Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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 2, Texas Rangers 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 3 0 0 1
Orta 2b 2 0 1 0
  Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Nordhagen dh 4 0 0 0
Torres rf 4 0 0 0
Pryor ss,2b 3 1 2 0
Colbern c 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 2 0
Sample cf 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Ellis dh 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 3 1 2 1
Gamble rf 2 0 0 0
  Roberts pr 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Soderholm ph 1 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 0 1 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 1 0
  Blanks ss 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 7 1
Chicago 001 001 000261
Texas 000 100 000170
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  W (10-9) 6.1 6 1 1 3 2
  Farmer   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (4-11) 9.0 6 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5

  E–Wortham (4).  DP–Chicago 3, Texas 2.  HR–Chicago Lemon (11,6th inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out), Texas Zisk (8,4th inning off Wortham 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Colbern (2,off Johnson); Sample (7,off Wortham); Putnam (3,off Wortham).  SF–Bannister (3,off Johnson).  CS–Orta (4,2nd base by Johnson/Sundberg); Pryor (2,2nd base by Johnson/Sundberg); Wills (5,3rd base by Wortham/Colbern).  SB–Gamble (2,2nd base off Wortham/Colbern).  WP–Wortham 2 (9).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:17.  A–21,901.
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