Friday May 4, 1979
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Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 6 (Game 2)

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

White Sox 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 - 7 13 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .333 Sample lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Bosley lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Gamble ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .349 Washington rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .269 Blanks pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemon cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .385 Bell 3b 2 1 1 1 3 0 .195 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .295 Oliver cf 4 0 2 2 1 0 .360 Bannister 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .359 Zisk rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .215 Orta dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .183 J. Ellis 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .214 Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .342 Putnam ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Pryor ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .403 Gray dh 4 2 2 0 1 0 .273 Nahorodny c 3 1 0 1 0 0 .226 Sundberg c 3 1 1 0 2 0 .176 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 .188 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jorgensen ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .275 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Grubb ph,lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .186 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 12 6 1 6 Totals 36 7 13 7 8 2 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 24,200 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Rangers 12 DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 1 Doubles: Lemon (10), Sample (6), Jorgensen (4) Home Runs: Garr (1), Washington (2) Caught Stealing: Washington (3) Sacrifice Flies: Nahorodny (1) GIDP: Pryor (2), Oliver (2), Sundberg (3) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten 6.2 8 2 2 4 1 0 30 2.57 Proly 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 9 4.08 LaGrow L(0-3) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 10.80 Totals 8.1 13 7 7 8 2 0 44 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 4 10 6 6 0 1 2 21 3.59 Farmer W(1-0) 5 2 0 0 1 5 0 17 2.61 Totals 9 12 6 6 1 6 2 38 Passed Balls: Nahorodny (2) Wild Pitches: Proly (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Mike Thompson, 2B - Johnny James, 3B - Joe Bob Taylor WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to right; Washington forced Garr (second to shortstop); Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lemon made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Sample flied out to right; Bell walked; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis flied out to center; Gray singled to center; Sundberg singled to right [Gray to third]; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Johnson flied out to right; Pryor singled to left; Nahorodny forced Pryor (third to second); Garr homered [Nahorodny scored]; Washington grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Sample flied out to left; Bell singled to left; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm singled to left [Lemon to second]; Bannister flied out to right; Orta singled to right [Lemon scored, Soderholm to third]; Johnson singled to left [Soderholm scored, Orta to second]; Pryor singled to second [Orta to third, Johnson to second]; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice fly to left [Orta scored]; Garr flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied to right in foul territory; J. Ellis singled to right; Gray lined to center; Sundberg forced J. Ellis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington homered; Lemon doubled to right; FARMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Soderholm struck out; Bannister walked; Orta flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: BOSLEY REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); Wills struck out; Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample doubled to left; Bell walked; Oliver walked [Sample to third, Bell to second]; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor singled to center; Nahorodny forced Pryor (third to second); Bosley was called out on strikes; Washington forced Nahorodny (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis singled to second; Gray popped to first in foul territory; Sundberg grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [J. Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon struck out; Soderholm flied out to right; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to right; Norman grounded out (second to first) [Wills to second]; Sample grounded out (third to first); Nahorodny allowed a passed ball [Wills to third]; Bell walked; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored, Bell to third]; PROLY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Zisk singled to left [Bell scored, Oliver to third]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Orta grounded out (second to first); Johnson singled to center; Pryor grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Gray walked; Sundberg walked [Gray to second]; Wills forced Sundberg (second to shortstop) [Gray to third, Wills to first]; GRUBB BATTED FOR NORMAN; Grubb singled to second [Gray scored, Wills to second]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Proly threw a wild pitch [Wills to third]; Gamble walked [Grubb to second]; BLANKS RAN FOR GAMBLE; Bell forced Blanks (third to second) [Wills scored, Grubb to third, Bell to first]; Oliver singled to right [Grubb scored, Bell to third]; LAGROW REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley struck out; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 5. RANGERS 9TH: Putnam was called out on strikes; Gray singled to left; Sundberg walked [Gray to second]; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR WILLS; Jorgensen doubled to center [Gray scored, Sundberg scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 6, Rangers 7.

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