A four-run uprising in the fifth inning triggered the White Sox to a 9-3 triumph over the Twins. The score was tied, 2-2, in the fifth, when Jim Morrison singled and scored on a double by Alan Bannister. A single by Claudell Washington chased Bannister home. The White Sox went on to add two more runs on singles by Jorge Orta and Kevin Bell. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 25, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    1  0  1    0  4  0    2  0  1  -   9 16  2
Twins        1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morrison 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Rivera lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .280
Bannister lf          5   2   2   1     0   0   .287        Powell ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Washington rf         5   2   3   2     0   1   .285      Castino 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .308        Cubbage ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .272
  Squires pr,1b       1   1   0   0     0   0   .268      Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     2   0   .276
Lemon cf              4   2   2   1     1   0   .318      R. Jackson 1b         4   0   1   0     1   0   .267
  Torres cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Morales dh            2   0   0   1     0   0   .269
Nordhagen dh          2   0   1   0     0   0   .272        Goodwin ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .293
  Orta ph,dh          2   0   1   1     0   1   .260      Wynegar c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .269
  Moore ph,dh         1   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Edwards cf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .253
Bell 3b               5   0   2   2     0   0   .257        Sofield ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Foley c               5   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Norwood rf            2   0   1   0     1   1   .249
Pryor ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .277        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wilfong ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .318
                                                          Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanfield p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  16   7     1   2             Totals               32   3   7   2     7   2

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance:  5,275
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 11
DP: White Sox 2, Twins 2
Errors: Bell 2, Smalley, Randall
Doubles: Bannister 2 (27), Edwards (8), Powell (16)
Stolen Bases: Washington 2 (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Morrison (6), Randall (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (3)
GIDP: Pryor (16), Foley (4), Sofield (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(14-13)         7     5   2   2   5   2   0  31   3.85
Proly                   2     2   1   0   2   0   0  10   3.95
Totals                  9     7   3   2   7   2   0  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(13-7)            4     8   5   3   0   1   0  21   3.55
Bacsik                  0.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   4.39
Stanfield               1.2   2   2   2   0   0   0   6   6.00
Marshall                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.65
D. Jackson              2     3   1   1   0   0   0   9   4.19
Totals                  9    16   9   7   1   2   0  44

Wild Pitches: Marshall (8), D. Jackson (8)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Dale Ford


WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison flied out to center; Bannister doubled
to right; Washington struck out; Johnson reached on an error by
Randall [Bannister scored (unearned)]; Lemon grounded out (first
to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Rivera singled to left; Castino struck out; Smalley
singled to third [Rivera to second]; R. Jackson walked [Rivera
to third, Smalley to second]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Rivera scored, Smalley to third, R. Jackson to second];
Wynegar walked; Edwards lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
lined to left; Foley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Norwood walked; On a bunt Randall forced Norwood
(pitcher to shortstop); Rivera flied out to right; Castino
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor reached on an error by Smalley; Morrison
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Pryor to second];
Bannister grounded out (second to first) [Pryor to third];
Washington singled to center [Pryor scored (unearned)]; Johnson
popped to first in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley lined to left; R. Jackson reached on an error
by Bell; Morales forced R. Jackson (pitcher to shortstop);
Wynegar lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen
singled to left; Bell singled to left [Nordhagen to second];
Foley singled to right [Nordhagen to third, Bell to second];
Pryor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Foley out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins
1.

TWINS 4TH: Edwards walked; Norwood singled to center [Edwards to
second]; Randall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Edwards to third, Norwood to second]; Rivera grounded out
(third to first) [Edwards scored]; Castino popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison singled to center; Bannister doubled to
center [Morrison scored]; Washington singled to right [Bannister
scored]; BACSIK REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Washington stole
second; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon walked;
ORTA BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Orta singled to right [Washington
scored, Lemon to third]; Bell singled to left [Lemon scored,
Orta to second]; STANFIELD REPLACED BACSIK (PITCHING); Foley
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell
out at second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: ORTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Smalley grounded
out (third to first); R. Jackson singled to first; Morales lined
into a double play (first unassisted) [R. Jackson out at first];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor flied out to right; Morrison flied out to
left; Bannister grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards
doubled to right; Norwood struck out; Randall grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Washington singled to left; Washington stole
second; Johnson singled to center [Washington to third]; SQUIRES
RAN FOR JOHNSON; MARSHALL REPLACED STANFIELD (PITCHING); Lemon
singled to center [Washington scored, Squires to second]; Orta
struck out; Bell flied out to center [Squires to third];
Marshall threw a wild pitch [Squires scored, Lemon to second];
Foley flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rivera lined to
second; Castino flied out to right; Smalley walked; R. Jackson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: D. JACKSON REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Pryor
singled to left; D. Jackson threw a wild pitch [Pryor to
second]; Morrison grounded out (third to first); Bannister lined
to left; Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 8, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: PROLY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); GOODWIN BATTED FOR
MORALES; Goodwin flied out to left; Wynegar singled to center;
SOFIELD BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Sofield grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SOFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Squires
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon singled to center; MOORE
BATTED FOR ORTA; Moore singled to right [Lemon to third]; Bell
grounded out (third to first) [Lemon scored, Moore to second];
Foley grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 9, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TORRES REPLACED
LEMON (PLAYING CF); ADAMS BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Adams grounded out
(pitcher to first); WILFONG BATTED FOR RANDALL; Wilfong flied
out to center; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell doubled to left;
CUBBAGE BATTED FOR CASTINO; Cubbage walked; Smalley walked
[Powell to third, Cubbage to second]; R. Jackson reached on an
error by Bell [Powell scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cubbage to
third, Smalley to second]; Goodwin grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 9, Twins 3.