| Chet Lemon belted a three-run double and Jorge Orta and Rusty Torres hit homers to pace the White Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Mariners. Lemon's two-bagger capped a five-run outburst in the third inning. Willie Horton hit a two-run homer for the Mariners and reached the 100-RBI mark for the third time in his 13-year career. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Friday, September 21, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
White Sox 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 10 2 Mariners 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 9 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Squires 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .272 Cruz 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .266 Torres rf 5 2 2 2 0 0 .252 R. Jones cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Bosley lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .318 Roberts lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .275 Orta dh 3 2 1 1 1 0 .257 Horton dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .279 Lemon cf 4 0 1 3 0 2 .317 Valentine ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .270 Morrison 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Bochte 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .318 Foley c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Beamon pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Pryor ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Bell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Craig rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Trout p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cox c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simpson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 10 7 1 6 Totals 35 4 9 3 2 1 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 6,011 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Mariners 6 DP: White Sox 1, Mariners 0 Errors: Lemon, Trout, Craig Doubles: Lemon (43), Bell (7), Cruz (15), Roberts (23) Home Runs: Orta (11), Torres (7), Horton (28) Stolen Bases: Cruz (47) GIDP: Valentine (4) Hit by Pitch: Morrison (4,by Parrott) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Trout W(10-8) 7.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 31 4.07 Farmer SV(13) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 3.09 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 1 1 37 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parrott L(13-11) 9 10 7 7 1 6 2 39 3.81 Totals 9 10 7 7 1 6 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Parrott (6) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Barnett WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires flied out to left; Torres made an out to second; Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to right; R. Jones flied out to left; Roberts singled to center [Cruz scored (error by Lemon), Roberts to second (error by Trout)]; Horton flied out to left; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta popped to third in foul territory; Lemon struck out; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 1. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Craig grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Foley flied out to center; Pryor singled to center; Bell forced Pryor (shortstop to second); Squires singled to center [Bell to second]; Torres singled to right [Bell scored, Squires to third]; Bosley singled to left [Squires scored, Torres to second]; Orta walked [Torres to third, Bosley to second]; Lemon doubled to right [Torres scored, Bosley scored, Orta scored, Lemon to third (error by Craig)]; Morrison was hit by a pitch; Foley flied out to left; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Cox grounded out (third to first); Cruz flied out to right; R. Jones singled to left; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell doubled to left; Squires flied out to center; Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Horton singled to center; Valentine grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Horton out at second]; Bochte singled to left; Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bosley was called out on strikes; Orta grounded out (second to first); Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 5TH: Craig struck out; Cox grounded out (second to first); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Morrison was called out on strikes; Foley flied out to left; Pryor singled to right; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 6TH: R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Roberts walked; Horton flied out to center; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Squires grounded out (second to first); Torres flied out to right; Bosley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Craig grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Mariners 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta homered; Lemon struck out; Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Foley singled to left; Pryor forced Foley (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Mariners 1. MARINERS 8TH: Cox grounded out (third to first); Cruz doubled to center; R. Jones flied out to left; Cruz stole third; Roberts doubled to left [Cruz scored]; Horton homered [Roberts scored]; FARMER REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Valentine walked; Bochte singled to left [Valentine to second]; BEAMON RAN FOR BOCHTE; Meyer popped to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Mariners 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: BEAMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bell grounded out (third to first); Squires flied out to center; Torres homered; Bosley grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: Craig grounded out (second to first); SIMPSON BATTED FOR COX; Simpson flied out to center; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Mariners 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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