Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
April 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 2, Chicago White Sox 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 1 1 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Oliver cf 3 0 0 0
Gamble dh 3 0 1 1
Zisk rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 1 1 1
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 1 0
  Campaneris pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley rf 4 0 0 0
Garr lf 3 1 1 0
  Torres lf 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 1 0
Squires 1b 3 1 0 0
Bannister 2b 2 0 1 1
Orta dh 2 0 0 1
Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0
Foley c 3 0 0 0
Pryor ss 3 0 1 0
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 2
Texas 001 100 000234
Chicago 010 101 00x351
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (1-3) 6.2 5 3 1 3 2
  Lyle   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
1
3
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  W (2-1) 7.0 3 2 1 4 2
  Proly  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
5
2

  E–Bell (2), Oliver (1), Wills 2 (7), Bannister (4).  DP–Texas 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Lemon (9,off Comer); Garr (2,off Comer).  HR–Texas Jorgensen (2,4th inning off Barrios 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bell (1,off Proly).  HBP–Sample (1,by Barrios).  IBB–Oliver (3,by Proly).  SF–Orta (1,off Comer).  SB–Gamble (1,2nd base off Barrios/Foley); Bannister (4,2nd base off Comer/Sundberg).  CS–Lemon (4,2nd base by Lyle/Sundberg).  WP–Comer (2).  HBP–Barrios (1,Sample).  IBB–Proly (3,Oliver).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Dave Slickenmeyer, 2B–Bill Sprincz, 3B–Woody Urchak.  T–2:08.  A–15,703.
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