Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
July 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 12

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 3 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 1 1 2
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 0 1
Trammell ss 4 0 1 1
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister dh 4 1 1 1
Garr lf 4 2 2 2
  Moore lf 1 1 1 0
Orta 2b 3 1 1 1
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Squires 1b 1 0 0 0
Washington rf 5 3 3 5
Torres cf 5 1 2 1
May c 4 1 0 0
Morrison 3b 3 2 2 1
Kessinger ss 2 0 1 1
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 13 12
Detroit 020 000 020491
Chicago 101 103 33x12131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L (1-6) 4.2 5 3 3 5 5
  Wilcox   1.1 5 5 5 0 2
  Tobik   2.0 3 4 4 1 3
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
6
10
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (9-5) 7.1 8 4 4 2 3
  Farmer   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
4

  E–Whitaker (4), Morrison (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–May (5).  2B–Detroit Trammell (6,off Baumgarten); Morales (16,off Baumgarten), Chicago Garr (7,off Baker).  3B–Chicago Bannister (6,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss (6,8th inning off Baumgarten 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Washington 3 (10,3rd inning off Baker 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Tobik 2 on, 1 out); Garr (6,6th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 1 out); Torres (3,7th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out); Morrison (1,7th inning off Tobik 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Morrison (1,off Baker); Kessinger (3,off Wilcox).  SB–Whitaker (12,2nd base off Baumgarten/May); LeFlore (48,2nd base off Farmer/May).  WP–Farmer (4).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:54.  A–23,887.
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