base. Jim Essian now catching. Tony Armas now playing right field. Glenn Burke now playing left field. Nahorodny hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Burke strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Guerrero moves to third. Newman moves to second.
Top 7 Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Picciolo scores. Guerrero moves to second.
Top 7 Lerrin LaGrow now pitching. Duncan strikes out.
Top 7 Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Picciolo moves to second.
Top 7 Rob Picciolo pinch runs for Dave Revering. There goes Dilone. The throw from Nahorodny and he is out, Soderholm applying the tag.
Top 7 Revering takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Willie Horton. There goes Dilone. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 7 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pryor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Page hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Edwards is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Kessinger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pryor strikes out.
Bottom 5 Washington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Nahorodny reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pryor misplays the ball. That's an error on Pryor. Revering scores. Guerrero goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horton scores. Revering moves to second.
Top 5 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Horton moves to second.
Top 5 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Page is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Garr bunts in front of the plate. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wallis hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rich Hinton now pitching. Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Burke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Guerrero scores. Duncan scores.
Top 4 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Duncan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Duncan reaches second base with a double. Guerrero moves to third.
Top 4 Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Revering hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kessinger bunts between the mound and first base. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. Bannister scores.
Bottom 3 Bannister hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wallis who is chasing the ball. Bannister reaches third base with a triple. Washington goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Pryor hits a popup in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Page hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wallis bunts towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Pryor covering, for the out. Burke moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Top 3 Edwards bunts and there's an error on the play. Burke moves to second.
Top 3 Burke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nahorodny hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Garr bunts in front of the plate. Newman fields it and throws to first for the out. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Duncan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Spencer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Spencer strikes out. There goes Bannister. The throw from Newman to Guerrero, and Bannister is out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bannister takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Page hits a line drive towards first. Johnson reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Wallis attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Top 1 Wallis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards moves to third.
Top 1 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Edwards reaches second base with a double.