Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Squires 1b 5 0 1 0
Bannister lf 4 2 1 0
  Moore lf 0 0 0 0
Washington rf 5 1 3 1
Johnson dh 5 0 3 2
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Morrison 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
  Orta ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Colbern c 3 0 1 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
  May c 1 0 0 0
Pryor ss 2 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Chappas ss 1 0 1 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 13 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 3 3 1
Murphy cf 4 0 2 1
Heath rf,3b 2 0 0 1
Newman c 5 0 0 0
Essian 1b 4 0 0 0
Revering dh 3 0 1 0
  Murray pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Page ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
Chalk 3b 1 1 0 0
  Bryant pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 3
Chicago 001 000 200 03131
Oakland 100 002 000 1470
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec   7.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Proly  L (2-7) 1.1 1 1 0 4 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (12-13) 10.0 13 3 3 2 4
Totals
10.0
13
3
3
2
4

  E–Chappas (5).  DP–Chicago 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Chicago Morrison (10,off Langford); Bannister (21,off Langford); Lemon (39,off Langford); Washington (30,off Langford); Johnson (24,off Langford), Oakland Henderson 2 (11,off Kravec 2).  3B–Oakland Henderson (2,off Proly).  SH–Morrison (4,off Langford); Picciolo (11,off Kravec).  IBB–Lemon (3,by Langford); Murphy (6,by Proly); Heath (1,by Proly).  SF–Heath (2,off Kravec).  HBP–Heath (3,by Kravec).  SB–Johnson (8,2nd base off Langford/Newman); Henderson (22,3rd base off Kravec/Colbern).  CS–Murray (6,2nd base by Kravec/Colbern).  WP–Langford (16).  HBP–Kravec (14,Heath).  IBB–Proly 2 (6,Murphy,Heath); Langford (5,Lemon).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:42.  A–4,136.
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