A homer by Chet Lemon with two men on base capped a four-run outburst in the fifth inning that carried the White Sox to a 6-1 victory over the A's. Bill Nahorodny started the rally with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Don Kessinger and scored on a single by Junior Moore. After Claudell Washington drew a walk, Lemon unloaded his round-tripper against a 25-mile-per-hour wind. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       23, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  4  0    1  1  x  -   6 13  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .198      Moore lf              5   1   2   2     0   0   .320
Murray rf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .170      Washington rf         2   1   1   0     2   1   .297
Page dh               4   1   4   0     0   0   .241      Lemon cf              4   1   2   3     0   0   .327
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .283
Revering 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Bannister 2b          3   0   2   0     1   0   .341
Burke lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .208      Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .300        Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Klutts ss             4   0   1   0     0   2   .192      Nordhagen dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .269      Nahorodny c           4   2   2   0     0   0   .276
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kessinger ss          2   1   1   0     1   0   .148
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1  10   1     4   6             Totals               31   6  13   6     5   1

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 11,881
Left on Base: A's 10, White Sox 7
DP: A's 1, White Sox 2
Doubles: Klutts (2), Gross (7), Nordhagen (3), Lemon (14), Washington (13), Nahorodny (5)
Home Runs: Lemon (4)
Stolen Bases: Bannister (6)
Caught Stealing: Page (7), Moore (1), Soderholm (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (1)
GIDP: Newman (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(1-7)          4.1   9   4   4   3   1   1  22   4.79
Todd                    2.1   2   1   1   2   0   0  10   9.99
Heaverlo                1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   5   1.80
Totals                  8    13   6   6   5   1   1  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(4-3)           9    10   1   1   4   6   0  38   3.41
Totals                  9    10   1   1   4   6   0  38

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards was called out on strikes; Murray
grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Page singled; Page was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore lined to left; Washington walked; Lemon
flied out to right; Soderholm flied to right in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman flied out to right; Revering lined to
first; Burke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: On a bunt Bannister singled; Johnson flied out to
center; Bannister stole second; Nordhagen doubled to right
[Bannister out at home (right to second to catcher)]; Nahorodny
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Klutts
doubled to left; Murphy struck out; Edwards grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Moore
singled to center; Moore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: On a bunt Murray grounded out (pitcher to first);
Page singled to left; Newman singled to center [Page to third];
Revering forced Newman (third to second) [Page scored, Revering
to first]; Burke singled to left [Revering to second]; Gross
walked [Revering to third, Burke to second]; Klutts struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon doubled to left; Soderholm flied out to
center; Bannister singled to center [Lemon out at home (center
to catcher)]; Johnson walked [Bannister to second]; Nordhagen
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: On a bunt Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first);
Edwards walked; Murray struck out; Page singled to right
[Edwards to third]; Newman forced Page (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny singled to right; Kessinger out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Nahorodny to second]; Moore
singled to center [Nahorodny scored]; Washington walked [Moore
to second]; Lemon homered [Moore scored, Washington scored];
Soderholm singled to left; TODD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Soderholm was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Bannister grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering flied out to right; Burke walked; Gross
lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Burke out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny lined to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Klutts struck out; Murphy singled to center;
Edwards made an out to shortstop; Murray flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Kessinger walked; Moore flied out to right;
Washington doubled to center [Kessinger to third]; Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm singled to
shortstop [Kessinger scored, Washington to third]; Bannister
walked [Soderholm to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED TODD (PITCHING);
Johnson forced Bannister (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Page
singled to center; Newman grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Page out at second]; Revering singled to
right; Burke flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nahorodny doubled to left; Kessinger singled to second
[Nahorodny to third]; Moore hit into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Nahorodny scored (RBI), Moore out at second
(shortstop to pitcher), Kessinger out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross doubled to right; Klutts popped to first in
foul territory; Murphy walked; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Gross to third, Murphy to second]; Murray grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 6.