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Friday May 4, 1979
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Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, May 4, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox    0  0  2    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   6 12  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  2  -   7 13  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               3   1   2   2     0   0   .333      Sample lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Bosley lf           2   0   0   0     0   2   .222        Gamble ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .349
Washington rf         5   1   1   1     0   1   .269        Blanks pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lemon cf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .385      Bell 3b               2   1   1   1     3   0   .195
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .295      Oliver cf             4   0   2   2     1   0   .360
Bannister 2b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .359      Zisk rf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .215
Orta dh               4   1   1   1     0   1   .183      J. Ellis 1b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .214
Johnson 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .342        Putnam ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Pryor ss              4   0   3   0     0   0   .403      Gray dh               4   2   2   0     1   0   .273
Nahorodny c           3   1   0   1     0   0   .226      Sundberg c            3   1   1   0     2   0   .176
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wills 2b              4   2   1   0     0   1   .188
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen ph        1   0   1   2     0   0   .275
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Grubb ph,lf         1   1   1   1     0   0   .186
                                                          Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  12   6     1   6             Totals               36   7  13   7     8   2

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 24,200
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Rangers 12
DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 1
Doubles: Lemon (10), Sample (6), Jorgensen (4)
Home Runs: Garr (1), Washington (2)
Caught Stealing: Washington (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Nahorodny (1)
GIDP: Pryor (2), Oliver (2), Sundberg (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten              6.2   8   2   2   4   1   0  30   2.57
Proly                   1     3   3   3   3   0   0   9   4.08
LaGrow L(0-3)           0.2   2   2   2   1   1   0   5  10.80
Totals                  8.1  13   7   7   8   2   0  44

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                 4    10   6   6   0   1   2  21   3.59
Farmer W(1-0)           5     2   0   0   1   5   0  17   2.61
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   6   2  38

Passed Balls: Nahorodny (2)
Wild Pitches: Proly (1)

Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Mike Thompson, 2B - Johnny James, 3B - Joe Bob Taylor


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to right; Washington forced Garr
(second to shortstop); Washington was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Lemon made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Sample flied out to right; Bell walked; Oliver
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis flied
out to center; Gray singled to center; Sundberg singled to right
[Gray to third]; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson flied out to right; Pryor singled to
left; Nahorodny forced Pryor (third to second); Garr homered
[Nahorodny scored]; Washington grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Sample flied
out to left; Bell singled to left; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm singled to left
[Lemon to second]; Bannister flied out to right; Orta singled to
right [Lemon scored, Soderholm to third]; Johnson singled to
left [Soderholm scored, Orta to second]; Pryor singled to second
[Orta to third, Johnson to second]; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Orta scored]; Garr flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied to right in foul territory; J. Ellis
singled to right; Gray lined to center; Sundberg forced J. Ellis
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington homered; Lemon doubled to right;
FARMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Soderholm struck out;
Bannister walked; Orta flied out to left; Johnson grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 5TH: BOSLEY REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Wills struck
out; Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample doubled to
left; Bell walked; Oliver walked [Sample to third, Bell to
second]; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor singled to center; Nahorodny forced Pryor
(third to second); Bosley was called out on strikes; Washington
forced Nahorodny (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis singled to second; Gray popped to first in
foul territory; Sundberg grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [J. Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 6, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon struck out; Soderholm flied out to right;
Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to right; Norman grounded out (second
to first) [Wills to second]; Sample grounded out (third to
first); Nahorodny allowed a passed ball [Wills to third]; Bell
walked; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored, Bell to third];
PROLY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Zisk singled to left [Bell
scored, Oliver to third]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers
2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Orta grounded
out (second to first); Johnson singled to center; Pryor grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Gray walked; Sundberg walked [Gray to second];
Wills forced Sundberg (second to shortstop) [Gray to third,
Wills to first]; GRUBB BATTED FOR NORMAN; Grubb singled to
second [Gray scored, Wills to second]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR SAMPLE;
Proly threw a wild pitch [Wills to third]; Gamble walked [Grubb
to second]; BLANKS RAN FOR GAMBLE; Bell forced Blanks (third to
second) [Wills scored, Grubb to third, Bell to first]; Oliver
singled to right [Grubb scored, Bell to third]; LAGROW REPLACED
PROLY (PITCHING); Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); GRUBB STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bosley struck out; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Putnam was called out on strikes; Gray singled to
left; Sundberg walked [Gray to second]; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR
WILLS; Jorgensen doubled to center [Gray scored, Sundberg
scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Rangers 7.



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