Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 5 1 1 0
Ayala lf 3 0 0 1
  Bumbry cf 2 0 0 0
Singleton rf 5 0 1 0
May dh 6 0 1 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 1 0 0
Roenicke cf,lf 6 1 2 1
Dauer 2b 4 1 3 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith 2b 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 4 0 1 1
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 1 0 1 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 11 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 5 1 1 1
Squires 1b 5 0 2 1
Garr dh 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 4 0 1 0
Nordhagen rf,lf 5 0 2 0
  Bannister pr,lf 1 0 1 0
  Orta ph 1 0 1 0
Lemon cf 7 0 2 0
May c 3 0 1 0
  Nahorodny ph,c 2 0 0 0
Moore lf 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph,rf 4 0 2 0
  Pryor ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres rf 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 6 1 2 0
Chappas ss 5 1 2 1
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 3 17 3
Baltimore 120 000 000 000 14110
Chicago 100 002 000 000 03171
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Stewart   5.1 7 2 2 5 6
  Martinez   3.2 5 0 0 2 4
  Stanhouse  W (7-3) 3.2 4 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
17
3
3
8
10
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham   9.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Farmer  L (3-5) 4.0 4 1 1 4 3
Totals
13.0
11
4
4
6
8

  E–Wortham (5).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Chicago May (15,off T Martinez); Nordhagen (12,off T Martinez); Lemon (34,off Stanhouse).  3B–Baltimore Garcia (7,off Wortham), Chicago Bell (1,off Stewart).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (20,13th inning off Farmer 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Morrison (8,1st inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bumbry (1,off Farmer); Garcia (5,off Farmer).  SF–Ayala (2,off Wortham).  IBB–Singleton (14,by Farmer); Nahorodny (1,by T Martinez); Squires (2,by Stanhouse).  SB–Chappas (1,2nd base off Stewart/Skaggs); Bell (1,2nd base off T Martinez/Skaggs); Bannister (16,2nd base off Stanhouse/Dempsey).  CS–Morrison (1,2nd base by T Martinez/Skaggs).  WP–Stewart (5), T Martinez (5), Wortham (12).  IBB–T Martinez (4,Nahorodny); Stanhouse (8,Squires); Farmer (7,Singleton).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–4:43.  A–25,605.
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