Thursday July 19, 1979
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Chicago White Sox 5, Texas Rangers 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, July 19, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 - 5 12 0 Rangers 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 5 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .307 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Nordhagen ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Bell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .289 Orta 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .247 Gamble rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .377 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .198 Soderholm ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Washington rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Grubb ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Torres rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .293 J. Ellis dh 3 1 0 0 0 1 .269 Johnson 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .299 Zisk lf,rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .223 Squires pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Sample cf,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Bannister lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .317 Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Lemon cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Putnam 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .291 Pryor ss,2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Roberts c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 May c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .278 Norman ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Morrison 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .208 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 12 5 2 5 Totals 31 4 5 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 26,687 Left on Base: White Sox 7, Rangers 3 DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 2 Errors: Jenkins Doubles: Orta (11), Nordhagen (5) Triples: Orta (3) Home Runs: Garr (8), Lemon (10), Zisk (7), Putnam (11), Bell (8) Caught Stealing: Bannister (4), Zisk (1) GIDP: Lemon (7) Hit by Pitch: J. Ellis (2,by Kravec), Wills (4,by Kravec) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(9-8) 7.1 5 4 4 1 4 3 29 3.61 Farmer SV(3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.63 Totals 9 5 4 4 1 4 3 34 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(10-6) 7.1 10 5 5 1 4 2 32 3.76 Kern 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.47 Lyle 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.26 Totals 9 12 5 5 2 5 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Kravec 2 (12) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta doubled to right; Washington grounded out (second to first) [Orta to third]; Johnson singled to left [Orta scored]; Bannister grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Bell flied out to right; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Pryor grounded out (second to first); May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis was hit by a pitch; Zisk homered [J. Ellis scored]; Sample singled to left; Putnam walked [Sample to second]; Roberts forced Sample (pitcher to third) [Putnam to second, Roberts to first]; Norman popped to shortstop; Wills was hit by a pitch [Putnam to third, Roberts to second]; Bell was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison struck out; Garr made an out to third; Orta singled to right; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: Gamble made an out to shortstop; J. Ellis flied out to center; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson singled to left; Bannister singled to third [Johnson to second]; Lemon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson to third, Bannister out at second]; Pryor flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 4TH: TORRES REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING RF); Sample made an out to second; Putnam homered; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Norman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: May walked; Morrison struck out; Garr homered [May scored]; Orta grounded out (third to first); Torres lined to first; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnson made an out to third; Bannister singled to center; Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lemon homered; Pryor grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis struck out; Zisk singled to center; Zisk was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: May flied out to left; Morrison flied out to center; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to center; Roberts popped to first in foul territory; Norman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Orta tripled to right; Torres struck out; Johnson singled to second [Orta scored]; SQUIRES RAN FOR JOHNSON; Bannister reached on an error by Jenkins [Squires to second, Bannister to first]; KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Lemon popped to shortstop; Pryor was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KESSINGER REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING SS); PRYOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell homered; SODERHOLM BATTED FOR GAMBLE; FARMER REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); GRUBB BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Grubb flied out to left; J. Ellis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SAMPLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ZISK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); May singled to shortstop; Morrison forced May (pitcher to shortstop); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; Nordhagen doubled to left [Morrison to third]; Kessinger was walked intentionally; Torres lined into a double play (third unassisted) [Morrison out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 4. RANGERS 9TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Zisk flied out to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Rangers 4.

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