Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 5 1 3 0
Pryor ss,3b 3 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 0 1
Johnson 1b 4 2 2 1
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Nordhagen dh 4 0 0 0
Torres lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 3 2 1 1
Colbern c 3 0 2 1
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Garr ph 0 0 0 0
  Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris cf 4 0 1 0
Pruitt lf 4 0 2 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0
Harrah ss 4 1 2 0
Alexander dh 3 2 2 2
  Manning ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Cox 3b 2 0 1 2
  Hargrove ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Chicago 100 201 001591
Cleveland 020 200 000482
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  W (8-8) 8.0 8 4 4 2 6
  Farmer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde   6.0 7 4 3 0 1
  Cruz  L (1-6) 3.0 2 1 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
4

  E–Colbern (1), Thornton (7), Hassey (3).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Chicago Johnson (14,off Clyde); Washington (25,off Clyde); Colbern (1,off Clyde), Cleveland Cox (3,off Wortham); Harrah (13,off Wortham).  HR–Chicago Johnson (7,6th inning off Clyde 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Alexander (9,4th inning off Wortham 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Pryor (5,off Clyde); Colbern (1,off Cruz); Manning (4,off Farmer).  SB–Washington (9,3rd base off Cruz/Hassey).  CS–Garr (4,2nd base by Cruz/Hassey); Norris (7,2nd base by Wortham/Colbern); Cox (4,2nd base by Wortham/Colbern).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:25.  A–6,983.
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