Combining on a two-hitter, Ken Kravec and Mike Proly hurled the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the A's. Claudell Washington batted in the first two runs for the White Sox with a single in the third inning. After Jeff Newman homered for the A's in the seventh, the White Sox iced the game with three runs in the eighth, scoring one on a single by Chet Lemon and a pair on a single by Alan Bannister. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       17, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   5  6  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  2  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .327      Dilone rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .210
  Torres lf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Murray cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .208
Washington rf         4   1   1   2     1   0   .299      Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Lemon cf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .341      Newman 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .206
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .290      Page dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .200
Bannister 2b          3   0   1   2     1   1   .350      Klutts 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Orta dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Bryant lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .115
  Nordhagen ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Essian c              2   0   1   0     1   1   .238
Nahorodny c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .198
Squires 1b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .264      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pryor ss              4   2   1   0     0   0   .317        McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   6   5     4   3             Totals               28   1   2   1     4   8

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  1,634
Left on Base: White Sox 6, A's 4
DP: White Sox 1, A's 1
Errors: Dilone, Guerrero
Home Runs: Newman (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (2)
GIDP: Washington (4), Edwards (3)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (5,by Langford)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(3-3)           7     2   1   1   3   6   1  25   3.75
Proly                   2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.60
Totals                  9     2   1   1   4   8   1  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-6)         7.1   4   5   4   3   2   0  30   5.73
McCatty                 0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.90
Lacey                   1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.74
Totals                  9     6   5   4   4   3   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Langford (1)
Wild Pitches: Langford (4)
Balks: Langford (1)

Umpires: HP - Roy Roth, 1B - Tony Patch, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - Terry Cooney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Washington grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Garr out at
second]; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone flied out to left; Murray walked; Guerrero
forced Murray (shortstop to second); Newman popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); On a
bunt Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta lined to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (second to first); Klutts flied
out to left; Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny popped to first; Squires walked; Pryor
singled to center [Squires to third]; Garr grounded out (second
to first) [Pryor to second]; Washington singled to right
[Squires scored, Pryor scored, Washington to third (error by
Dilone)]; Lemon flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to left; Edwards struck out;
Dilone struck out; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (second to first);
Bannister struck out; Orta made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Newman
flied to left in foul territory; Page walked; Klutts struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Squires
grounded out (first to pitcher); Pryor popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bryant walked; Essian was called out on strikes;
Edwards grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Bryant out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Washington
flied out to right; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Soderholm flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone grounded out (third to first); Murray
struck out; Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bannister walked; Langford balked [Bannister to
second]; Orta flied out to left; Nahorodny struck out; Langford
threw a wild pitch [Bannister to third]; Squires flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman homered; Page struck out; Klutts flied out
to center; Bryant grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor reached on an error by Guerrero; Garr out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Pryor to second];
Washington was walked intentionally; Lemon singled to center
[Pryor scored (unearned), Washington to third]; MCCATTY REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Soderholm walked [Lemon to second];
Bannister singled to center [Washington scored, Lemon scored,
Soderholm to second]; LACEY REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING);
NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR ORTA; Nordhagen flied out to left;
Nahorodny flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PROLY
REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF);
Essian walked; Edwards struck out; Dilone forced Essian
(shortstop to second); Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Squires was called out on strikes; Pryor lined to
shortstop; Torres singled to left; Washington grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Newman struck out;
Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Athletics 1.