Baltimore Orioles 12, Chicago White Sox 7 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 26, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles      4  4  0    0  2  0    2  0  0  -  12 12  1
White Sox    0  4  0    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   7 10  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Belanger ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .182      Morrison 2b           5   1   2   2     0   0   .252
Ayala lf              0   1   0   1     1   0   .250      Pryor ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Bumbry cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Bannister lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
Singleton rf          4   2   2   3     1   0   .294      Johnson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .296
May dh                4   1   0   0     1   1   .265      Lemon cf              4   2   2   1     0   0   .300
DeCinces 3b           5   2   3   4     0   1   .242      Nordhagen dh          4   1   1   1     0   1   .268
Murray 1b             5   2   1   2     0   0   .282      Moore rf              4   2   2   1     0   0   .273
Roenicke cf,lf        4   0   1   0     1   1   .270      Nahorodny c           4   0   1   1     0   1   .267
Dauer 2b              5   2   2   2     0   0   .253      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .221
Dempsey c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .240      Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  12  12  12     4   4             Totals               37   7  10   7     0   4

Time of Game: 2:48
Left on Base: Orioles 5, White Sox 3
DP: Orioles 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Belanger, Nahorodny, Bell
Doubles: Belanger (6), Nordhagen (11)
Home Runs: DeCinces (10), Singleton (32), Dauer (8), Murray (18), Morrison (7), Lemon (14)
Caught Stealing: Nahorodny (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ayala (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(18-7)        9    10   7   6   0   4   2  37   3.33
Totals                  9    10   7   6   0   4   2  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout L(7-7)            1.1   6   8   7   2   1   2  12   4.35
Scarbery                4.2   3   2   0   0   3   1  18   4.58
Proly                   3     3   2   2   2   0   1  14   5.01
Totals                  9    12  12   9   4   4   4  44

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Rocky Roe


ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Ayala
walked; Singleton singled to center [Ayala to second]; May
walked [Ayala to third, Singleton to second]; DeCinces homered
[Ayala scored, Singleton scored, May scored]; Murray popped to
second; Roenicke struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dauer singled to center; Dempsey singled to right
[Dauer to second]; Nahorodny dropped a foul fly hit by Belanger
for an error; Belanger singled to right [Dauer to third, Dempsey
to second]; Ayala hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dauer scored];
Singleton homered [Dempsey scored, Belanger scored (unearned)];
SCARBERY REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); May popped to first in foul
territory; DeCinces singled to left; Murray flied out to left; 4
R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Lemon singled to left
[Johnson to second]; Nordhagen doubled to left [Johnson scored,
Lemon to third]; Moore reached on an error by Belanger [Lemon
scored, Nordhagen to third]; Nahorodny singled to center
[Nordhagen scored, Moore to third]; Bell popped to catcher in
foul territory; Morrison singled to center [Moore scored
(unearned), Nahorodny to second]; Nahorodny was picked off and
caught stealing third (pitcher to first to third); Pryor struck
out; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: Roenicke singled to left; Dauer flied out to right;
Dempsey flied out to right; Belanger grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 3RD: BUMBRY REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING CF); ROENICKE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bannister flied out to center;
Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon popped to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Singleton
grounded out (second to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 8, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Moore singled to center; Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Moore to second]; Bell singled to right [Moore scored];
Morrison flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8,
White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces was called out on strikes; Orioles
Manager Earl Weaver ejected by HP umpire Ron Luciano; Murray
reached on an error by Bell [Murray to second]; Roenicke flied
out to left; Dauer homered (unearned) [Murray scored
(unearned)]; Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister
flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry struck out;
Singleton grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen struck out; Moore singled to right; Nahorodny flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10, White Sox 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: PROLY REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); May flied out
to center; DeCinces singled to left; Murray homered [DeCinces
scored]; Roenicke grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 12, White
Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison
homered; Pryor grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 12, White
Sox 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
doubled to left; Bumbry flied out to left; Singleton walked; May
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
12, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Johnson popped to first; Lemon homered; Nordhagen
lined to second; Moore popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 12, White Sox 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Murray
grounded out (third to first); Roenicke walked; Dauer forced
Roenicke (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 12,
White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny struck out; Bell popped to third in
foul territory; Morrison flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 12, White Sox 7.