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Soderholm batted in four runs, including three with his first homer of the season, to help the White Sox defeat the Rangers, 7-6. The White Sox scored four runs in the fourth inning on a double by Claudell Washington and consecutive two-out singles by Soderholm, Alan Bannister, Jorge Orta, Lamar Johnson and Greg Pryor before Washington and Chet Lemon singled in the fifth and Soderholm homered to decide the outcome. John Ellis and Bump Wills homered for the Rangers. [The Sporting News] Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 6Game Played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumWhite Sox 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 - 7 12 3
Rangers 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 - 6 11 0
White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .328 Sample lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .290
Torres lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Washington rf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .276 Bell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .185
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .379 Oliver cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .340
Soderholm 3b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .304 Zisk rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .221
Bannister 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .354 J. Ellis 1b 4 2 3 3 0 0 .281
Orta dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .203 Gray dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Putnam ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Squires 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Sundberg c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .192
Pryor ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .394 Wills 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .202
Foley c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212 Norman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Scarbery p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blanks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 7 12 7 1 0 Totals 37 6 11 6 2 3
Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 27,901
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Rangers 6
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Soderholm, Bannister, Johnson
Doubles: Washington (9)
Home Runs: Soderholm (1), J. Ellis (1), Wills (1)
Caught Stealing: Washington (4), Lemon (5)
GIDP: Sundberg (4)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (2,by Medich)
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wortham W(4-2) 6 7 5 4 2 2 2 26 3.83
Scarbery 1.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 2.00
Proly SV(6) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.90
Totals 9 11 6 5 2 3 2 39
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
D. Ellis L(1-2) 3.2 7 4 4 0 0 0 17 5.00
Rajsich 2.1 5 3 3 0 0 1 12 3.00
Medich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.40
Lyle 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.66
Totals 9 12 7 7 1 0 1 39
Hit by Pitch: Medich (1)
Umpires: HP - Mike Thompson, 1B - Joe Bob Taylor, 2B - Dick Nelson, 3B - Johnny James
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Washington forced Garr
(second to shortstop); Washington was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Sample flied out to left; Bell struck out; Oliver
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Bannister grounded
out (shortstop to first); Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Zisk singled to left; J. Ellis homered [Zisk
scored]; Gray singled to right; Sundberg grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Gray out at second]; Wills
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox
0, Rangers 2.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Pryor
grounded out (third to first); Foley grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 3RD: Norman made an out to second; Sample walked; Sample
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Johnson [Sample
to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Rangers 2.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Washington
doubled to left; Lemon grounded out (third to first); Soderholm
singled to center [Washington scored]; Bannister singled to left
[Soderholm to second]; Orta singled to right [Soderholm scored,
Bannister to third]; Johnson singled to center [Bannister
scored, Orta to third]; Pryor singled to center [Orta scored,
Johnson to second]; RAJSICH REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Foley
lined to center; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 4TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); J. Ellis
grounded out (third to first); Gray grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 2.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington singled to center; Lemon singled to right [Washington
to third]; Soderholm homered [Washington scored, Lemon scored];
Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta singled to second;
Johnson forced Orta (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 7, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Wills grounded out
(third to first); Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 2.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor popped to first in foul territory; Foley
singled to center; Garr flied out to center; Washington forced
Foley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7,
Rangers 2.
RANGERS 6TH: TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Sample singled
to center; Bell lined to third [Sample to second (error by
Soderholm)]; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Sample to
third]; Zisk walked; J. Ellis singled to left [Sample scored
(unearned), Zisk to third]; Gray forced J. Ellis (third to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 3.
WHITE SOX 7TH: MEDICH REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Lemon was hit
by a pitch; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to second
to first); Soderholm flied out to right; Bannister grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers
3.
RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to center; Wills homered [Sundberg
scored]; SCARBERY REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Norman popped to
third in foul territory; On a bunt Sample singled to third; Bell
flied out to right; Oliver forced Sample (shortstop to second);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 5.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta flied out to center; Johnson flied out to
right; Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 5.
RANGERS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Zisk
grounded out (pitcher to first); J. Ellis singled to second [J.
Ellis to second (error by Bannister)]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR GRAY;
Putnam struck out; Sundberg singled to left [J. Ellis scored];
Wills singled to right [Sundberg to third]; PROLY REPLACED
SCARBERY (PITCHING); GRUBB BATTED FOR NORMAN; Grubb flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 6.
WHITE SOX 9TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BLANKS
REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); LYLE REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING);
Foley grounded out (second to first); Torres walked; On a bunt
Washington forced Torres (pitcher to shortstop); Lemon flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 6.
RANGERS 9TH: JORGENSEN BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White
Sox 7, Rangers 6.
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