Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
May 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 5 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 1
Kemp lf 4 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 3 1 1 1
Morales rf 2 1 2 1
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 1 0
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Bannister 2b 4 1 2 1
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 1
Foley c 3 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0
Pryor ss 3 1 2 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Detroit 003 000 020571
Chicago 000 001 001270
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  W (1-2) 6.0 4 1 1 3 4
  Billingham  SV (1) 3.0 3 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  L (0-3) 8.0 7 5 5 4 3
  Scarbery   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
5

  E–Trammell (6).  DP–Detroit 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Detroit Thompson (2,off Kravec).  HR–Detroit Parrish (2,8th inning off Kravec 0 on, 2 out); Morales (1,8th inning off Kravec 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Trammell (1,off Kravec).  SF–Whitaker (2,off Kravec).  HBP–Lemon (1,by Baker).  SB–LeFlore (10,2nd base off Kravec/Foley).  HBP–Baker (2,Lemon).  U-HP–Dick Nelson, 1B–Woody Urchak, 2B–Bill Sprincz, 3B–Gene Fowler.  T–2:19.  A–16,470.
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