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Pinch-hitting, Jay Johnstone smashed the third grand-slam homer of his major league career to power the Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the White Sox. Johnstone's blow in the eighth capped a comeback by the Yankees, who trailed after the first two innings, 5-0. Marv Foley hit his first major league homer for the White Sox. New York Yankees 8, Chicago White Sox 5Game Played on Saturday, April 14, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IYankees 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 - 8 8 1
White Sox 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .222 Garr lf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .294
Randolph 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Moore ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Munson c 5 0 1 1 0 0 .273 Bosley ph,lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .200
Piniella dh 2 0 0 1 0 0 .118 Washington rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .276
Spencer ph,dh 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Lemon cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .467
Jackson rf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .235 Orta dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Nettles 3b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .345 Bannister 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .438
Beniquez lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .167
Johnstone ph,lf 1 1 1 4 0 0 .400 Squires 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .417
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .179 Foley c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .250
Dent ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227 Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordhagen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chappas pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 8 8 8 3 4 Totals 35 5 10 5 4 3
Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 43,373
Left on Base: Yankees 4, White Sox 8
DP: Yankees 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Dent
Doubles: Jackson (2), Soderholm (2), Squires (2), Lemon (3)
Home Runs: Nettles (3), Johnstone (1), Foley (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Foley (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (2)
GIDP: Orta (1)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (1,by Kravec)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hunter 1.1 5 5 5 1 1 1 9 33.75
Mirabella 4.1 2 0 0 2 0 0 18 0.00
Tidrow W(1-0) 2.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 12 4.05
Guidry SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.97
Totals 9 10 5 5 4 3 1 40
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kravec 6 6 4 4 1 3 1 26 4.82
Robinson L(0-1) 1.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 7 9.95
LaGrow 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 14.54
Totals 9 8 8 8 3 4 2 39
Hit by Pitch: Kravec (1)
Wild Pitches: Mirabella 2 (2)
Umpires: HP - Bill Sprincz, 1B - Bill Laude, 2B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B - Woody Urchak
YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; Randolph lined to center; Munson
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White
Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to left; Washington singled to
center [Garr to second]; Lemon walked [Garr to third, Washington
to second]; Orta made an out to third; Bannister was called out
on strikes; Soderholm doubled to left [Garr scored, Washington
scored, Lemon to third]; Squires singled to right [Lemon scored,
Soderholm scored, Squires out at second (right to pitcher to
shortstop)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 4.
YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to right; Jackson struck out;
Nettles walked; Beniquez made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Yankees 0, White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Foley homered; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); MIRABELLA REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Garr walked;
Mirabella threw a wild pitch [Garr to second]; Washington
grounded out (second to first) [Garr to third]; Lemon grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0,
White Sox 5.
YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss singled to center; Dent singled to right
[Chambliss to second]; Rivers singled to left [Chambliss scored,
Dent to second]; Randolph flied out to right; Munson singled to
left [Dent scored, Rivers to third]; Piniella hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Rivers scored]; Jackson was called out on strikes;
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta flied out to left; Bannister flied out to
right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 3, White Sox 5.
YANKEES 4TH: Nettles homered; Beniquez grounded out (third to
first); Chambliss grounded out (third to first); Dent flied out
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires singled to center; Foley out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Squires to second]; Kessinger
flied out to right [Squires to third]; Garr grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White
Sox 5.
YANKEES 5TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph
flied out to left; Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington reached on an error by Dent; Lemon
flied out to right; Orta forced Washington (shortstop to
second); Bannister forced Orta (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
YANKEES 6TH: Piniella flied out to right; Jackson was hit by a
pitch; Nettles flied out to center; Beniquez singled to third
[Jackson to second]; Chambliss made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first);
Squires doubled to center; Foley made an out to shortstop;
NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Mirabella threw a wild pitch
[Squires to third]; Nordhagen was walked intentionally; CHAPPAS
RAN FOR NORDHAGEN; MOORE BATTED FOR GARR; TIDROW REPLACED
MIRABELLA (PITCHING); BOSLEY BATTED FOR MOORE; Bosley struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
YANKEES 7TH: BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CHAPPAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ROBINSON REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Dent
flied out to center; Rivers grounded out (second to first);
Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Lemon
doubled to left; Orta flied out to center; Bannister walked;
Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 4, White Sox 5.
YANKEES 8TH: Munson flied out to left; SPENCER BATTED FOR
PINIELLA; Spencer walked; Jackson doubled to center [Spencer to
third]; Nettles was walked intentionally; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
BENIQUEZ; LAGROW REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Johnstone homered
[Spencer scored, Jackson scored, Nettles scored]; Chambliss
struck out; Dent flied out to left; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 8, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 8TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JOHNSTONE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Squires flied out to right; Foley
struck out; Chappas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, White Sox 5.
YANKEES 9TH: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 8, White Sox 5.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Bosley singled to left; Washington forced Bosley
(second to shortstop); Lemon singled to right [Washington to
third]; GUIDRY REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Orta grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lemon out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 8, White Sox 5.
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