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Tuesday August 7, 1979
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Tapping five pitchers for 15 hits, the White Sox downed the Yankees, 9-5. The score was 3-3 in the sixth inning when Lamar Johnson stroked a leadoff double. Ron Davis then relieved Ken Clay on the mound for the Yanks and Chet Lemon unloaded a two-run homer, putting the White Sox ahead to stay. Rusty Torres added a two-run homer in the ninth off Rich Gossage. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 9, New York Yankees 5

Game Played on Tuesday, August 7, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

White Sox    3  0  0    0  0  2    1  1  2  -   9 15  1
Yankees      1  0  0    2  0  1    0  1  0  -   5 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morrison 2b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .259      Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .275
Pryor ss              3   2   2   0     2   0   .278      Murcer cf             5   1   3   1     0   1   .253
Bannister lf          5   1   1   2     0   1   .303      Jackson rf            4   2   2   2     0   1   .297
Johnson 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .291      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .306
  Squires 1b          1   1   1   1     1   0   .253      Chambliss 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .277
Lemon cf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .302      Nettles 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .253
Moore dh              2   0   1   1     0   0   .265      White dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .178
  Garr ph,dh          3   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Narron c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .171
Torres rf             5   2   2   2     0   0   .271      Dent ss               2   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Nahorodny c           4   0   1   0     1   0   .265        Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .323
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .220        Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  15   9     4   1             Totals               36   5  11   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 33,513
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Yankees 6
DP: White Sox 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Lemon
Doubles: Pryor (15), Morrison (4), Johnson (17), Randolph (10), Murcer (4), White (4)
Home Runs: Lemon (13), Torres (6), Jackson (20)
Stolen Bases: Pryor (1), Squires (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (2)
GIDP: Bannister (8), Randolph (17)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten              4     6   3   3   0   2   0  16   3.98
Scarbery W(2-6)         3     5   2   2   1   2   1  15   4.44
Farmer SV(7)            2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.86
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2   4   1  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood                    0.2   4   3   3   0   0   0   6   3.00
Clay L(1-5)             4.1   4   1   1   1   0   0  16   5.15
Davis                   1.2   2   2   2   1   0   1   8   2.56
Kaat                    0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.52
Gossage                 1.2   2   2   2   2   1   1   9   4.70
Totals                  9    15   9   9   4   1   2  44

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Steve Palermo


WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison singled to third; Pryor doubled to left
[Morrison to third]; Bannister singled to center [Morrison
scored, Pryor scored]; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Bannister to second]; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Bannister to third]; Moore singled to center [Bannister
scored]; CLAY REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Torres forced Moore
(shortstop unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph doubled to center; Murcer singled to right
[Randolph scored]; Jackson struck out; Piniella lined into a
double play (second to first) [Murcer out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Yankees 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nahorodny flied out to center; Bell singled to
center; Morrison doubled to left [Bell to third]; Pryor walked;
Bannister grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Pryor out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss made an out to shortstop; Nettles made an
out to second; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Yankees 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon
singled to right [Lemon out at second (right to shortstop)];
Moore flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Narron grounded out (catcher to first); Dent
singled to center; Randolph grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Dent out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Yankees 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Torres flied out to right; Nahorodny grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer doubled to right; Jackson singled to center
[Murcer scored, Jackson to second (error by Lemon)]; Piniella
struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher) [Jackson
to third]; Nettles singled to right [Jackson scored]; White
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Yankees
3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison flied out to left; Pryor grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: SCARBERY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Narron
struck out; Dent flied out to right; Randolph singled to center;
Murcer singled to right [Randolph to third]; Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnson doubled to left; DAVIS REPLACED CLAY
(PITCHING); Lemon homered [Johnson scored]; GARR BATTED FOR
MOORE; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres grounded
out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny walked; Bell made an out to
third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SQUIRES REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Piniella lined to shortstop; Chambliss
walked; Nettles popped to third in foul territory; White doubled
to left [Chambliss scored]; Narron grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison flied out to center; Pryor singled to
shortstop; Pryor stole second; Bannister flied out to center;
KAAT REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Squires singled to center [Pryor
scored]; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 6, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: GAMBLE BATTED FOR DENT; Gamble popped to catcher in
foul territory; Randolph flied out to center; Murcer struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Yankees 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING SS); Garr made
an out to shortstop; Torres singled to center; Nahorodny singled
to right [Torres to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING);
Bell flied out to center; Morrison singled to left [Torres
scored, Nahorodny to second]; Pryor walked [Nahorodny to third,
Morrison to second]; Bannister struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 White Sox 7, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson homered; Piniella singled to center; FARMER
REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); Chambliss flied out to center;
Nettles popped to first; White flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Yankees 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Squires walked; Squires stole second; Lemon out
on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Squires to third]; Garr
popped to catcher; Torres homered [Squires scored]; Nahorodny
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
9, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Narron grounded out (first to pitcher); SPENCER
BATTED FOR STANLEY; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher);
Randolph walked; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 9, Yankees 5.



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