Three pitchers -- Rich Dotson, Guy Hoffman and Mike Proly -- combined on a three-hitter to bring the White Sox a 5-2 victory over the A's. Claudell Washington hit a two-run homer for the White Sox in the first inning. Mike Squires broke a 2-2 tie with a circuit clout in the seventh. Ralph Garr singled in a pair of insurance runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 16, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  3  0
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   5 11  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Squires 1b            4   2   2   1     1   0   .275
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .251      Bannister lf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Revering dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Washington rf         4   1   1   2     0   0   .278
Newman 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .226      Johnson dh            4   0   3   0     0   1   .304
Gross 1b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .221      Lemon cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .314
Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Morrison 2b,3b        3   1   0   0     0   0   .272
Murray rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .186      Colbern c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .262
  Essian ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .255        Bosley ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .308
  Bryant pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .175        Foley c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Chalk ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Bell 3b               1   0   1   0     2   0   .263
Heath c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .268        Orta ph,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Picciolo ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Chappas ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garr ph             1   0   1   2     0   0   .282
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pryor ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   3   1     3   6             Totals               32   5  11   5     5   3

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 11,849
Left on Base: A's 7, White Sox 9
DP: A's 2, White Sox 0
Errors: Lemon 2, Chappas
Doubles: Lemon (41)
Home Runs: Washington (13), Squires (2)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (27)
Caught Stealing: Bell (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Essian (7)
GIDP: Chappas (2), Morrison (2)
Hit by Pitch: Morrison (3,by Keough)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(1-16)          7    10   5   5   4   3   2  33   5.47
Heaverlo                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.15
Hamilton                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.57
Totals                  8    11   5   5   5   3   2  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson W(2-0)           7     2   2   0   2   4   0  28   2.60
Hoffman                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.76
Proly SV(9)             1.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   6   4.12
Totals                  9     3   2   0   3   6   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Keough (6)
Wild Pitches: Keough 3 (13)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - John Shulock


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Revering flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires singled to shortstop; Bannister popped to
shortstop; Keough threw a wild pitch [Squires to second]; Keough
threw a wild pitch [Squires to third]; Washington homered
[Squires scored]; Johnson singled to left; Lemon walked [Johnson
to second]; Morrison forced Lemon (third to second) [Johnson to
third]; Colbern was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman walked; Gross flied out to left; Edwards
flied out to center; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bell walked; Chappas grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; Squires
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister grounded out (second to first);
Washington grounded out (second to first); Johnson singled to
center; Lemon popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Revering flied out to center;
Newman reached on an error by Lemon; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Morrison flied out to right; Colbern struck out;
Bell singled to center; On a bunt Chappas singled [Bell to
second]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Bell to third, Chappas to
second]; Squires walked; Bannister popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards popped to catcher in foul territory;
Murray flied out to center; Heath singled to center; Picciolo
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington grounded out (first to pitcher);
Johnson singled to right; Lemon singled to third [Johnson to
second]; Morrison grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson popped to first in foul territory;
Murphy was called out on strikes; Revering flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Colbern popped to third in foul territory; Bell
walked; Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Chappas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman reached on an error by Chappas; Gross
walked [Newman to second]; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Newman to third, Gross to second]; ESSIAN
BATTED FOR MURRAY; Essian reached on an error by Lemon on a
sacrifice fly [Newman scored (unearned) (RBI), Gross scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; BRYANT RAN FOR ESSIAN; Heath grounded out
(third to first) [Bryant to second]; Picciolo flied out to
center; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BRYANT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Squires
homered; Bannister flied out to left; Washington flied out to
right; Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
White Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson singled to center; HOFFMAN REPLACED
DOTSON (PITCHING); Henderson stole second; Murphy reached on a
fielder's choice [Henderson out at third (first to third)];
Revering popped to first in foul territory; PROLY REPLACED
HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon doubled to right; Morrison was hit by a
pitch; HEAVERLO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); BOSLEY BATTED FOR
COLBERN; Bosley walked [Lemon to third, Morrison to second];
ORTA BATTED FOR BELL; Orta popped to shortstop; GARR BATTED FOR
CHAPPAS; Garr singled to center [Lemon scored, Morrison scored,
Bosley to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING);
Squires flied out to left; Bannister forced Garr (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MORRISON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); FOLEY REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING C
); PRYOR REPLACED GARR (PLAYING SS); Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); Edwards struck out; CHALK BATTED FOR BRYANT; Chalk
singled to left; Heath walked [Chalk to second]; Picciolo struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 5.