A three-run rally in the sixth inning lifted the White Sox to a 5-4 verdict over the Rangers. The Sox trailed, 4-2, when singles by Jorge Orta and Lamar Johnson and an RBI double by Chet Lemon cut the margin to 4-3.

Claudell Washington received an intentional walk to load the bases, but Greg Pryor was hit by a pitch to force home the tying run. The winning run crossed the plate when Milt May bounced into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Monday, July      9, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              5   1   1   1     0   1   .277      Bannister 2b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .326
Sample lf             4   1   1   1     1   2   .279      Garr lf               3   1   2   0     0   0   .306
Bell 3b               3   0   2   2     0   0   .279        Torres ph,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Zisk rf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .215      Orta dh               3   1   1   0     1   1   .225
  Gamble ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .393      Johnson 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .306
J. Ellis 1b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .262      Lemon cf              3   1   1   2     0   0   .304
  Putnam ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Washington rf         3   0   0   0     1   1   .279
  Sundberg ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Pryor ss,3b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .284
Soderholm dh          2   0   0   0     1   0   .249      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Grubb ph,dh         0   0   0   0     1   0   .272      Bell 3b               1   0   0   0     1   1   .125
Roberts c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .244        Squires ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Jorgensen ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .292        Kessinger ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Washington cf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oliver ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .306        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .192        Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blanks ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     3   4             Totals               29   5   9   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 22,279
Left on Base: Rangers 7, White Sox 7
DP: Rangers 3, White Sox 1
Errors: J. Ellis
Doubles: Wills (12), Oliver (10), Garr (6), Lemon (23)
Home Runs: Sample (5)
Stolen Bases: Roberts (1), Bannister (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (8), Lemon (2)
GIDP: Roberts (2), Garr (1), May (2), Johnson (11)
Hit by Pitch: Pryor (2,by Jenkins)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(9-5)          6     7   5   5   4   2   0  28   3.61
Lyle                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.40
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   3   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(8-5)       7     8   4   4   2   2   1  30   3.69
Farmer                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.51
Hoffman                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00
Scarbery SV(4)          1.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   6   3.53
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   4   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (1)
Balks: Hoffman (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Greg Kosc


RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to right; Sample grounded out
(third to first); Bell singled to second; Zisk flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister walked; Bannister stole second; Garr
singled to right [Bannister to third]; Orta walked [Garr to
second]; Johnson singled to right [Bannister scored, Garr to
third, Orta to second]; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garr
scored]; Washington struck out; Pryor popped to third; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis grounded out (first unassisted); Soderholm
walked; Roberts grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Soderholm out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Bell struck
out; Bannister flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Washington flied out to center; Norman grounded out
(second to first); Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr doubled to right; Orta grounded out (second
to first) [Garr to third]; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Sample homered; Bell made an out to second; Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Ellis singled to left;
Soderholm flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington lined to second; Pryor grounded out
(pitcher to first); May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Roberts singled to left; Roberts stole second;
Washington grounded out (third to first); Norman singled to
center [Roberts to third]; Wills doubled to left [Roberts
scored, Norman to third]; Sample walked; Bell hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Norman scored, Wills scored]; Zisk singled to
shortstop [Sample to second]; J. Ellis struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bell walked; Bannister flied out to center; Garr
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Roberts flied out to
center; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta singled to center; Johnson singled to right
[Orta to second]; Lemon doubled to left [Orta scored, Johnson to
third]; Washington was walked intentionally; Pryor was hit by a
pitch [Johnson scored, Lemon to third, Washington to second];
May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Lemon scored, Washington to third, Pryor out at second];
SQUIRES BATTED FOR BELL; Squires grounded out (second to first);
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 7TH: KESSINGER REPLACED SQUIRES (PLAYING SS); PRYOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Norman flied out to center;
Wills grounded out (third to first); Sample struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bannister singled to left; LYLE REPLACED JENKINS
(PITCHING); TORRES BATTED FOR GARR; Torres reached on an error
by J. Ellis on a sacrifice bunt [Bannister to second]; Orta
struck out; Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Torres out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bell singled to
center; GAMBLE BATTED FOR ZISK; FARMER REPLACED BAUMGARTEN
(PITCHING); Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bell to
second]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR J. ELLIS; HOFFMAN REPLACED FARMER
(PITCHING); SUNDBERG BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Hoffman balked [Bell to
third]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); GRUBB BATTED FOR
SODERHOLM; SCARBERY REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Grubb walked;
JORGENSEN BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Jorgensen grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GAMBLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Lemon grounded out (third
to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); Pryor
singled to left; May singled to center [Pryor to third];
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4,
White Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: OLIVER BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Oliver doubled to
right; BLANKS BATTED FOR NORMAN; Blanks flied out to right;
Wills struck out; Sample was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 5.