Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr dh 4 1 2 2
Washington rf 5 0 0 1
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 5 0 1 0
Bannister 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 0 0
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Moore lf 3 1 2 0
Nahorodny c 4 1 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Kravec p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 3 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 5 0 2 0
Parrish c 5 1 2 1
Morales rf 3 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 2 2
  Mankowski ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 1 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 13 4
Chicago 003 100 100570
Detroit 100 002 0014130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (3-0) 5.1 9 3 3 2 2
  Proly   3.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Kravec  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (2-2) 3.1 4 4 4 3 4
  Lopez   3.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Taylor   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
8

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Nahorodny (3,off Wilcox), Detroit Thompson (3,off Baumgarten).  3B–Detroit Parrish (1,off Proly).  HR–Chicago Garr (3,7th inning off Lopez 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Rodriguez (1,6th inning off Baumgarten 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lemon (3,by Taylor).  SB–LeFlore 2 (15,2nd base off Baumgarten/Nahorodny,2nd base off Proly/Nahorodny).  WP–Wilcox (1).  HBP–Taylor (2,Lemon).  U-HP–Bob Moyer, 1B–Doug Cossey, 2B–Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:52.  A–13,167.
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