A balk by Mike Marshall permitted the winning run to score as the White Sox shaded the Twins, 6-5, in 10 innings. Jim Morrison drew a leadoff walk, stole second, advanced to third on a flyout by Lamar Johnson and strolled in when Marshall committed his balk. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 26, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  2  0    1  -   6  9  1
Twins        0  0  2    2  1  0    0  0  0    0  -   5 13  3


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister lf          4   1   1   1     1   0   .287      Rivera lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .283
Torres rf             4   1   1   2     1   2   .252      Castino 3b            5   1   3   1     0   1   .281
Morrison 2b,3b        4   1   0   0     1   0   .268      Smalley ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Johnson 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .307      R. Jackson 1b         4   2   2   1     1   0   .268
  Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Edwards cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .258
Lemon cf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .317        Wilfong ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Nordhagen dh          3   0   2   0     0   0   .278      Vega dh               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Washington ph,dh    2   0   2   1     0   0   .288        Morales ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   2   .253        Norwood pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Orta ph,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Goodwin ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Colbern c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Ward rf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .222
  Foley ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Pryor ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Wynegar c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .269
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randall 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6   9   4     3   6             Totals               39   5  13   5     3   5

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance:  4,458
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 8
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Colbern, Castino 2, R. Jackson
Doubles: Colbern (5), Nordhagen (15), Johnson (28), R. Jackson (39), Wynegar (20)
Home Runs: Torres (8), Castino (5), R. Jackson (14)
Stolen Bases: Morrison (11), Norwood (9)
Caught Stealing: Washington (11), Rivera (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Pryor (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivera (1)
GIDP: Rivera (6)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten              8    13   5   4   3   2   2  37   3.54
Farmer W(5-7)           2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   3.01
Totals                 10    13   5   4   3   5   2  43

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman                 7.1   6   4   4   1   4   1  31   3.50
Marshall L(10-15)       2.2   3   2   1   2   2   0  11   2.67
Totals                 10     9   6   5   3   6   1  42

Wild Pitches: Farmer (9)
Balks: Marshall (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister lined to left; Torres flied out to
center; Morrison flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Rivera singled to left; Castino singled to right
[Rivera to third]; Rivera was picked off and caught stealing
home (pitcher to first to catcher); Smalley popped to first; R.
Jackson walked [Castino to second]; Edwards singled to third
[Castino to third, R. Jackson to second]; Vega struck out; 0 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Lemon
struck out; Nordhagen singled to left; Bell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ward grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded
out (shortstop to first); Randall made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Colbern doubled to center; Pryor out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Colbern to third]; Bannister
singled to right [Colbern scored]; Torres homered [Bannister
scored]; Morrison reached on an error by R. Jackson (assist by
Smalley); Johnson flied out to center; Lemon flied out to right;
3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); Castino
homered; Smalley lined to left; R. Jackson doubled to left;
Edwards singled to center [R. Jackson scored]; Vega made an out
to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen flied out to left; Bell struck out;
Colbern grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Ward singled to left; Wynegar doubled to left [Ward
scored]; Randall singled to right [Wynegar to third]; Rivera hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Wynegar scored]; Castino singled to
right [Randall out at third (right to third)]; Smalley popped to
shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor reached on an error by Castino; Bannister
flied out to right; Torres walked [Pryor to second]; Morrison
lined to left; Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Colbern dropped a foul fly hit by R. Jackson for an
error; R. Jackson homered (unearned); Edwards made an out to
shortstop; Vega popped to catcher in foul territory; Ward struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen doubled to left; Bell flied out to right; Colbern
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
3, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Randall walked; Rivera
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Randall out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister made an out to second; Torres struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Castino flied out to right; Smalley flied out to
left; R. Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Morrison grounded out (second to first); Johnson
doubled to center; MARSHALL REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Lemon
singled to third [Johnson scored (error by Castino) (no RBI),
Lemon to second]; WASHINGTON BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Washington
singled to center [Lemon scored (unearned)]; ORTA BATTED FOR
BELL; Orta grounded out (shortstop to first) [Washington to
second]; FOLEY BATTED FOR COLBERN; Foley grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FOLEY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MORRISON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Edwards flied out to center;
MORALES BATTED FOR VEGA; Morales singled to right; NORWOOD RAN
FOR MORALES; Ward flied out to right; Norwood stole second;
Wynegar walked; Randall popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Pryor flied
out to center; Bannister walked; Bannister was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Torres struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Rivera singled to left; FARMER REPLACED BAUMGARTEN
(PITCHING); On a bunt Castino struck out; Farmer threw a wild
pitch [Rivera to second]; Smalley struck out; R. Jackson popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
5, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Morrison walked; Morrison stole second; Johnson
flied out to right [Morrison to third]; Marshall balked
[Morrison scored]; Lemon struck out; Washington singled to
shortstop; Washington was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 10TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); WILFONG
BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Wilfong grounded out (third to first);
GOODWIN BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Goodwin flied to left in foul
territory; POWELL BATTED FOR WARD; Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 5.