The White Sox pushed a run across in the top of ninth inning and edged the A's, 2-1. Eric Soderholm slashed a one-out single and was replaced by pinch-runner Joe Gates. After stopping at second on a single by Lamar Johnson, Gates advanced to third on a long fly to center by Wayne Nordhagen and scored on a single by Junior Moore. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       15, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .357      Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .232
Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .304      Dilone rf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .219
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .346      Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .299      Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .254
  Gates pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .500        Edwards pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Guerrero ss           3   0   0   1     0   0   .246
Johnson 1b            4   0   2   0     0   2   .324      Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .313
  Squires pr,1b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .204
Nordhagen dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Murray lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Moore lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .333      Klutts 2b             3   0   0   0     0   3   .217
Nahorodny c           4   0   2   0     0   0   .232      Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pryor ss,3b           2   0   0   1     0   0   .333        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     1   7             Totals               28   1   3   1     4   9

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  1,855
Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 6
DP: White Sox 0, A's 0
Errors: Revering
Sacrifice Hits: Murray (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Pryor (2), Guerrero (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(4-0)       8     3   1   1   4   8   0  31   2.61
Proly SV(7)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.79
Totals                  9     3   1   1   4   9   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(0-6)          8.2   6   2   1   1   7   0  34   4.44
Heaverlo                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.57
Totals                  9     6   2   1   1   7   0  35

Wild Pitches: Baumgarten (2)
Balks: Baumgarten (1)

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Charles Swenson, 2B - Roy Roth, 3B - Jim Cuneo


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (second to first);
Washington was called out on strikes; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy struck out; Dilone grounded out (third to
first); Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm flied out to right; Johnson struck out;
Nordhagen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering struck out; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Moore grounded out (third to first); Nahorodny
singled to left; Pryor flied out to left; Bannister was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to right; Murray out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Newman to second]; Klutts
struck out; Murphy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington flied out to left; Lemon struck out;
Soderholm walked; Johnson singled to left [Soderholm to second];
Nordhagen forced Johnson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone walked; Baumgarten balked [Dilone to
second]; Page was called out on strikes; Baumgarten threw a wild
pitch [Dilone to third]; Revering walked; Guerrero hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Dilone scored]; Gross walked [Revering
to second]; Newman flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Moore reached on an error by Revering [Moore to
second]; Nahorodny singled to left [Moore to third]; Pryor hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Moore scored (unearned)]; Bannister made
an out to second; Washington flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray grounded out (third to first); Klutts
struck out; Murphy walked; Dilone forced Murphy (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first);
Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to left; Revering grounded out
(shortstop to first); Guerrero popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen was called out on strikes; Moore made
an out to shortstop; Nahorodny made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross flied out to center; Newman flied out to
left; Murray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor made an out to second; Bannister grounded
out (second to first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Klutts struck out; On a bunt Murphy singled;
Dilone was called out on strikes; Page forced Murphy (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon flied out to right; Soderholm singled to
left; GATES RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Johnson singled to right [Gates
to second]; SQUIRES RAN FOR JOHNSON; Nordhagen flied out to
center [Gates to third]; Moore singled to center [Gates scored,
Squires to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Nahorodny forced Moore (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PRYOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); KESSINGER REPLACED GATES
(PLAYING SS); Revering singled to center; PROLY REPLACED
BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); EDWARDS RAN FOR REVERING; Guerrero forced
Edwards (shortstop to second); Gross flied out to right; Newman
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.