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Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 30, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on July 30, 1978 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 30, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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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 30, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Comer |
Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Wood |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Mike Reilly 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Lou DiMuro 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
Al Oliver | Left Fielder |
Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
Gary Gray | DH |
Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
Billy Hunter | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Thad Bosley | Center Fielder |
Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
Bob Molinaro | DH |
Claudell Washington | Right Fielder |
Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
Larry Doby | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 30, 1978
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Wood
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Wood
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Wood
Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Comer
Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Comer
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Comer
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Comer
Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garr vs. Comer
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Wood
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Wood
Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Wood
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Comer
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Comer
Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Washington reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Comer
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nahorodny vs. Comer
Nahorodny strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosley vs. Comer
Bosley is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Wood
Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Wood
Campaneris bunts towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Wood
Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Wood
Beniquez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Comer
Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Comer
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Comer
Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Wood
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Wood
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Wood
Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Sundberg scores. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harrah vs. Wood
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to home to get Oliver. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gray vs. Wood
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gray vs. Wood
Gray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds scores. Harrah scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Wood
Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gray moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campaneris vs. Schueler
Ron Schueler now pitching.
Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hargrove vs. Schueler
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Comer
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Comer, and towards Wills, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Comer
Molinaro strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Comer
Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Schueler
Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Schueler
There goes Beniquez. The throw from Nahorodny and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sundberg vs. Schueler
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Oliver vs. Schueler
Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beniquez tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Schueler
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Comer
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Comer
Nahorodny hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Nahorodny reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bosley vs. Comer
Bosley hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kessinger vs. Comer
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nahorodny scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Comer
Orta hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Schueler
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Schueler
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Schueler
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Schueler covering, for the out. Gray moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Schueler
Campaneris bunts towards the mound. Schueler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Comer
Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Comer
Garr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Garr reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Molinaro vs. Comer
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garr scores. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Comer
Washington strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. LaGrow
Lerrin LaGrow now pitching.
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. LaGrow
Beniquez hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. LaGrow
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Comer
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Comer
Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Bill Nahorodny.
Blomberg hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosley vs. Comer
Bosley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kessinger vs. Umbarger
Jim Umbarger now pitching.
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. LaGrow
Mike Colbern now catching.
Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Oliver reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. LaGrow
Bonds hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrah vs. LaGrow
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gray vs. LaGrow
Gray hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Umbarger
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Umbarger
Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Umbarger
Kevin Bell pinch runs for Eric Soderholm.
Garr takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Cleveland
Reggie Cleveland now pitching. Tom Spencer pinch hits for Bob Molinaro.
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Washington vs. Cleveland
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to third. Garr moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Cleveland
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Beniquez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Beniquez. Bell scores. Garr scores. Washington goes all the way around to score. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colbern vs. Cleveland
Colbern hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. LaGrow
Kevin Bell now playing third base. Henry Cruz now playing left field.
Wills takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowenstein vs. LaGrow
John Lowenstein pinch hits for Bert Campaneris.
Lowenstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. LaGrow
Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowenstein moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. LaGrow
Mike Jorgensen pinch runs for Mike Hargrove.
There go the runners. The throw from Colbern to Bell. The throw back to home, and Lowenstein is out at the plate. Jorgensen moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Beniquez vs. LaGrow
Beniquez 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/30/1978, game 1 -- Texas at Chicago (D) Texas AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Hargrove M, 1b 5 0 2 0 Bosley T, cf 4 0 1 0 Jorgensen M, pr 0 0 0 0 Kessinger D, ss 3 0 1 1 Beniquez J, cf 5 1 1 0 Orta J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 4 1 1 0 Soderholm E, 3b 4 0 2 0 Oliver A, lf 3 0 3 1 Bell K, pr-3b 0 1 0 0 Bonds B, rf 4 1 1 1 Garr R, lf 3 2 1 0 Harrah T, 3b 3 1 0 0 Cruz H, lf 0 0 0 0 Gray G, dh 4 0 1 2 Molinaro B, dh 3 0 0 1 Wills B, 2b 3 0 1 0 Spencer T, ph 1 0 0 0 Campaneris B, ss 3 0 0 0 Washington C, rf 4 1 2 0 Lowenstein J, ph 1 0 0 0 Johnson L, 1b 4 0 3 2 Nahorodny B, c 2 1 1 0 Blomberg R, ph 1 0 0 0 Colbern M, c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 4 10 4 34 5 11 4 Texas 000 310 000 -- 4 Chicago 000 011 03x -- 5 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Comer S 6.1 8 2 2 1 6 Umbarger J 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 Cleveland R (L) 0.2 2 1 0 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Wood W 3.1 7 3 3 0 0 Schueler R 2.2 1 1 0 1 0 LaGrow L (W) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 E -- Nahorodny B, Beniquez J DP -- Texas 1 LOB -- Texas 7, Chicago 7 2B -- Washington C, Bonds B, Oliver A 3B -- Nahorodny B, Garr R SB -- Harrah T, Bonds B, Beniquez J CS -- Lowenstein J SF -- Oliver A T -- 2:31 A -- 0
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