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Sunday August 26, 1979
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (Game 2)

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

Orioles      1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4 11  0
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   3 17  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garcia ss             5   1   1   0     1   2   .254      Morrison 2b           5   1   1   1     2   1   .250
Ayala lf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .239      Squires 1b            5   0   2   1     2   1   .268
  Bumbry cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Garr dh               2   0   0   0     1   0   .285
Singleton rf          5   0   1   0     1   2   .293        Johnson ph,dh       4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
May dh                6   0   1   0     0   2   .263      Nordhagen rf,lf       5   0   2   0     0   2   .272
Murray 1b             3   0   0   0     3   0   .280        Bannister pr,lf     1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
DeCinces 3b           5   1   0   0     1   1   .238        Orta ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Roenicke cf,lf        6   1   2   1     0   1   .271      Lemon cf              7   0   2   0     0   0   .299
Dauer 2b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .258      May c                 3   0   1   0     1   1   .264
  Kelly ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .297        Nahorodny ph,c      2   0   0   0     1   0   .264
  Smith 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Moore lf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Skaggs c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .226        Washington ph,rf    4   0   2   0     0   1   .257
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .277        Pryor ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Dempsey c           1   0   1   0     0   0   .242        Torres rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bell 3b               6   1   2   0     0   2   .228
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chappas ss            5   1   2   1     1   2   .216
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   4  11   3     6   8             Totals               52   3  17   3     8  10

Time of Game: 4:43   Attendance: 25,605
Left on Base: Orioles 13, White Sox 18
DP: Orioles 3, White Sox 0
Errors: Wortham
Doubles: May (15), Nordhagen (12), Lemon (34)
Triples: Garcia (7), Bell (1)
Home Runs: Roenicke (20), Morrison (8)
Stolen Bases: Chappas (1), Bell (1), Bannister (16)
Caught Stealing: Morrison (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bumbry (1), Garcia (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Ayala (2)
GIDP: Johnson 2 (18), Pryor (13)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   0.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2   3.78
Stewart                 5.1   7   2   2   5   6   0  27   3.49
T. Martinez             3.2   5   0   0   2   4   0  16   2.70
Stanhouse W(7-3)        3.2   4   0   0   1   0   0  15   3.26
Totals                 13    17   3   3   8  10   1  60

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham                 9     7   3   3   2   5   0  36   4.48
Farmer L(3-5)           4     4   1   1   4   3   1  20   3.24
Totals                 13    11   4   4   6   8   1  56

Wild Pitches: Stewart (5), T. Martinez (5), Wortham (12)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia tripled; Ayala hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Garcia scored]; Singleton struck out; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison homered; Squires grounded out (first
unassisted); STEWART REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Garr walked;
Nordhagen struck out; Lemon flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); DeCinces
walked; Roenicke flied out to left; Dauer singled to left
[DeCinces to third]; Wortham threw a wild pitch [DeCinces
scored, Dauer to second]; Skaggs singled to left [Dauer scored];
Garcia flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; WASHINGTON BATTED FOR MOORE;
Washington singled to right [May to second]; Bell was called out
on strikes; Chappas singled to center [May out at home (center
to catcher to shortstop to second), Washington to second];
Morrison walked [Washington to third, Chappas to second];
Squires struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox
1.

ORIOLES 3RD: NORDHAGEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Ayala grounded out
(shortstop to first); Singleton flied out to left; May singled
to left; Murray forced May (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen
singled to center; Lemon singled to center [Nordhagen to
second]; Stewart threw a wild pitch [Nordhagen to third, Lemon
to second]; May flied out to left; Washington struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Roenicke
singled to left; Dauer singled to left [Roenicke to second];
Skaggs forced Dauer (third to second) [Roenicke to third];
Garcia struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bell flied out to center; Chappas walked;
Morrison walked [Chappas to second]; Squires flied out to
center; Garr made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Ayala flied out to right; Singleton flied out to
right; May lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen struck out; Lemon flied out to left;
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray walked; DeCinces flied out to center;
Roenicke flied out to center; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington flied out to center; Bell tripled to
right; Chappas singled to right [Bell scored]; Chappas stole
second; Morrison flied out to center; Squires singled to left
[Chappas scored]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR GARR; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED
STEWART (PITCHING); Johnson singled to left [Squires to second];
Nordhagen forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Skaggs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ayala popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); May
doubled; Washington singled to left [May to third]; Bell struck
out; Chappas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton struck out; May struck out; Murray flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Morrison struck out but advanced to first on a
wild pitch; Morrison was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Squires walked; Johnson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Squires out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: DeCinces flied out to right; Roenicke made an out
to shortstop; Dauer singled to left; Dauer was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Wortham [Dauer to second]; Skaggs
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BUMBRY REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING CF); ROENICKE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Nordhagen doubled to right;
BANNISTER RAN FOR NORDHAGEN; Lemon popped to first in foul
territory; NAHORODNY BATTED FOR MAY; Nahorodny was walked
intentionally; PRYOR BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Pryor grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nahorodny out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 10TH: FARMER REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); BANNISTER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NAHORODNY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); TORRES REPLACED PRYOR (PLAYING RF); Garcia was called out on
strikes; Bumbry popped to third in foul territory; Singleton
singled to right; May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Bell singled to center; Bell stole second;
Chappas struck out; STANHOUSE REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING);
Morrison popped to first; Squires was walked intentionally;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 11TH: Murray walked; DeCinces struck out; Roenicke
struck out; KELLY BATTED FOR DAUER; Kelly singled to center
[Murray to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Crowley grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, White
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: SMITH REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 2B); DEMPSEY
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING C ); On a bunt Bannister singled;
Bannister stole second; Lemon flied out to right; Nahorodny
flied out to right; Torres grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 12TH: Garcia walked; Bumbry out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Garcia to second]; Singleton was walked
intentionally; May flied out to right [Garcia to third,
Singleton to second]; Murray walked; DeCinces forced Garcia
(third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox
3.

WHITE SOX 12TH: Bell flied out to left; Chappas made an out to
third; Morrison flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 3.

ORIOLES 13TH: Roenicke homered; Smith popped to catcher; Dempsey
singled to center; Garcia out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Dempsey to second]; Bumbry flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 13TH: Squires singled to left; Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Squires out at second]; ORTA
BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Orta singled to center; Lemon doubled to
right [Orta to third]; Nahorodny flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, White Sox 3.



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