Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. 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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Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr dh 5 2 3 2
Orta 2b 5 1 2 2
  Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0
Washington rf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 2 1 3
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Bannister lf 5 0 1 0
  Torres lf 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 0 1 1
Pryor ss,2b 4 0 1 0
May c 4 1 2 1
Morrison 3b 4 2 2 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 14 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 1 2 0
Bell 3b 5 2 2 1
Oliver cf 2 1 0 0
  Jorgensen cf 1 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,cf,1b 1 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 1 2 2
Zisk rf,lf 4 0 1 2
Sample lf 3 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gamble ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 3 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 3 1 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Chicago 102 031 1109142
Texas 310 001 0016112
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (4-3) 6.0 8 5 4 4 4
  Scarbery   2.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Farmer  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
6
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin   4.0 7 4 4 0 5
  Rajsich  L (0-1) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Alexander   4.2 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
1
6

  E–Orta (1), Trout (1), Zisk (4), Soderholm (4).  2B–Chicago Garr (8,off Darwin); Morrison (1,off Darwin); Bannister (15,off Rajsich); Orta (10,off Alexander), Texas Wills (15,off Trout); Sundberg (17,off Scarbery).  3B–Chicago Orta (2,off Darwin).  HR–Chicago Garr (7,3rd inning off Darwin 1 on, 0 out); Johnson (8,5th inning off Rajsich 2 on, 1 out); May (5,8th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Sundberg (3,by Trout).  CS–Lemon (10,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  IBB–Trout (5,Sundberg).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:44.
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