The Angels stretched their lead over the idle Royals in the American League West by nudging the White Sox, 10-9, in a game marked by 32 hits. The winning run came in the eighth when Don Baylor singled, advanced to second on Brian Downing's sacrifice and scored on a double by Dickie Thon. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 10, Chicago White Sox 9
Game Played on Thursday, September 6, 1979 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox    0  2  0    2  2  2    1  0  0  -   9 15  2
Angels       2  3  0    0  4  0    0  1  x  -  10 17  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Squires 1b            6   2   2   0     0   1   .281      Carew 1b              4   1   2   3     1   0   .316
Bannister lf          4   0   1   1     1   0   .292      Lansford 3b           5   0   1   1     0   1   .295
Washington rf         5   1   3   2     0   0   .273      Ford rf               5   2   2   0     0   2   .291
Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     2   0   .300      Baylor dh             4   3   2   0     1   1   .296
Lemon cf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .310      Downing c             4   0   2   2     0   0   .331
May c                 4   0   0   1     0   0   .254      Grich 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .300
  Colbern c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Thon 2b             1   0   1   1     0   0   .346
  Garr ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Clark lf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .345
  Nahorodny c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      R. Miller cf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .287
Morrison 2b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .253      Campaneris ss         2   1   1   0     0   0   .229
Pryor ss              3   2   1   0     1   0   .277        Anderson ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .253
  Bosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Frost p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bell 3b               4   2   3   1     0   1   .267        Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Orta ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burns p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Howard p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  15   7     4   2             Totals               37  10  17   9     4   5

Time of Game: 3:37   Attendance: 20,930
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Angels 11
DP: White Sox 1, Angels 2
Errors: Bannister, Pryor, Ford, Grich, Montague
Doubles: Washington (29), Morrison (9), Lemon (38), Downing (26), Thon (3)
Stolen Bases: Washington (14), Bell (2), Bannister (18), Morrison (8), Baylor (21), Carew (17)
Caught Stealing: Carew (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Anderson (7), Downing (3)
Sacrifice Flies: R. Miller (1)
GIDP: Squires (7), Johnson (22), Clark (3)
Hit by Pitch: Campaneris (2,by Scarbery)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout                   1.1   7   5   5   0   0   0  11   4.43
Scarbery                2.2   2   0   0   0   3   0   9   4.52
Robinson                0.1   2   4   2   2   0   0   5   6.43
Burns                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Howard                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.57
Farmer L(3-6)           2.1   4   1   1   2   2   0  13   3.10
Totals                  8    17  10   8   4   5   0  45

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frost                   4    10   6   5   3   1   0  26   3.59
Barlow                  2     4   2   2   0   0   0   9   4.91
Montague W(8-4)         3     1   1   0   1   1   0  11   5.40
Totals                  9    15   9   7   4   2   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Scarbery (3)
Wild Pitches: Montague (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Fred Spenn


WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires was called out on strikes; Bannister
grounded out (second to first); Washington singled to right;
Washington stole second; Johnson walked; Lemon singled to second
[Washington to third, Johnson to second]; May forced Lemon
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Carew grounded out (third to first); Lansford popped
to catcher in foul territory; Ford singled to right; Baylor
singled to center [Ford to third]; Baylor stole second; Downing
doubled to left [Ford scored, Baylor scored]; Grich grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Angels 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Morrison made an out to second; Pryor flied out
to right; Bell singled to second; Squires singled to center
[Bell to second]; Bannister singled to third [Bell to third,
Squires to second]; Washington doubled to left [Bell scored,
Squires scored, Bannister to third]; Johnson made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Clark singled to right; On a bunt R. Miller forced
Clark (third to shortstop); Campaneris singled to left [R.
Miller scored (error by Bannister), Campaneris to second]; Carew
singled to left [Campaneris scored]; Carew stole second;
Lansford singled to right [Carew scored, Lansford to second (on
throw to home)]; SCARBERY REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Ford struck
out; Baylor struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon lined to right; May lined to pitcher;
Morrison flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Angels 5.

ANGELS 3RD: Downing popped to catcher in foul territory; Grich
singled to left; Clark grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor singled to left; Bell singled to center
[Pryor to second]; Squires flied out to right [Pryor to third];
Bannister reached on a fielder's choice [Pryor scored (RBI),
Bell to second (error by Grich; assist by Lansford)]; Washington
flied out to center; Bell stole third and Bannister stole
second; Johnson walked; Lemon singled to first [Bell scored
(unearned), Bannister to third, Johnson to second]; May flied
out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels
5.

ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller singled to right; Campaneris was hit by a
pitch [R. Miller to second]; Carew forced Campaneris (second to
shortstop) [R. Miller to third]; Carew was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Lansford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Angels 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison doubled to left; Pryor walked; BARLOW
REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Bell singled to center [Morrison
scored, Pryor to third]; Squires grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Pryor scored, Bell out at
second]; Bannister flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 6, Angels 5.

ANGELS 5TH: ROBINSON REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); Ford singled
to center; Baylor walked [Ford to second]; Downing popped to
third; Grich singled to center [Ford scored, Baylor to third];
Clark walked [Grich to second]; BURNS REPLACED ROBINSON
(PITCHING); R. Miller hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baylor
scored]; Campaneris reached on an error by Pryor [Grich to
third, Clark to second]; Carew singled to center [Grich scored
(unearned), Clark scored (unearned), Campaneris to second];
HOWARD REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); Lansford lined to second; 4 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Angels 9.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington singled to first; Johnson popped to
first; Lemon doubled to center [Washington to third]; May
grounded out (second to first) [Washington scored, Lemon to
third]; Milt May ejected by HP umpire Larry Barnett;
Morrison singled to left [Lemon scored]; Morrison stole second;
Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 8, Angels 9.

ANGELS 6TH: COLBERN REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baylor grounded out (third to first);
Downing singled to third; FARMER REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING);
Grich made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Angels 9.

WHITE SOX 7TH: THON REPLACED GRICH (PLAYING 2B); ANDERSON
REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); MONTAGUE REPLACED BARLOW
(PITCHING); Bell struck out; Squires singled to right [Squires
to second (error by Ford)]; Montague threw a wild pitch [Squires
to third]; Bannister walked; Washington reached on an error by
Montague [Squires scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bannister to
second]; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Washington out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 9, Angels 9.

ANGELS 7TH: Clark singled to left; R. Miller singled to center
[Clark to second]; Anderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Clark to third, R. Miller to second]; Carew was walked
intentionally; Lansford forced R. Miller (shortstop unassisted)
[Carew to second, Lansford to first]; Rick Miller called for
interference; Angels protest game; Ford struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 9, Angels 9.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); GARR BATTED
FOR COLBERN; Garr flied out to left; Morrison flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Angels 9.

ANGELS 8TH: NAHORODNY REPLACED GARR (PLAYING C ); Baylor singled
to left; Downing out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Baylor to second]; Thon doubled to left [Baylor scored]; Clark
popped to catcher in foul territory; R. Miller was walked
intentionally; Anderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 9, Angels 10.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BOSLEY BATTED FOR PRYOR; Bosley grounded out
(third to first); ORTA BATTED FOR BELL; Orta flied out to left;
Squires grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 9, Angels 10.