Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 8, Chicago White Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 3 2 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
Essian c 3 1 0 1
Revering 1b 3 1 1 1
Newman 3b 4 1 1 2
Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0
Page dh 3 1 0 0
Heath rf 2 0 0 0
  Murray pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 1 1 4
  Bryant rf 0 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 6 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Bannister dh 4 0 0 0
Bosley lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 1 2 1
Lemon cf 3 1 1 0
Morrison 2b 4 1 2 0
Colbern c 2 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 1 0
Pryor ss 3 0 1 2
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Foley ph 1 0 1 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Oakland 101 000 060860
Chicago 000 021 000381
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  W (7-5) 9.0 8 3 3 2 9
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten   7.1 4 3 3 5 4
  Farmer  L (4-7) 0.2 2 5 0 2 1
  Hoyt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
8
3
7
5

  E–Pryor (23).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland Henderson (13,off Baumgarten).  HR–Oakland Gross (13,8th inning off Farmer 3 on, 2 out), Chicago Washington (12,6th inning off Kingman 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Murphy 2 (13,off Baumgarten 2); Colbern (4,off Kingman).  SF–Essian (6,off Baumgarten).  IBB–Revering (5,by Farmer).  SB–Henderson 2 (26,2nd base off Baumgarten/Colbern,3rd base off Baumgarten/Colbern); Lemon (6,2nd base off Kingman/Essian).  CS–Edwards (6,2nd base by Baumgarten/Colbern).  IBB–Farmer (10,Revering).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:35.  A–9,732.
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