Two-run homers by Bill Nahorodny and Ralph Garr lifted the White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Royals. The White Sox scored their first three runs in the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. Alan Bannister tripled and continued home when the throw from the outfield by Joe Zdeb bounced and hit George Brett in the eye, forcing the third baseman to leave the game. Brett was charged with an error.

Junior Moore then walked and Nahorodny smashed his homer. The Royals loaded the bases in the fifth and tied the score with sacrifice flies by Darrell Porter and Hal McRae. Player-manager Don Kessinger drew a walk in the home half of the fifth and Garr followed with his round-tripper to decide the outcome. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Friday, May       11, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  3  2
White Sox    0  3  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5  4  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Garr dh               4   1   1   2     0   0   .337
  Cruz 3b,ss          1   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .312
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .357
Wathan 1b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .270      Johnson 1b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .300
  LaCock ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     2   1   .315      Bannister 2b          3   1   2   0     0   0   .365
Porter c              1   0   0   1     2   1   .350      Moore lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .353
McRae dh              3   0   0   1     0   1   .239      Nahorodny c           3   1   1   2     0   1   .222
Zdeb lf               1   1   0   0     2   0   .111      Pryor 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .357
  Braun ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .357      Kessinger ss          2   1   0   0     1   0   .105
Patek ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .287      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Poquette ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Washington 2b         3   0   1   0     1   1   .200
Wilson rf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .241
  Hurdle ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   3   3   3     8   5             Totals               27   5   4   4     3   1

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 20,973
Left on Base: Royals 9, White Sox 1
DP: Royals 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Brett, Cruz
Doubles: Patek (4), Washington (3)
Triples: Bannister (3)
Home Runs: Nahorodny (3), Garr (4)
Stolen Bases: Washington (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Porter (2), McRae (3)
GIDP: Cruz (1), Kessinger (3), Nahorodny (2)
Hit by Pitch: Wilson (2,by Kravec), Cruz (1,by Kravec)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(0-2)            8     4   5   5   3   1   2  30   2.81
Totals                  8     4   5   5   3   1   2  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(2-3)           6.2   2   3   3   8   4   0  31   4.07
Scarbery SV(1)          2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.50
Totals                  9     3   3   3   8   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Kravec 2 (6)
Wild Pitches: Scarbery (2)

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Woody Urchak, 2B - Bill Sprincz, 3B - Gary McAvoy


ROYALS 1ST: Brett was called out on strikes; Wathan grounded out
(second to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr popped to catcher; Washington grounded out
(first unassisted); Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter struck out; McRae flied out to left; Zdeb
walked; Patek doubled [Zdeb scored, Patek to third (on throw to
home)]; Washington walked; Washington stole second; Wilson was
hit by a pitch; Brett flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister tripled to left [Bannister scored (error by Brett) (no
RBI)]; George Brett hit on head by throw allowing Alan
Bannister to score; CRUZ REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Moore
walked; Nahorodny homered [Moore scored]; Pryor reached on an
error by Cruz; Kessinger grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Pryor out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
White Sox 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan flied out to right; Otis walked; Porter
walked [Otis to second]; McRae popped to catcher in foul
territory; Zdeb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
struck out; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson walked; Bannister singled to right
[Johnson to second]; Moore lined to right; Nahorodny grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bannister out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Cruz was hit by a pitch; Wathan walked [Cruz to
second]; Otis walked [Cruz to third, Wathan to second]; Porter
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cruz scored, Wathan to third,
Otis to second]; McRae out on a sacrifice fly to right in foul
territory [Wathan scored, Otis to third]; Zdeb walked; Patek
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
walked; Garr homered [Kessinger scored]; Washington grounded out
(first to pitcher); Lemon grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); On a
bunt Wilson singled to third; Cruz grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wilson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Bannister flied out to right; Moore lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Wathan lined to right; Otis struck out; Porter
walked; SCARBERY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Scarbery threw a
wild pitch [Porter to second]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny struck out; Pryor popped to shortstop;
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 5.

ROYALS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); BRAUN BATTED
FOR ZDEB; Braun flied out to left; POQUETTE BATTED FOR PATEK;
Poquette grounded out (third to first); Washington doubled to
left; HURDLE BATTED FOR WILSON; Hurdle popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); BRAUN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
HURDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Garr grounded out (catcher
to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); Lemon
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 9TH: QUIRK BATTED FOR CRUZ; Quirk lined to first; LACOCK
BATTED FOR WATHAN; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); Otis
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 5.