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Thursday July 19, 1979
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Chicago White Sox 5, Texas Rangers 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, July 19, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    0  2  1    0  1  0  -   5 12  0
Rangers      0  2  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  5  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr dh               4   1   1   2     0   0   .307      Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Nordhagen ph,dh     1   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .289
Orta 2b               4   2   3   0     0   0   .247      Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .377
  Kessinger ss        0   0   0   0     1   0   .198        Soderholm ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Washington rf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Grubb ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Torres rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .293      J. Ellis dh           3   1   0   0     0   1   .269
Johnson 1b            4   0   3   2     0   0   .299      Zisk lf,rf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .223
  Squires pr,1b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Sample cf,lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Bannister lf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .317        Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Lemon cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .296      Putnam 1b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .291
Pryor ss,2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Roberts c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
May c                 3   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Norman ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .180
Morrison 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .208      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  12   5     2   5             Totals               31   4   5   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 26,687
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Rangers 3
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 2
Errors: Jenkins
Doubles: Orta (11), Nordhagen (5)
Triples: Orta (3)
Home Runs: Garr (8), Lemon (10), Zisk (7), Putnam (11), Bell (8)
Caught Stealing: Bannister (4), Zisk (1)
GIDP: Lemon (7)
Hit by Pitch: J. Ellis (2,by Kravec), Wills (4,by Kravec)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(9-8)           7.1   5   4   4   1   4   3  29   3.61
Farmer SV(3)            1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.63
Totals                  9     5   4   4   1   4   3  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(10-6)         7.1  10   5   5   1   4   2  32   3.76
Kern                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.47
Lyle                    1     2   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.26
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   5   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Kravec 2 (12)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta doubled
to right; Washington grounded out (second to first) [Orta to
third]; Johnson singled to left [Orta scored]; Bannister
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Bell flied out to right;
Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Pryor
grounded out (second to first); May grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis was hit by a pitch; Zisk homered [J. Ellis
scored]; Sample singled to left; Putnam walked [Sample to
second]; Roberts forced Sample (pitcher to third) [Putnam to
second, Roberts to first]; Norman popped to shortstop; Wills was
hit by a pitch [Putnam to third, Roberts to second]; Bell was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison struck out; Garr made an out to third;
Orta singled to right; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Gamble made an out to shortstop; J. Ellis flied out
to center; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson singled to left; Bannister singled to
third [Johnson to second]; Lemon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson to third, Bannister out
at second]; Pryor flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: TORRES REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); Sample
made an out to second; Putnam homered; Roberts grounded out
(third to first); Norman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May walked; Morrison struck out; Garr homered
[May scored]; Orta grounded out (third to first); Torres lined
to first; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Gamble popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnson made an out to third; Bannister singled
to center; Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Lemon homered; Pryor grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis struck out; Zisk singled to center; Zisk
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sample grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May flied out to left; Morrison flied out to
center; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to center; Roberts popped to first
in foul territory; Norman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta tripled to right; Torres struck out; Johnson
singled to second [Orta scored]; SQUIRES RAN FOR JOHNSON;
Bannister reached on an error by Jenkins [Squires to second,
Bannister to first]; KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Lemon
popped to shortstop; Pryor was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KESSINGER
REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell homered;
SODERHOLM BATTED FOR GAMBLE; FARMER REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING);
GRUBB BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Grubb flied out to left; J. Ellis
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
5, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SAMPLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ZISK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); May singled to shortstop;
Morrison forced May (pitcher to shortstop); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR
GARR; Nordhagen doubled to left [Morrison to third]; Kessinger
was walked intentionally; Torres lined into a double play (third
unassisted) [Morrison out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Zisk flied
out to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Rangers 4.



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