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Wednesday June 13, 1979
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After making up an early 5-0 deficit, the Orioles scored a run in the 10th inning to prevail over the White Sox, 8-7. The Orioles tied the score in the ninth with a homer by Rick Dempsey and won in the extra frame when Doug DeCinces drew a two-out walk and Billy Smith doubled. [The Sporting News]


Baltimore Orioles 8, Chicago White Sox 7

Game Played on Wednesday, June 13, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles      0  0  0    1  2  2    0  1  1    1  -   8 10  1
White Sox    0  1  4    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  -   7 10  3


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             6   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Garr lf               2   1   1   2     1   0   .312
Garcia ss             5   0   0   0     0   2   .240        Moore ph,lf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .274
Kelly dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Washington rf         4   2   0   0     1   2   .269
  Ayala ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Lemon cf              5   1   2   4     0   2   .318
Singleton rf          4   2   1   0     1   0   .313      Johnson 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .316
Lowenstein lf         4   1   1   2     0   1   .302        Squires 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Roenicke lf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .300      Soderholm 3b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Murray 1b             5   1   1   2     0   0   .274        Gates pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
DeCinces 3b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .198      Orta dh               5   0   1   1     0   1   .192
Dauer 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Pryor 2b,3b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .326
  Crowley ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      May c                 4   0   0   0     1   2   .265
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Kessinger ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .220
  Smith 2b            1   0   1   1     0   0   .211      Howard p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dempsey c             4   2   3   1     1   0   .266        Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Trout p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   8  10   6     5   4             Totals               40   7  10   7     4   7

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance: 13,326
Left on Base: Orioles 8, White Sox 7
DP: Orioles 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Garcia, Washington 2, Squires
Doubles: Dempsey (11), DeCinces (5), Smith (5), Johnson (13), Orta (5), Lemon (18), Kessinger (5)
Home Runs: Lowenstein (5), Murray (5), Dempsey (2), Garr (5), Lemon (8)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (7)
Caught Stealing: Gates (1)
GIDP: Murray (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   2     5   5   4   0   2   2  12   4.26
T. Martinez             3.2   2   2   2   4   3   0  17   4.13
Stoddard W(2-1)         4.1   3   0   0   0   2   0  15   1.80
Totals                 10    10   7   6   4   7   2  44

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Howard                  5.1   7   5   3   1   3   2  24   4.24
Scarbery                2.1   1   1   0   1   1   0  10   3.19
Trout L(1-2)            2.1   2   2   2   3   0   1  12   4.66
Totals                 10    10   8   5   5   4   3  46

Wild Pitches: Scarbery (4)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
flied out to center; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton walked; Lowenstein forced Singleton
(second to shortstop); Lowenstein stole second; Murray popped to
catcher in foul territory; DeCinces popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson doubled to left; Soderholm grounded out
(third to first); Orta doubled [Johnson scored]; Pryor flied out
to center; May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer flied out to left; Dempsey doubled to left;
Bumbry struck out; Garcia was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger singled to left; Garr homered
[Kessinger scored]; Washington reached on an error by Garcia;
Lemon homered [Washington scored (unearned)]; T. MARTINEZ
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Johnson walked; Soderholm flied out
to right; Orta was called out on strikes; Pryor singled to right
[Johnson to second]; May walked [Johnson to third, Pryor to
second]; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (3 ER),
4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Singleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein homered; Murray
grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr walked; Washington struck out; Lemon struck
out; Johnson forced Garr (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
singled to left; On a bunt Dempsey singled [Dauer to second];
Bumbry singled to left [Dauer to third, Dempsey to second];
Garcia flied out to right [Dauer scored (error by Washington)
(unearned), Dempsey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bumbry to
third]; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm lined to third; Orta grounded out
(second to first); Pryor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton singled to center; Lowenstein struck out;
Murray homered [Singleton scored]; SCARBERY REPLACED HOWARD
(PITCHING); DeCinces doubled to left; Dauer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
flied out to right; MOORE BATTED FOR GARR; Moore singled to
left; Washington walked [Moore to second]; STODDARD REPLACED T.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Lemon doubled to right [Moore scored,
Washington scored]; Johnson flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bumbry flied out
to right; Garcia was called out on strikes; Kelly grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox
7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Orta flied out to
left; Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 5, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Singleton
reached on an error by Squires [Singleton to second]; Scarbery
threw a wild pitch [Singleton to third]; Lowenstein grounded out
(second to first) [Singleton scored (unearned)]; Murray grounded
out (first to pitcher); DeCinces walked; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
DAUER; TROUT REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR
CROWLEY; May forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER),
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SMITH REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 2B); ROENICKE
REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING LF); May struck out; Kessinger
doubled to left; Moore flied out to center [Kessinger to third];
Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, White
Sox 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey homered; Bumbry flied out to center; Garcia
reached on an error by Washington [Garcia to second]; AYALA
BATTED FOR KELLY; Ayala flied out to center [Garcia to third];
Singleton popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 7, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: AYALA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Lemon grounded
out (first to pitcher); Squires flied out to left; Soderholm
singled to center; GATES RAN FOR SODERHOLM; Gates was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 7, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 10TH: GATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PRYOR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Roenicke walked; Murray grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Roenicke out at
second]; DeCinces walked; Smith doubled [DeCinces scored];
Dempsey walked; Bumbry forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Orta lined to shortstop; Pryor grounded out
(shortstop to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 7.



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