Alan Bannister doubled and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Lamar Johnson as the fast-starting White Sox downed the Mariners, 9-5. Johnson also unloaded a two-run homer in the first, when the White Sox scored five runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Thursday, June      21, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Mariners     0  0  0    1  3  1    0  0  0  -   5 12  1
White Sox    5  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   9 13  1


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          5   1   3   2     0   1   .296      Garr lf               3   1   2   0     0   1   .307
R. Jones cf           5   1   1   1     0   1   .259        Torres ph,lf        2   0   1   1     0   1   .326
Bochte 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .339      Washington rf         5   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .292      Lemon cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .307
Meyer 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Orta dh               4   1   0   0     0   1   .221
Roberts lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .286      Bannister 3b          3   2   2   2     1   0   .338
Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Johnson 1b            4   1   3   3     0   0   .317
  Cox ph,c            1   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Squires pr,1b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .235
Simpson rf            3   2   1   0     0   0   .286      Pryor ss,2b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .299
  Paciorek ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .269      May c                 4   1   2   1     0   0   .254
Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .199      Gates 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Beamon ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250        Moore ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .287
  Valentine ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     1   6             Totals               36   9  13   8     2   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 10,555
Left on Base: Mariners 7, White Sox 5
DP: Mariners 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Bochte, Washington
Doubles: Milbourne (6), Meyer (13), Bannister (10)
Triples: R. Jones (5)
Home Runs: Meyer (9), Johnson (4), May (3)
Stolen Bases: Simpson (2)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (9)
GIDP: R. Jones (7), Washington (7)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(0-1)           1     3   5   4   1   0   1   8   4.08
Montague                5     6   2   2   0   2   1  19   3.55
Rawley                  2     4   2   2   1   1   0  11   4.31
Totals                  8    13   9   8   2   3   2  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(7-3)          5     9   5   5   1   3   1  24   3.90
Scarbery                0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.96
Hinton SV(2)            3.1   1   0   0   0   2   0  11   5.31
Totals                  9    12   5   5   1   6   1  39

Wild Pitches: Decker (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); R. Jones
struck out; Bochte singled to first; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Washington flied out to
left; Decker threw a wild pitch [Garr to second]; Lemon walked;
Orta reached on an error by Bochte [Garr scored, Lemon to third,
Orta to second]; Bannister singled to left [Lemon scored, Orta
scored (unearned)]; Johnson homered [Bannister scored]; Pryor
grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied out to left; 5 R (4
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 5.

MARINERS 2ND: Meyer flied out to right; Roberts struck out;
Stinson singled to right [Stinson to second (error by
Washington)]; Simpson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 2ND: MONTAGUE REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Gates flied
out to left; Garr singled to first; Washington grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 5.

MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first);
Milbourne singled to shortstop; R. Jones grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Milbourne out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon singled to shortstop; Orta struck out;
Lemon was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to second); Bannister doubled to right; Johnson singled to
center [Bannister scored]; Pryor flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, White Sox 6.

MARINERS 4TH: Bochte flied out to center; Horton popped to
first; Meyer homered; Roberts lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May homered; Gates grounded out (second to
first); Garr struck out; Washington grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, White Sox 7.

MARINERS 5TH: Stinson flied out to center; Simpson singled to
center; Mendoza flied out to center; Simpson stole second;
Milbourne doubled to left [Simpson scored]; R. Jones tripled to
right [Milbourne scored]; Bochte singled to right [R. Jones
scored]; Horton singled to center [Bochte to third]; Meyer flied
out to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 4, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon flied out to center; Orta flied out to
left; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 4, White Sox 7.

MARINERS 6TH: Roberts walked; SCARBERY REPLACED BARRIOS
(PITCHING); Stinson was called out on strikes; Simpson forced
Roberts (second to shortstop); BEAMON BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Beamon
singled to center [Simpson to third]; Milbourne singled to right
[Simpson scored, Beamon to third]; HINTON REPLACED SCARBERY
(PITCHING); R. Jones made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mariners 5, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: VALENTINE REPLACED BEAMON (PLAYING SS); Johnson
lined to second; Pryor flied out to center; May singled to left;
Gates flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5,
White Sox 7.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to left; Horton flied out to
center; Meyer doubled to left; Roberts grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: RAWLEY REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); TORRES
BATTED FOR GARR; Torres struck out; Washington flied out to
left; Lemon singled to center; Orta forced Lemon (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 7.

MARINERS 8TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); COX BATTED FOR
STINSON; Cox struck out; PACIOREK BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Paciorek
flied out to left; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 5, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PACIOREK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bannister walked; On a bunt Johnson
singled [Bannister to second]; SQUIRES RAN FOR JOHNSON; Pryor
forced Bannister (pitcher to third) [Squires to second, Pryor to
first]; May flied out to center; MOORE BATTED FOR GATES; Moore
singled to right [Squires scored, Pryor to third]; Torres
singled to left [Pryor scored, Moore to second]; Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 5, White Sox 9.

MARINERS 9TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KESSINGER
REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Milbourne was called out on strikes; R. Jones flied out to
center; Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 5, White Sox 9.