Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 4 0 1 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 3 0
Nordhagen dh 4 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 2 2 3
Soderholm 3b 4 1 2 0
Moore lf 2 0 0 1
  Garr ph 1 0 1 0
Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0
Pryor ss 4 0 2 1
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
  Esser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Bonds rf 2 3 1 1
Thornton 1b 4 1 2 4
Cage dh 4 0 1 0
Alexander c 4 1 1 1
Kuiper 2b 4 1 1 0
Pruitt lf 2 0 0 0
  Speed lf 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 3 1
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 7
Chicago 010 010 0035134
Cleveland 201 101 30x8101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  L (1-1) 6.2 9 8 6 3 2
  Esser   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
5
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (2-2) 8.1 11 5 5 0 1
  Spillner   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Monge  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
0
2

  E–Johnson (3), Nahorodny (2), Pryor (3), Barrios (1), Speed (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Chicago Johnson (3,off Waits), Cleveland Thornton (1,off Barrios).  HR–Chicago Johnson (1,9th inning off Waits 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Bonds (1,3rd inning off Barrios 0 on, 1 out); Alexander (2,6th inning off Barrios 0 on, 1 out); Thornton (2,7th inning off Barrios 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Moore (3,off Waits).  SH–Manning (1,off Barrios).  SB–Lemon (1,2nd base off Waits/Alexander); Veryzer (1,2nd base off Barrios/Nahorodny); Speed (1,2nd base off Esser/Nahorodny).  CS–Pryor (1,2nd base by Waits/Alexander); Harrah (1,3rd base by Barrios/Nahorodny); Kuiper (3,2nd base by Barrios/Nahorodny).  U-HP–Bob Rice, 1B–Harry Farnsworth, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Don Schirmer.  T–2:23.  A–14,520.
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