Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
July 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Chicago White Sox 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 1 1 1
Sample lf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 3 0 2 2
Zisk rf 3 0 1 0
  Gamble ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 0
  Putnam ph 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 0
Soderholm dh 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Roberts c 3 1 1 0
  Jorgensen ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Washington cf 3 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 1 0
Norman ss 3 1 1 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 3 1 1 0
Garr lf 3 1 2 0
  Torres ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 3 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 2 1
Lemon cf 3 1 1 2
Washington rf 3 0 0 0
Pryor ss,3b 3 0 1 1
May c 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 1 0 0 0
  Squires ph 1 0 0 0
  Kessinger ss 1 0 0 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 4
Texas 000 130 000491
Chicago 200 003 00x590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (9-5) 6.0 7 5 5 4 2
  Lyle   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (8-5) 7.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Farmer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery  SV (4) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–J Ellis (2).  DP–Texas 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Texas Wills (12,off Baumgarten); Oliver (10,off Scarbery), Chicago Garr (6,off Jenkins); Lemon (23,off Jenkins).  HR–Texas Sample (5,4th inning off Baumgarten 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bell (8,off Baumgarten); Lemon (2,off Jenkins).  SH–Torres (4,off Lyle).  HBP–Pryor (2,by Jenkins).  IBB–Washington (3,by Jenkins).  SB–Roberts (1,2nd base off Baumgarten/May); Bannister (12,2nd base off Jenkins/Roberts).  BK–Hoffman (1).  HBP–Jenkins (1,Pryor).  IBB–Jenkins (5,Washington).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:26.  A–22,279.
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