Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 1, Chicago White Sox 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Murray rf 5 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 1 2 0
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Burke lf 2 0 1 1
Gross 3b 2 0 0 0
Klutts ss 0 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 2 2
  Torres lf,cf 1 1 1 0
Washington rf 3 0 0 0
  Nordhagen rf 1 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
  Moore lf 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 5 2 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 2 3 4
  Squires 1b 1 0 1 0
Orta dh 3 1 1 1
Nahorodny c 4 1 2 2
Pryor 2b 4 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 9
Oakland 000 000 010152
Chicago 010 504 00x10141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-7) 3.0 6 5 5 4 2
  Hamilton   2.2 4 5 0 2 4
  Todd   2.1 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
5
7
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  W (5-4) 9.0 5 1 1 8 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
8
6

  E–Murphy (3), Gross (4), Wortham (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Murphy (2,off Wortham); Revering (11,off Wortham), Chicago Nahorodny (6,off Keough); Johnson (7,off Hamilton).  3B–Chicago Soderholm (2,off Keough).  SB–Edwards (5,2nd base off Wortham/Nahorodny).  CS–Murphy (6,2nd base by Wortham/Nahorodny); Garr (1,2nd base by Keough/Newman).  WP–Wortham (3).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:39.  A–5,638.
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