The White Sox scored three runs in the seventh inning without the benefit of a hit and defeated the Rangers, 6-3. The White Sox trailed, 3-1, in the seventh when Greg Pryor and Mike Colbern led off with walks. Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Tuesday, July 10, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park IRangers 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 x - 6 5 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .279 Bannister 2b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .325 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .280 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Moore lf 1 0 0 0 2 1 .271 Bell 3b,ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 J. Ellis 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .273 Torres lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Soderholm dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Zisk rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .217 May c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .233 Nordhagen dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Roberts cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Orta ph,dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Putnam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Washington rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .280 Washington pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Pryor ss,2b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .282 Blanks ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Colbern c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .278 Norman pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Morrison pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Oliver ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Bell 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .154 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Squires ph,1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 3 Totals 27 6 5 4 8 3 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 18,761 Left on Base: Rangers 10, White Sox 9 DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Kern Triples: Sample (2) Home Runs: Wills (2), Zisk (6) Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (2), Roberts (2), Squires (4), Washington (2) Sacrifice Flies: Bannister (2) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (9,by Kern) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 6 3 3 2 5 3 0 26 3.92 Kern L(10-2) 1.2 2 3 2 3 0 0 12 1.53 Lyle 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Totals 8 5 6 4 8 3 0 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham W(9-8) 7 9 3 3 4 3 2 34 4.84 Farmer SV(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.29 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 3 2 40 Hit by Pitch: Kern (1) Wild Pitches: Wortham (7) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker RANGERS 1ST: Wills homered; Sample tripled to center; Bell singled to right [Sample scored]; J. Ellis singled to right [Bell to second]; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bell to third, J. Ellis to second]; Zisk was walked intentionally; Sundberg struck out; Roberts struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); Moore walked; Lemon walked [Moore to second]; Johnson flied out to center [Moore to third]; Nordhagen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to right; Sample walked; Bell popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Washington singled to left; Pryor flied out to left; Colbern grounded out (pitcher to first) [Washington to second]; Bell singled to center [Washington scored]; Bannister flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 3RD: J. Ellis flied out to left; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Moore walked; Lemon flied out to right; Johnson made an out to third; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to second; Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sundberg to second]; Blanks grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington struck out; Pryor flied out to right; Colbern singled to left; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis singled to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); Moore was called out on strikes; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk homered; Sundberg flied out to left; Roberts grounded out (first unassisted); Blanks walked; NORMAN RAN FOR BLANKS; Wills singled to center [Norman to second]; Sample was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: NORMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Johnson grounded out (second to first); Nordhagen struck out; Washington made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. RANGERS 7TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Ellis singled to left; JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Soderholm flied out to right; Wortham threw a wild pitch [Jorgensen to second]; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pryor walked; KERN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Colbern walked (walk was charged to Johnson) [Pryor to second]; MORRISON RAN FOR COLBERN; SQUIRES BATTED FOR BELL; Squires reached on an error by Kern on a sacrifice bunt [Pryor scored (no RBI), Morrison scored (unearned) (no RBI), Squires to third]; Bannister hit a sacrifice fly to center [Squires scored (unearned)]; GARR BATTED FOR MOORE; Garr grounded out (second to first); Lemon was hit by a pitch; Johnson forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 3 R (1 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 4. RANGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MAY REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); MORRISON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg walked; PUTNAM BATTED FOR ROBERTS; FARMER REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Putnam forced Sundberg (first to shortstop); WASHINGTON RAN FOR PUTNAM; OLIVER BATTED FOR NORMAN; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Washington to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ORTA BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Orta singled to center; Washington out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Orta to second]; Pryor walked; Morrison flied out to left; Squires walked [Orta to third, Pryor to second]; Bannister singled to center [Orta scored, Pryor scored, Squires to second]; Torres walked [Squires to third, Bannister to second]; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Lemon flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 6. RANGERS 9TH: KESSINGER REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); GRUBB BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 6. |
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