Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Revering dh 4 0 0 0
Newman 3b 3 1 0 0
Gross 1b 3 1 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
Murray rf 2 0 0 0
  Essian ph 0 0 0 1
  Bryant pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 1 0
Heath c 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Squires 1b 4 2 2 1
Bannister lf 5 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 1 1 2
Johnson dh 4 0 3 0
Lemon cf 3 1 2 0
Morrison 2b,3b 3 1 0 0
Colbern c 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 0 0 0 0
  Foley c 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 1 0 1 0
  Orta ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Chappas ss 3 0 1 0
  Garr ph 1 0 1 2
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Oakland 000 000 200230
Chicago 200 000 12x5113
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (1-16) 7.0 10 5 5 4 3
  Heaverlo   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Hamilton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (2-0) 7.0 2 2 0 2 4
  Hoffman   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Proly  SV (9) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
0
3
6

  E–Lemon 2 (9), Chappas (7).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Chicago Lemon (41,off Keough).  HR–Chicago Washington (13,1st inning off Keough 1 on, 1 out); Squires (2,7th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Edwards (4,off Dotson).  SF–Essian (7,off Dotson).  HBP–Morrison (3,by Keough).  SB–Henderson (27,2nd base off Hoffman/Colbern).  CS–Bell (4,2nd base by Keough/Heath).  WP–Keough 3 (13).  HBP–Keough (6,Morrison).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:56.  A–11,849.
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