Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 5 1 2 0
Washington rf 4 0 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Nordhagen dh 4 1 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 2 0
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 1
Moore lf 3 0 1 2
  Torres lf 1 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 4 2 2 2
Pryor ss 4 0 0 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Wathan 1b 3 1 1 0
  LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 2 2 1
McRae dh 3 1 0 0
Porter c 4 2 3 4
Zdeb lf 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Chicago 000 310 1016100
Kansas City 010 000 411790
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec   6.0 5 5 5 3 3
  Proly  L (1-3) 2.2 4 2 2 4 3
Totals
8.2
9
7
7
7
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   7.0 7 5 5 1 1
  Mingori   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Hrabosky  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Johnson (4,off Gura); Moore (1,off Gura), Kansas City Porter (4,off Kravec); Hurdle (7,off Proly); White (5,off Proly).  3B–Chicago Bannister (2,off Gura).  HR–Chicago Nahorodny 2 (2,7th inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Mingori 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Porter (1,8th inning off Proly 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Washington (2,off Gura).  IBB–Brett (1,by Proly); LaCock (2,by Proly).  SB–Cowens (2,2nd base off Kravec/Nahorodny).  IBB–Proly 2 (2,Brett,LaCock).  U-HP–Larry Zirbel, 1B–Harold Easley, 2B–Bob Jones, 3B–Dick Nelson.  T–2:24.  A–13,957.
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