Friday May 4, 1979
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Ninth-inning rallies that included two-run doubles marked the split of a twi-night doubleheader with the White Sox winning the first game, 7-5, and the Rangers coming back to take the second game, 7-6. In the opener, the White Sox, who were trailing, 5-4, began their ninth with a single by Greg Pryor and a forceout of pinch-runner Thad Bosley by Marv Foley. Sparky Lyle took over for the Rangers and retired Wayne Nordhagen on a fly, but Chet Lemon singled to drive in pinch-runner Rusty Torres, tying the score. Eric Soderholm then doubled home two runs to give the White Sox their winning margin.

In the nightcap, the White Sox built up a 6-0 lead before the Rangers rallied in the seventh and eighth innings to pull within one run. Then, in the ninth, Gary Gray singled, Jim Sundberg walked and Mike Jorgensen, batting for Bump Wills, doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 5 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, May 4, 1979 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 - 7 9 2 Rangers 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .317 Sample lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Bell 3b 5 1 0 0 0 0 .188 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Oliver cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .353 Washington rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .273 Gamble dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 .349 Lemon cf 5 2 2 2 0 2 .379 Zisk rf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .217 Soderholm 3b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .298 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Bannister 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .373 Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Orta dh 4 1 1 0 1 1 .179 Wills 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .185 Squires 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Norman ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .245 Moore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .409 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pryor ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .379 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosley pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foley c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .208 Torres pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Nahorodny c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 9 7 5 5 Totals 36 5 7 4 1 2 Time of Game: 2:26 Left on Base: White Sox 8, Rangers 6 DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Squires 2 Doubles: Pryor (5), Soderholm (5), Sample (5) Triples: Norman (1) Home Runs: Lemon (3), Zisk (2) Stolen Bases: Squires (2), Norman (1), Putnam (1) Sacrifice Flies: Pryor (1), Foley (2) Hit by Pitch: Squires (1,by Alexander), Sundberg (1,by Barrios) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios W(3-1) 8 7 5 3 1 1 1 35 3.58 Proly SV(5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.25 Totals 9 7 5 3 1 2 1 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander 7 3 4 4 4 4 1 29 3.66 Kern 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 7 2.14 Lyle L(2-2) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 6 3.86 Totals 9 9 7 7 5 5 1 42 Hit by Pitch: Barrios (2), Alexander (1) Umpires: HP - Johnny James, 1B - Dick Nelson, 2B - Mike Thompson, 3B - Joe Bob Taylor WHITE SOX 1ST: Debut for umpire Joe Bob Taylor; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington was called out on strikes; Lemon homered; Soderholm singled to center; Bannister forced Soderholm (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Sample doubled to left; Bell reached on an error by Squires [Sample scored, Bell to first]; Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Gamble walked; Zisk homered [Bell scored (unearned), Gamble scored]; Sundberg made an out to third; Putnam made an out to second; 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta lined to shortstop; Squires walked; Pryor flied out to right; Squires stole second; Foley walked; Garr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 2ND: Wills grounded out (second to first); Norman singled to third; Norman stole second; Sample lined to second; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Washington popped to third in foul territory; Lemon was called out on strikes; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 3RD: Oliver flied out to left; Gamble singled to left; Zisk popped to first; Sundberg forced Gamble (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Bannister walked; Orta walked [Bannister to second]; Squires was hit by a pitch [Bannister to third, Orta to second]; Pryor hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bannister scored, Orta to third, Squires to second]; Foley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Orta scored, Squires to third]; Garr reached on a fielder's choice [Squires out at home (pitcher to catcher)]; 2 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam singled to center; Wills made an out to second; Putnam stole second; Norman made an out to shortstop; Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon grounded out (third to first); Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Bell flied out to left; Oliver flied out to left; Gamble singled to center; Zisk forced Gamble (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister flied out to right; Orta was called out on strikes; Squires grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Putnam flied out to center; Wills reached on an error by Squires [Wills to second]; Norman tripled to center [Wills scored (unearned)]; Sample made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor doubled to right; Foley flied out to right [Pryor to third]; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pryor scored]; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 5. RANGERS 7TH: Bell popped to first; Oliver flied out to center; Gamble grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: KERN REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Lemon struck out; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Bannister singled to center; Orta singled to center [Bannister to second]; MOORE BATTED FOR SQUIRES; Moore grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING 1B); Zisk struck out; Sundberg was hit by a pitch; Putnam flied out to right; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor singled to center; BOSLEY RAN FOR PRYOR; Foley forced Bosley (first to shortstop); TORRES RAN FOR FOLEY; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Nordhagen flied out to left; Washington singled to second [Torres to second]; Lemon singled to center [Torres scored, Washington to third]; Soderholm doubled to left [Washington scored, Lemon scored]; Bannister was walked intentionally; Orta popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 5. RANGERS 9TH: BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NAHORODNY REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING C ); KESSINGER REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING SS); PROLY REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); GRUBB BATTED FOR NORMAN; Grubb struck out; Sample grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Rangers 5.

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