The White Sox picked up their first victory of the season by beating the Orioles, 5-1. A single by Chet Lemon produced one run in the first inning and a single by Greg Pryor added a marker in the fifth. The White Sox iced the game with a three-run outburst in the seventh on a single by Pryor, a walk, and singles by Ralph Garr and Claudell Washington. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     8, 1979 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   5 10  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  3  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   2   1   1     0   0   .143      Harlow cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
  Torres lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .250
Washington rf         4   0   1   1     0   1   .091      Singleton rf          3   0   0   1     0   1   .100
Lemon cf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .273      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Orta dh               3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .100
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .111      May dh                4   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Squires 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .400      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Foley c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kelly lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Pryor 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .400      Dempsey c             1   1   0   0     2   1   .444
Chappas ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .091      D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   4     2   3             Totals               27   1   3   1     5   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  6,517
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Orioles 5
DP: White Sox 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Singleton, DeCinces
Doubles: Squires (1), Harlow (1)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (1), Orta (1), Squires (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Foley (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (1)
GIDP: Dauer (2), Singleton (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham W(1-0)          7.1   3   1   1   5   7   0  29   1.23
LaGrow SV(1)            1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   7.71
Totals                  9     3   1   1   5   7   0  33

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(0-1)      6.2   9   5   4   2   2   0  29   5.40
Stoddard                2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   3   0  37

Balks: Wortham 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim O'Connor, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Jerry Phipps, 3B - Bob Roesner


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr reached on an error by DeCinces [Garr to
second]; Washington struck out (catcher to first); Lemon singled
to center [Garr scored]; Orta flied out to center; Lemon was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow lined to shortstop; Belanger flied out to
center; Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm lined to third; Squires flied out to
left; Foley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces
struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Chappas
grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington flied out to left; Lemon was called
out on strikes; Orta singled to right; Soderholm forced Orta
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Harlow walked; Wortham balked [Harlow to second];
On a bunt Belanger made an out to catcher; Mark Belanger out
when ball hit his bat in fair territory; Singleton struck
out; Wortham balked [Harlow to third]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires doubled to right; Foley out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Squires to third]; Pryor
singled to left [Squires scored]; On a bunt Chappas singled
[Pryor to second]; Garr popped to third; Washington popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dauer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta
walked; Soderholm flied out to center; Orta was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Kelly lined to second; Dempsey walked; Harlow
doubled to right [Dempsey to third]; Belanger walked; Singleton
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Dempsey scored, Harlow to third];
Murray forced Belanger (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Squires singled to second; Foley popped to first;
Squires was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Pryor
singled to third; Chappas walked [Pryor to second]; Garr singled
to right [Pryor scored, Chappas scored (error by Singleton)
(unearned), Garr to third]; Washington singled to right [Garr
scored]; STODDARD REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Lemon singled
to right [Washington to second]; Orta forced Lemon (third to
second); 3 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); May singled to left; Dauer
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Squires grounded out
(first unassisted); Foley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Kelly walked; Dempsey walked [Kelly to second];
Harlow struck out; Belanger singled to right [Kelly to third,
Dempsey to second]; LAGROW REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING);
Singleton grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Belanger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Orioles 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor struck out; Chappas grounded out (shortstop
to first); Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Murray flied out to left; DeCinces flied out to
left; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 5, Orioles 1.