Scoring 10 runs in the fifth inning, the White Sox routed the Indians, 16-4. The White Sox took a 4-0 lead in the second inning on two walks, a hit batman and three singles. Chet Lemon belted a solo homer in the third.

In the big fifth, the White Sox sent 13 batters to the plate. Wayne Nordhagen clouted his first career grand slam, Claudell Washington connected for a three-run round-tripper and Rusty Torres smacked a solo blast. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 16, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      4, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  4  1    0 10  0    0  0  1  -  16 19  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  1  -   4  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister 2b          6   3   5   3     0   0   .326      Norris cf             4   1   1   0     2   0   .240
Moore lf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Pruitt lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Washington rf       4   2   4   3     0   0   .280      Bonds rf              3   1   1   2     0   1   .296
Lemon cf              2   1   1   1     0   0   .309        Alston rf           2   0   1   1     0   0   .167
  Squires ph,lf       3   0   2   0     0   0   .234      Thornton 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Johnson 1b            5   2   1   0     1   0   .306      Harrah 3b,ss          3   1   2   0     1   1   .279
Nordhagen dh          5   2   2   4     1   1   .278      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     1   2   .274
Torres rf,lf,cf       3   2   1   1     1   0   .317        Hargrove ph,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Pryor ss              3   2   1   1     2   0   .290      Alexander c           4   0   1   0     1   0   .204
Colbern c             5   1   2   1     0   1   .400      Kuiper 2b             2   1   0   0     3   0   .253
Bell 3b               4   1   0   0     1   1   .091      Veryzer ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rosello ph,3b       3   0   0   1     1   1   .250
  Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  16  19  14     6   3             Totals               36   4   8   4     9   6

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 10,899
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Indians 15
DP: White Sox 0, Indians 3
Errors: Johnson
Doubles: Bannister (12), Washington (24), Nordhagen (4), Harrah (12)
Home Runs: Lemon (9), Nordhagen (3), Torres (2), Washington (7), Bonds (13)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (1)
GIDP: Bell (1), Johnson 2 (9)
Hit by Pitch: Torres (1,by Waits), Harrah (7,by Schueler)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(7-5)       5     6   3   3   5   3   1  27   3.57
Hoffman                 2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   0.00
Schueler                2     1   1   1   2   2   0  10   7.32
Totals                  9     8   4   4   9   6   1  46

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(9-7)            4.1   7   9   9   3   1   2  23   4.50
Reuschel                2.1   7   6   6   3   0   2  16  12.86
Spillner                1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.25
Cruz                    1     3   1   1   0   1   0   5   4.43
Totals                  9    19  16  16   6   3   4  50

Passed Balls: Colbern (1), Alexander (9)
Hit by Pitch: Schueler (2), Waits (4)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister made an out to second; Moore flied out
to right; Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris grounded out (third to first); Pruitt
reached on an error by Johnson (assist by Bell); Bonds struck
out; Thornton singled to third [Pruitt to second]; Harrah walked
[Pruitt to third, Thornton to second]; Johnson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson singled to shortstop; Nordhagen walked
[Johnson to second]; Torres was hit by a pitch [Johnson to
third, Nordhagen to second]; Pryor walked [Johnson scored,
Nordhagen to third, Torres to second]; Colbern singled to second
[Nordhagen scored, Torres to third, Pryor to second]; Bell
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Torres scored (no RBI), Pryor to third, Colbern out at second];
Bannister singled to left [Pryor scored]; Moore flied out to
right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: WASHINGTON REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING RF); TORRES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Alexander singled to right;
Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer flied out to right; Norris
singled to center [Alexander to second]; Pruitt made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon homered; Johnson flied out to left;
Nordhagen flied out to right; Torres flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bonds flied out to left; Thornton grounded out
(third to first); Harrah singled to left; Johnson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor flied out to center; Colbern grounded out
(third to first); Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
grounded out (pitcher to first); ROSELLO BATTED FOR VERYZER;
Rosello struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Indians
0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: ROSELLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Bannister singled to second;
Washington singled to left [Bannister to second]; Lemon out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bannister to third,
Washington to second]; Johnson was walked intentionally;
Nordhagen homered [Bannister scored, Washington scored, Johnson
scored]; REUSCHEL REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Torres homered;
Pryor walked; Colbern singled to right [Pryor to second]; Bell
walked [Pryor to third, Colbern to second]; Bannister doubled to
right [Pryor scored, Colbern scored, Bell to third]; Washington
homered [Bell scored, Bannister scored]; SQUIRES BATTED FOR
LEMON; Squires singled to center; Johnson grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Squires out at second]; 10 R, 8
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 15, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TORRES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Norris walked; Pruitt flied out to left;
Bonds homered [Norris scored]; Thornton made an out to
shortstop; Harrah doubled to left; Johnson walked; Alexander
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 15,
Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: ALSTON REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Nordhagen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres walked; Alexander
allowed a passed ball [Torres to second]; Pryor flied out to
center; Colbern flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 15, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper walked; Rosello walked [Kuiper to second];
HOFFMAN REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Colbern allowed a passed
ball [Kuiper to third, Rosello to second]; Debut game for Guy
Hoffman; Norris walked; Pruitt made an out to second; Alston
forced Norris (first to shortstop) [Kuiper scored, Rosello to
third]; Thornton flied out to left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 15, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bell flied out to left; Bannister singled to
left; Washington doubled to right [Bannister to third]; Squires
grounded out (pitcher to first); SPILLNER REPLACED REUSCHEL
(PITCHING); Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 15, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah struck out; Johnson singled to center;
Alexander flied out to right; Kuiper walked [Johnson to second];
Rosello lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 15,
Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nordhagen doubled to right; Torres made an out to
shortstop; Pryor singled to right [Nordhagen to third]; Colbern
struck out; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 15, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: SCHUELER REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Norris flied
out to center; Pruitt was called out on strikes; Alston singled
to right; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 15, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Bannister
singled to first; Washington singled to right [Bannister to
second]; Squires singled to center [Bannister to third,
Washington to second]; Johnson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Bannister scored (no RBI), Washington out
at third, Squires out at second]; Nordhagen struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 16, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Harrah was hit by a pitch; Harrah stole second;
HARGROVE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Hargrove was called out on strikes
(strikeout was charged to Johnson); Alexander walked; Kuiper
walked [Harrah to third, Alexander to second]; Rosello forced
Alexander (third unassisted) [Harrah scored, Kuiper to second];
Norris grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 16, Indians 4.