Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
June 24, 1979 Box Score

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

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Minnesota Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b 5 0 2 2
Rivera rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Smalley ss 4 1 0 0
Jackson R. 1b 4 1 3 0
Edwards cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Norwood dh 3 0 2 1
Powell lf 2 1 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Landreaux cf 0 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 3 1 1 0
Pryor 2b,ss 4 1 1 1
Lemon cf 3 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Bannister 3b 4 0 0 0
Nordhagen dh 2 0 0 0
  Orta ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Torres rf 2 1 1 0
  Washington ph,rf 2 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 1
Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
  Gates 2b 0 0 0 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Minnesota 000 300 1004122
Chicago 010 020 000350
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   4.2 5 3 2 1 2
  Bacsik  W (2-1) 4.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  L (7-7) 6.1 9 4 4 5 5
  Trout   2.2 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
7
6

  E–Smalley (9), Castino (6).  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Minnesota Rivera (7,off Trout), Chicago Moore (2,off D Jackson); Pryor (8,off D Jackson); Lemon (19,off D Jackson).  IBB–Norwood 2 (2,by Trout 2).  HBP–Lemon (8,by D Jackson).  SB–Norwood (5,2nd base off Wortham/May).  HBP–D Jackson (1,Lemon).  IBB–Trout 2 (3,Norwood 2).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:48.
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