Winless in his first six starts, Ken Kravec tossed a three-hitter as the White Sox shut out the Rangers, 3-0. The first two runs came in the sixth inning on doubles by Chet Lemon, Wayne Nordhagen and Lamar Johnson. Lemon singled to lead off the eighth, moved to second on a wild pickoff attempt, advanced to third on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Mike Squires. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       6, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  0  -   3 10  2
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister 2b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .345      Sample lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Washington rf         5   0   2   0     0   1   .282      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .177
Lemon cf              4   2   4   0     0   0   .404      Oliver cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .330
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Nordhagen dh          3   1   1   1     0   0   .267      J. Ellis 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .278
  Orta ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Gray dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Johnson 1b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .341      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Squires 1b          1   0   1   1     0   0   .292      Wills 2b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .207
Moore lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .360      Norman ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .224
  Torres lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pryor ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .371        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nahorodny c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  10   3     2   3             Totals               31   0   3   0     0   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 12,501
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Rangers 6
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Bannister, Johnson, Kern
Doubles: Washington (10), Lemon (11), Nordhagen (2), Johnson (5)
Stolen Bases: Norman (2)
Caught Stealing: Squires (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (1)
GIDP: Gray (1)
Hit by Pitch: Sample (2,by Kravec), Oliver (2,by Kravec)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(1-3)           9     3   0   0   0   5   0  33   4.10
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   5   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(0-2)          5.1   7   2   2   1   1   0  24   9.39
Kern                    3.2   3   1   0   1   2   0  14   1.82
Totals                  9    10   3   2   2   3   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Kravec 2 (4)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister flied out to left; Washington singled
to center; Lemon singled to left [Washington to second];
Soderholm forced Lemon (third to second) [Washington to third];
Nordhagen forced Soderholm (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson walked; Moore forced Johnson (third to
second); Pryor flied out to right; Nahorodny popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to right; J. Ellis singled to
center; Gray 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 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister flied out to right; Washington doubled
to left; Lemon singled to shortstop [Washington stayed at
second]; Soderholm flied out to center; Nordhagen popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to left; Wills struck out;
Norman singled to second; Norman stole second; Sample was hit by
a pitch; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson flied out to right; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver was hit by a pitch; Zisk forced Oliver
(third to second); J. Ellis struck out; Gray struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bannister flied out to right; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Wills struck out;
Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon doubled to center; Soderholm grounded out
(first unassisted) [Lemon to third]; Nordhagen doubled to left
[Lemon scored]; Johnson doubled to left [Nordhagen scored]; KERN
REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Moore struck out; Pryor flied out
to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample was called out on strikes; Bell made an out
to second; Oliver reached on an error by Johnson; Zisk flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bannister grounded
out (shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); TORRES
REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING LF); J. Ellis flied out to left; Gray
made an out to second; Sundberg reached on an error by
Bannister; Wills singled to second [Sundberg to third]; Norman
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon singled to center; Lemon was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Kern [Lemon to second];
Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Lemon to
third]; ORTA BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Orta popped to third in foul
territory; Squires singled to shortstop [Lemon scored
(unearned)]; Squires was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sample flied out
to right; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Torres walked; Pryor struck out; Nahorodny flied
out to center; Bannister singled to third [Torres to second];
Washington forced Bannister (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis
grounded out (third to first); Gray flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 0.