Chicago White Sox vs New York Yankees
August 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 9, New York Yankees 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 5 1 3 1
Pryor ss 3 2 2 0
Bannister lf 5 1 1 2
Johnson 1b 3 1 1 0
  Squires 1b 1 1 1 1
Lemon cf 4 1 2 2
Moore dh 2 0 1 1
  Garr ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Torres rf 5 2 2 2
Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 9
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0
Murcer cf 5 1 3 1
Jackson rf 4 2 2 2
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
White dh 4 0 1 1
Narron c 4 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 1 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Chicago 300 002 1129151
New York 100 201 0105110
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten   4.0 6 3 3 0 2
  Scarbery  W (2-6) 3.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Farmer  SV (7) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hood   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Clay  L (1-5) 4.1 4 1 1 1 0
  Davis   1.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Kaat   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Gossage   1.2 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
4
1

  E–Lemon (7).  DP–Chicago 2, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Pryor (15,off Hood); Morrison (4,off Clay); Johnson (17,off Clay), New York Randolph (10,off Baumgarten); Murcer (4,off Baumgarten); White (4,off Scarbery).  HR–Chicago Lemon (13,6th inning off Davis 1 on, 0 out); Torres (6,9th inning off Gossage 1 on, 2 out), New York Jackson (20,8th inning off Scarbery 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lemon (2,off Gossage).  SB–Pryor (1,2nd base off Davis/Narron); Squires (8,2nd base off Gossage/Narron).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:40.  A–33,513.
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