Posting his 40th career shutout, Nolan Ryan hurled the Angels to their sixth consecutive victory, beating the White Sox, 4-0. After permitting a single by Chet Lemon in the first inning and a single by Greg Pryor in the third inning, the fireballing righthander retired the final 20 men. [The Sporting News]
California Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Sunday, May 20, 1979 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Angels       0  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .305      Lansford 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .307
Washington rf         3   0   0   0     0   2   .294      Ford cf,rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     0   2   .329      Carew 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .366
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .276      Baylor dh             3   0   1   2     1   0   .338
Bannister 2b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .341      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Rettenmund rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Orta dh               3   0   0   0     0   1   .180        R. Miller cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Pryor ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .318      Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .293
Foley c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     0   1   .189
  Gates ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Humphrey c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .059
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   0   2   0     1  11             Totals               31   4   8   3     2   4

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 27,189
Left on Base: White Sox 1, Angels 5
DP: White Sox 0, Angels 0
Errors: Soderholm
Doubles: Baylor (10)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (7), Bannister (2), Campaneris (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten L(4-1)       8     8   4   3   2   4   0  33   2.74
Totals                  8     8   4   3   2   4   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(5-2)             9     2   0   0   1  11   0  28   2.68
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1  11   0  28

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr struck out; Washington flied out to left;
Lemon singled to right; Lemon was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Lansford lined to right; Ford lined to pitcher;
Carew singled to center; Baylor walked [Carew to second]; Rudi
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister walked; Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich
flied to right in foul territory; Campaneris was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta struck out; Pryor singled to center; Foley
struck out; Garr forced Pryor (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Humphrey flied out to center; Lansford walked; Ford
singled to right [Lansford to third]; Carew singled to left
[Lansford scored, Ford to second]; Baylor doubled to center
[Ford scored, Carew scored]; Rudi struck out; Rettenmund
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington was called out on strikes; Lemon
struck out; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Grich struck out; Campaneris singled to shortstop;
Campaneris was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop to pitcher); Humphrey was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bannister flied out to right; Johnson grounded
out (second to first); Orta grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Ford lined
to center; Carew grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor was called out on strikes; Foley flied out
to center; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Rudi grounded
out (third to first); Rettenmund grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Washington struck out; Lemon struck out;
Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Grich singled to third; Campaneris grounded out
(third to first) [Grich to second]; Humphrey grounded out (third
to first); Lansford singled to third [Grich scored (error by
Soderholm) (unearned) (no RBI), Lansford to second]; Ford flied
out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bannister lined to second; Johnson flied out to
center; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied
out to center; Rudi singled to center; Rettenmund flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: R. MILLER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); FORD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Pryor grounded out (second to
first); GATES BATTED FOR FOLEY; Gates was called out on strikes;
Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Angels 4.
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