Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
July 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 0 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Summers rf 3 1 2 0
Morales lf 4 1 2 1
Parrish c 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 4 0 1 0
Moore lf 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 3 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Nordhagen dh 3 0 0 0
  Orta ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Torres rf 3 1 1 0
  Washington ph 1 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 0 0
Pryor ss 3 0 1 1
Colbern c 3 0 0 0
Howard p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Detroit 111 001 000490
Chicago 010 000 000152
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (4-0) 7.2 5 1 1 2 3
  Lopez  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Howard  L (1-4) 5.1 6 4 2 2 4
  Farmer   3.2 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
3
5

  E–Morrison (1), Colbern (2).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Bannister (14,off Underwood); Pryor (10,off Underwood); Moore (4,off Underwood).  3B–Detroit Brookens (1,off Howard).  SB–Staub (1,2nd base off Howard/Colbern); Morales (1,2nd base off Howard/Colbern); Summers (2,2nd base off Howard/Colbern); LeFlore 2 (47,2nd base off Farmer/Colbern 2).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:38.  A–47,795.
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