Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
July 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 1, Minnesota Twins 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 0 1 0
  Torres lf 0 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 1 1 1
Bannister 3b 4 0 2 0
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Pryor 2b 4 0 2 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
  Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Howard p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b 5 0 0 0
Rivera lf 3 0 1 0
Smalley ss 3 1 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0
Edwards cf 3 1 2 1
  Landreaux ph,cf 0 0 0 0
  Wilfong ph 0 0 0 0
Norwood rf 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Morales dh 3 0 0 0
  Adams ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Borgmann c 3 0 1 0
Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago 000 000 010 0183
Minnesota 010 000 000 1270
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   7.1 5 1 1 3 4
  Scarbery   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wortham   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Howard  L (1-3) 1.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Hinton   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.2
7
2
2
6
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hartzell  W (4-5) 10.0 8 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
8
1
1
2
1

  E–Garr (3), Bannister 2 (14).  DP–Chicago 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Rivera (8,off Trout); Edwards (2,off Trout); R Jackson (18,off Trout).  HR–Chicago Orta (4,8th inning off Hartzell 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Edwards (4,2nd inning off Trout 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kessinger (2,off Hartzell); Rivera (7,off Trout); R Jackson (4,off Howard).  HBP–Landreaux (4,by Wortham).  IBB–Wilfong (2,by Howard).  SB–Squires (6,2nd base off Hartzell/Borgmann).  CS–Castino (2,2nd base by Trout/May).  HBP–Wortham (1,Landreaux).  IBB–Howard (1,Wilfong).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–(none), 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:56.  A–24,904.
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