Pacing a 14-hit assault, Lamar Johnson drove in four runs as the White Sox rolled to a 10-1 rout of the A's. Johnson drove in first tally with a second-inning single and singled and scored in the fourth when the White Sox erupted for five runs. Bill Nahorodny and Ralph Garr each drove in a pair. Johnson accounted for his three other RBIs with a bases-loaded double in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       24, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  2
White Sox    0  1  0    5  0  4    0  0  x  -  10 14  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     2   0   .271      Garr lf               3   0   2   2     0   0   .313
Murray rf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .162        Torres lf,cf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .333
Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   3   .235      Washington rf         3   0   0   0     1   2   .292
Revering 1b           3   1   2   0     1   1   .283        Nordhagen rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .235
Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Lemon cf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .325
Burke lf              2   0   1   1     2   0   .220        Moore lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .295      Soderholm 3b          5   2   1   0     0   0   .280
Klutts ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Johnson 1b            4   2   3   4     0   1   .308
  Picciolo ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .175        Squires 1b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .202      Orta dh               3   1   1   1     2   0   .188
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           4   1   2   2     1   0   .288
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pryor 2b              4   1   1   0     1   2   .305
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kessinger ss          3   1   0   0     1   0   .133
                                                          Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     8   6             Totals               37  10  14   9     7   7

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  5,638
Left on Base: A's 10, White Sox 10
DP: A's 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Murphy, Gross, Wortham
Doubles: Murphy (2), Revering (11), Nahorodny (6), Johnson (7)
Triples: Soderholm (2)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (5)
Caught Stealing: Murphy (6), Garr (1)
GIDP: Newman (6), Orta (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(0-7)           3     6   5   5   4   2   0  17   6.67
Hamilton                2.2   4   5   0   2   4   0  15   1.35
Todd                    2.1   4   0   0   1   1   0  12   9.11
Totals                  8    14  10   5   7   7   0  44

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham W(5-4)          9     5   1   1   8   6   0  38   4.94
Totals                  9     5   1   1   8   6   0  38

Wild Pitches: Wortham (3)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy walked; Murphy was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Murray grounded
out (third to first); Page grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Garr was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Washington struck out; Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering struck out; Newman struck out; Burke
walked; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: PICCIOLO REPLACED KLUTTS (PLAYING SS); Soderholm
tripled to center; Johnson singled to left [Soderholm scored];
Orta grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Johnson out at second]; Nahorodny walked; Pryor singled to left
[Nahorodny to second]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo struck out (catcher to first); Edwards
walked; Edwards stole second; Murphy walked; Murray forced
Murphy (pitcher to shortstop) [Edwards to third, Murray to
first]; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 1.

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

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled to shortstop; Newman grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Revering out at
second]; Burke walked; Burke was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Wortham [Burke to second]; Gross walked; Picciolo
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson singled to right; Orta walked [Johnson to
second]; Nahorodny doubled to center [Johnson scored, Orta
scored]; Pryor walked; HAMILTON REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Kessinger walked [Nahorodny to third, Pryor to second]; Garr
singled to center [Nahorodny scored, Pryor scored, Kessinger
scored (error by Murphy) (unearned) (no RBI), Garr to second];
Washington grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Lemon struck out;
Soderholm flied out to center; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Edwards flied
out to right; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnson struck out; Orta walked; Nahorodny forced
Orta (shortstop to second); Pryor was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page struck out; Revering walked; Newman flied
out to right; Burke forced Revering (second unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Torres singled to
shortstop; Washington was called out on strikes; Lemon singled
to left [Torres to second]; Soderholm reached on an error by
Gross [Torres to third, Lemon to second]; Johnson doubled to
left [Torres scored (unearned), Lemon scored (unearned),
Soderholm scored (unearned)]; TODD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
Orta singled to right [Johnson scored (unearned)]; Nahorodny
forced Orta (shortstop to second); 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 10.

ATHLETICS 7TH: TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); NORDHAGEN
REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); MOORE REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING
LF); SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Gross grounded out
(second to first); Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Edwards singled to left; Murphy doubled to left [Edwards to
third]; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor grounded out (third to first); Kessinger
grounded out (third to first); Torres walked; Nordhagen singled
to center [Torres to third]; Moore forced Nordhagen (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 10.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page struck out; Revering doubled to right;
Newman flied out to right; Burke singled to left [Revering
scored]; Wortham threw a wild pitch [Burke to third]; Gross
walked; Picciolo forced Gross (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 10.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm grounded out (second to first); Squires
singled to center; Orta flied out to left; Nahorodny singled to
center [Squires to second]; Pryor was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 10.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Edwards flied out to center; Murphy grounded out
(second to first); Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 10.