Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 11, Detroit Tigers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr dh 5 1 1 0
Squires 1b 6 2 4 2
Lemon cf 3 2 1 1
Orta 2b 4 2 2 3
Bannister lf 3 0 0 1
Torres rf 2 2 1 1
Pryor 3b 4 0 2 1
May c 4 1 1 1
Kessinger ss 5 1 1 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Brookens 2b 2 1 1 0
  Whitaker ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 3 3
Parrish c 2 0 1 0
  Putman c 0 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 3 0 0 0
  Greene ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 3 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Chicago 200 012 33011130
Detroit 200 000 100392
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (5-3) 6.0 7 3 3 5 7
  Farmer  SV (4) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L (1-7) 5.2 7 5 5 3 3
  Billingham   0.2 2 3 2 3 0
  Tobik   1.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Young   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
11
10
7
5

  E–Morales (1), Trammell (15).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Squires (5,off Baker); Orta (12,off Baker); Pryor (11,off Tobik), Detroit Kemp (20,off Trout).  HR–Chicago Orta (6,8th inning off Tobik 1 on, 1 out); Torres (5,8th inning off Tobik 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Pryor (6,off Baker); Bannister (4,off Billingham).  SF–Bannister (4,off Baker); Kemp (4,off Farmer).  HBP–Torres (2,by Baker).  IBB–Torres (1,by Billingham).  SB–Jones (5,2nd base off Trout/May).  CS–Trammell (9,2nd base by Trout/May).  HBP–Baker (6,Torres).  IBB–Billingham (5,Torres).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:03.  A–21,436.
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