Scoring all their runs in the eighth inning, the White Sox posted a 3-1 decision over the A's. Jorge Orta batted in a pair with a double and scored himself on a single by Bill Nahorodny. A triple by Miguel Dilone and sacrifice fly by Mitchell Page accounted for the A's only marker in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       16, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  8  0
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .326      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Squires 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Dilone rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .221
Washington rf         5   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Page dh               3   0   2   1     0   0   .205
Lemon cf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .341      Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   2   .298      Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
  Gates pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .500      Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .303
  Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Essian c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Bannister 2b          2   1   0   0     2   0   .351      Bryant lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .125
Orta dh               2   1   1   2     1   1   .190      Edwards 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .204
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .320      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torres lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nahorodny c           4   0   2   1     0   0   .250
Pryor ss,3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Trout p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     5   5             Totals               32   1   7   1     1   2

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  1,225
Left on Base: White Sox 9, A's 6
DP: White Sox 0, A's 3
Doubles: Washington (11), Orta (1)
Triples: Dilone (2)
Stolen Bases: Gates (1)
Caught Stealing: Edwards (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Orta (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Page (1)
GIDP: Nahorodny (3), Washington (3)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (4,by Keough)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(4-1)          7.2   7   1   1   1   1   0  30   3.38
Trout SV(1)             1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.61
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   2   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(0-6)           7.1   7   3   3   5   4   0  33   6.07
Heaverlo                1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.48
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Keough (2)

Umpires: HP - Roy Roth, 1B - Jim Cuneo, 2B - Tony Patch, 3B - Rick Reed


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to second; Washington flied out to
right; Lemon was hit by a pitch [Garr to second]; Soderholm
struck out; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

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

WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta walked; Johnson flied out to center;
Nahorodny forced Orta (shortstop to second); Pryor flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied to right in foul territory;
Guerrero was called out on strikes; Gross walked; Essian lined
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon walked; Soderholm struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Bryant popped to first in foul territory; On a
bunt Edwards singled; Edwards was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Murphy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta
struck out; Johnson singled to center; Nahorodny singled to left
[Johnson to third]; Pryor flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone tripled to center; Page hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Dilone scored]; Revering popped to catcher in foul
territory; Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr flied out to center; Washington doubled to
left; Lemon walked; Soderholm lined into a double play (second
to shortstop) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross made an out to second; Essian grounded out
(third to first); Bryant singled to left; Edwards singled to
second [Bryant to second]; Murphy popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister walked; Orta reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Bannister to second]; Johnson was
called out on strikes; Nahorodny grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: On a bunt Dilone made an out to second; Page
singled to right; Revering made an out to second; Guerrero
singled to right [Page to third]; Gross flied out to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor popped to first; Garr singled to right;
Washington grounded into a double play (second to first) [Garr
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Bryant
lined to pitcher; Edwards made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon flied out to right; Soderholm singled to
center; GATES RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Gates stole second; Bannister
walked; Orta doubled to left [Gates scored, Bannister scored];
HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out
(second to first) [Orta to third]; Nahorodny singled to left
[Orta scored]; Pryor grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING 1B); KESSINGER
REPLACED GATES (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); TORRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Murphy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dilone grounded out (second to first);
Page singled to right; TROUT REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING);
Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
3, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Squires flied out to left; Washington flied out
to center; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
struck out; Essian grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 1.