The White Sox scored three runs in the seventh inning without the benefit of a hit and defeated the Rangers, 6-3. The White Sox trailed, 3-1, in the seventh when Greg Pryor and Mike Colbern led off with walks.

Jim Kern relieved starter John Henry Johnson and when pinch-hitter Mike Squires laid down a sacrifice bunt, Kern threw wildly past first for an error, allowing two runs to score and Squires to reach third. A sacrifice fly by Alan Bannister plated Squires with the tie-breaking marker. Bannister added a two-run single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 10, 1979 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 x - 6 5 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .279 Bannister 2b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .325 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .280 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Moore lf 1 0 0 0 2 1 .271 Bell 3b,ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 J. Ellis 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .273 Torres lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Soderholm dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Zisk rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .217 May c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .233 Nordhagen dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Roberts cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Orta ph,dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Putnam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Washington rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .280 Washington pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Pryor ss,2b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .282 Blanks ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Colbern c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .278 Norman pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Morrison pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Oliver ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Bell 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .154 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Squires ph,1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 3 Totals 27 6 5 4 8 3 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 18,761 Left on Base: Rangers 10, White Sox 9 DP: Rangers 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Kern Triples: Sample (2) Home Runs: Wills (2), Zisk (6) Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (2), Roberts (2), Squires (4), Washington (2) Sacrifice Flies: Bannister (2) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (9,by Kern) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 6 3 3 2 5 3 0 26 3.92 Kern L(10-2) 1.2 2 3 2 3 0 0 12 1.53 Lyle 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Totals 8 5 6 4 8 3 0 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham W(9-8) 7 9 3 3 4 3 2 34 4.84 Farmer SV(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.29 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 3 2 40 Hit by Pitch: Kern (1) Wild Pitches: Wortham (7) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker RANGERS 1ST: Wills homered; Sample tripled to center; Bell singled to right [Sample scored]; J. Ellis singled to right [Bell to second]; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bell to third, J. Ellis to second]; Zisk was walked intentionally; Sundberg struck out; Roberts struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); Moore walked; Lemon walked [Moore to second]; Johnson flied out to center [Moore to third]; Nordhagen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to right; Sample walked; Bell popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Washington singled to left; Pryor flied out to left; Colbern grounded out (pitcher to first) [Washington to second]; Bell singled to center [Washington scored]; Bannister flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 3RD: J. Ellis flied out to left; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Moore walked; Lemon flied out to right; Johnson made an out to third; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to second; Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sundberg to second]; Blanks grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington struck out; Pryor flied out to right; Colbern singled to left; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis singled to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); Moore was called out on strikes; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, White Sox 1. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk homered; Sundberg flied out to left; Roberts grounded out (first unassisted); Blanks walked; NORMAN RAN FOR BLANKS; Wills singled to center [Norman to second]; Sample was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: NORMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Johnson grounded out (second to first); Nordhagen struck out; Washington made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. RANGERS 7TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Ellis singled to left; JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Soderholm flied out to right; Wortham threw a wild pitch [Jorgensen to second]; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pryor walked; KERN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Colbern walked (walk was charged to Johnson) [Pryor to second]; MORRISON RAN FOR COLBERN; SQUIRES BATTED FOR BELL; Squires reached on an error by Kern on a sacrifice bunt [Pryor scored (no RBI), Morrison scored (unearned) (no RBI), Squires to third]; Bannister hit a sacrifice fly to center [Squires scored (unearned)]; GARR BATTED FOR MOORE; Garr grounded out (second to first); Lemon was hit by a pitch; Johnson forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 3 R (1 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 4. RANGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MAY REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); MORRISON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg walked; PUTNAM BATTED FOR ROBERTS; FARMER REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Putnam forced Sundberg (first to shortstop); WASHINGTON RAN FOR PUTNAM; OLIVER BATTED FOR NORMAN; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Washington to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ORTA BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Orta singled to center; Washington out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Orta to second]; Pryor walked; Morrison flied out to left; Squires walked [Orta to third, Pryor to second]; Bannister singled to center [Orta scored, Pryor scored, Squires to second]; Torres walked [Squires to third, Bannister to second]; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Lemon flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 6. RANGERS 9TH: KESSINGER REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); GRUBB BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, White Sox 6.

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