An error by shortstop Harry Chappas with the bases loaded in the 10th inning enabled the A's to defeat the White Sox, 4-3. Rickey Henderson led off with a triple for his third extra-base hit of the game and, after two intentional passes loaded the bases, Chappas misplayed a grounder by Jeff Newman, allowing Henderson to score. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  -   3 13  1
A's          1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    1  -   4  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Squires 1b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Henderson lf          5   3   3   1     0   0   .266
Bannister lf          4   2   1   0     1   0   .291      Murphy cf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .266
  Moore lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Heath rf,3b           2   0   0   1     1   0   .270
Washington rf         5   1   3   1     0   0   .276      Newman c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Johnson dh            5   0   3   2     0   0   .303      Essian 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Revering dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Morrison 2b,3b        4   0   1   0     0   2   .253        Murray pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .259        Page ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Orta ph,2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .238
Colbern c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Chalk 3b              1   1   0   0     2   0   .227
  Garr ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Bryant pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
  May c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Gross ph,rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .221
Pryor ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Bosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chappas ss          1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   3  13   3     2   4             Totals               31   4   7   3     6   1

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  4,136
Left on Base: White Sox 11, A's 9
DP: White Sox 1, A's 1
Errors: Chappas
Doubles: Morrison (10), Bannister (21), Lemon (39), Washington (30), Johnson (24), Henderson 2 (11)
Triples: Henderson (2)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (8), Henderson (22)
Caught Stealing: Murray (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Morrison (4), Picciolo (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Heath (2)
GIDP: Johnson (23)
Hit by Pitch: Heath (3,by Kravec)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec                  7.2   6   3   3   2   1   0  30   3.95
Proly L(2-7)            1.1   1   1   0   4   0   0  10   4.40
Totals                  9     7   4   3   6   1   0  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(12-13)      10    13   3   3   2   4   0  44   4.07
Totals                 10    13   3   3   2   4   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (14)
Wild Pitches: Langford (16)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Terry Cooney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires grounded out (first unassisted);
Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington singled to
left; Johnson singled to left [Washington to third]; Johnson
stole second; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to left; On a bunt Murphy made
an out to first; Henderson stole third; Heath hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Henderson scored]; Newman grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Morrison doubled to left; Bell struck out;
Colbern grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Essian made an out to third; Revering grounded
out (first unassisted); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires grounded out (second to pitcher);
Bannister doubled to left; Washington popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Johnson singled to center [Bannister scored];
Lemon forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Chalk popped to catcher in foul territory;
Picciolo singled to right; Henderson lined into a double play
(center to first) [Picciolo out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Morrison struck out; Bell grounded out (shortstop
to first); Colbern singled to center; Pryor popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); Heath
grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires singled to right; On a bunt Bannister
made an out to first; Washington flied out to right; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian lined to third; Revering grounded out
(second to first); Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon doubled to left; Morrison out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lemon to third]; Bell reached
on a fielder's choice [Lemon out at home (third to catcher)];
Colbern flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Chalk walked; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Chalk to second]; Henderson doubled to
right [Chalk scored]; Murphy singled to left [Henderson scored];
Heath flied out to left; Newman struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BOSLEY BATTED FOR PRYOR; Bosley grounded out
(first unassisted); Squires flied out to right; Bannister
walked; Washington doubled to center [Bannister scored]; Johnson
doubled to left [Washington scored]; Lemon was walked
intentionally; Langford threw a wild pitch [Johnson to third,
Lemon to second]; Morrison struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CHAPPAS REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING SS); Essian
flied out to right; Revering singled to right; MURRAY RAN FOR
REVERING; Edwards flied out to right; Murray was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell struck
out; GARR BATTED FOR COLBERN; Garr flied out to left; Chappas
singled to right; Squires popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MAY REPLACED GARR (PLAYING C ); Chalk walked;
BRYANT RAN FOR CHALK; On a bunt Picciolo made an out to first;
Henderson flied out to center; Murphy singled to center [Bryant
to second]; Heath was hit by a pitch [Bryant to third, Murphy to
second]; PROLY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Newman flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BRYANT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HEATH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Bannister grounded out (pitcher to
first); Washington singled to right; Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Washington out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian lined to shortstop; PAGE BATTED FOR
MURRAY; Page flied out to center; Edwards walked; GROSS BATTED
FOR BRYANT; Gross walked [Edwards to second]; Picciolo grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: PAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GROSS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lemon grounded out (first to pitcher);
Morrison grounded out (catcher to first); ORTA BATTED FOR BELL;
Orta singled to center; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MORRISON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Henderson tripled to center;
Murphy was walked intentionally; Heath was walked intentionally
[Murphy to second]; MOORE REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING LF);
Newman reached on an error by Chappas [Henderson scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Murphy to third, Heath to second]; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 4.