With Dock Ellis and Jim Kern combining on a four-hitter, the Rangers trampled the White Sox, 10-0. Buddy Bell, Billy Sample and Al Oliver each drove in two runs. A two-run double by Bell highlighted a three-run eighth inning.

Bell then scored on a single by Oliver, who added an RBI hit in the Rangers' five-run ninth. Sample stroked a two-run single in the final frame. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 10, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Sunday, April     29, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  1  0    0  1  0    0  3  5  -  10 10  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sample lf             3   1   2   2     2   0   .283      Bosley rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Bell 3b               5   2   1   2     0   1   .206      Garr lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .340
Oliver cf             5   0   2   2     0   0   .371      Lemon cf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .388
Zisk rf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .227      Squires 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
J. Ellis 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Bannister 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .368
  Jorgensen 1b        2   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Orta dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .184
Gray dh               3   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .293
  Putnam ph,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Foley c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .233
  Roberts ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Pryor ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .346
Sundberg c            2   1   0   1     1   0   .169      Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wills 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .167        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             3   2   1   0     1   0   .211        Esser p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36  10  10   9     4   4             Totals               30   0   4   0     4   1

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  9,366
Left on Base: Rangers 4, White Sox 8
DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Squires, Bannister, Soderholm
Doubles: Sample (3), Bell (5), Jorgensen (3), Pryor (4)
Stolen Bases: Gray (1)
Caught Stealing: Sample 2 (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(1-1)         6.2   4   0   0   4   0   0  28   3.77
Kern SV(3)              2.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.20
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   1   0  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham L(3-2)          7.2   3   4   3   2   3   0  28   3.47
LaGrow                  0.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   4  10.05
Esser                   0.1   1   3   3   2   1   0   4  16.20
Robinson                0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   6.17
Totals                  9    10  10   9   4   4   0  41

Wild Pitches: Wortham (1)
Balks: Wortham (3)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Dave Slickenmeyer, 2B - Al Scheel, 3B - Marvin Hecht


RANGERS 1ST: 1:06 rain delay before start of game Debut for
umpire Marvin Hecht; Sample walked; Sample was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
pitcher); Bell was called out on strikes; Oliver grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (second to first); Garr
grounded out (catcher to first); Lemon walked; Squires grounded
out (second to first); 34 minute rain delay at 2:43 (sometime
in second inning); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White
Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk reached on an error by Bannister; Wortham
balked [Zisk to second]; J. Ellis struck out; Gray grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg reached on an error by Soderholm
[Zisk scored (unearned), Sundberg to second]; Wills flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bannister flied out to left; Orta grounded out
(first to pitcher); Soderholm walked; Foley singled to center
[Soderholm to third]; Pryor forced Foley (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Norman flied out to center; Sample walked; Sample
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bell grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley singled to right; Garr out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Bosley to second]; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Squires grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver flied out to left; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); J. Ellis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister grounded out (second to first); Orta
grounded out (first unassisted); Soderholm lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Gray singled to third; Gray stole second; Wortham
threw a wild pitch [Gray to third]; Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Gray scored]; Wills grounded out (first to pitcher);
Norman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Foley grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor
doubled to left; Bosley lined to center; Garr singled to
shortstop [Pryor to third]; Lemon walked [Garr to second];
Squires grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample grounded out (second to first); Bell flied
out to center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta
grounded out (second to first); Soderholm flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis flied
out to right; Gray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Foley
walked; Pryor flied out to right; Bosley flied out to left; KERN
REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills
grounded out (third to first); Norman singled to second; Sample
doubled to left [Norman to third]; LAGROW REPLACED WORTHAM
(PITCHING); Bell doubled to right [Norman scored, Sample
scored]; Oliver singled to left [Bell scored]; Zisk made an out
to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Squires
flied out to left; Bannister popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 5, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Jorgensen doubled to right; PUTNAM BATTED FOR GRAY;
ESSER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); ROBERTS BATTED FOR PUTNAM;
Roberts struck out; Sundberg walked; Wills singled to left
[Jorgensen scored, Sundberg to second]; Norman walked [Sundberg
to third, Wills to second]; ROBINSON REPLACED ESSER (PITCHING);
Sample singled to right [Sundberg scored, Wills scored, Norman
to second]; Bell forced Sample (third to second) [Norman to
third, Bell to first]; Oliver singled to left [Norman scored,
Bell to second]; Zisk singled to right [Bell scored, Oliver to
second]; Jorgensen reached on an error by Squires [Oliver out at
third (first to third), Zisk to second, Jorgensen to first]; 5
R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 10, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Orta struck
out; Soderholm flied out to right; Foley made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 10, White Sox 0.