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White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 16, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 16, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Francisco Barrios |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Matt Keough |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 1,225 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Roy Roth 1B: Jim Cuneo 2B: Tony Patch 3B: Rick Reed |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Claudell Washington | Right Fielder |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Alan Bannister | Second Baseman |
| Jorge Orta | DH |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Greg Pryor | Shortstop |
| Don Kessinger | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Miguel Dilone | Right Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Derek Bryant | Left Fielder |
| Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
| Jim Marshall | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 16, 1979
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Keough
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Keough
Lemon is hit by the pitch. Garr moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Keough
Soderholm strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bannister vs. Keough
Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Barrios
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Barrios
Dilone hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Keough
Orta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Keough
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nahorodny vs. Keough
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Keough
Pryor hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Barrios
Revering hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Barrios
Guerrero is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Barrios
Essian hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Keough
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Washington for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Keough
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Keough
Soderholm strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Barrios
Bryant hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards bunts towards the mound. Barrios fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Barrios
There goes Edwards. The throw from Nahorodny and he is out, Pryor applying the tag. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Barrios
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Keough
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Keough
Orta strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Keough
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nahorodny vs. Keough
Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pryor vs. Keough
Pryor hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Barrios
Dilone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Dilone reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dilone tags and scores. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Barrios
Revering hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nahorodny settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Barrios
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Keough
Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bryant. Washington reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Keough
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Keough
Soderholm hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Edwards catches it and throws to second with Guerrero covering, to double up Washington. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Barrios
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Barrios
Bryant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bryant moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Barrios
Murphy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Keough
Bannister takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Keough
Orta bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Bannister moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Keough
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nahorodny vs. Keough
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Barrios
Dilone bunts towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Barrios
Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Barrios
Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Page moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. Barrios
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Keough
Pryor hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Keough
Garr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Keough
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Barrios
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Barrios
Bryant hits a line drive towards the mound. Barrios reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Barrios
Edwards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Keough
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Keough
Soderholm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bannister vs. Keough
Joe Gates pinch runs for Eric Soderholm.
There goes Gates. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Gates steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bannister vs. Keough
Bannister takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Keough
Orta hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bryant. Orta reaches second base with a double. Gates scores. Bannister goes all the way around to score. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Orta moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nahorodny vs. Heaverlo
Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orta scores. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Heaverlo
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Barrios
Mike Squires now playing first base. Don Kessinger now playing shortstop. Greg Pryor now playing third base. Rusty Torres now playing left field.
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Barrios
Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Barrios
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Trout
Steve Trout now pitching.
Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Heaverlo
Squires hits a fly ball into left field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Heaverlo
Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Heaverlo
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Trout
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Trout
Gross strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Trout
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1979 -- Chicago at Oakland (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Garr R, lf 4 0 2 0 Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0
Squires M, 1b 1 0 0 0 Dilone M, rf 4 1 1 0
Washington C, rf 5 0 1 0 Page M, dh 3 0 2 1
Lemon C, cf 2 0 0 0 Revering D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Soderholm E, 3b 4 0 1 0 Guerrero M, ss 4 0 1 0
Gates J, pr 0 1 0 0 Gross W, 3b 3 0 0 0
Kessinger D, ss 0 0 0 0 Essian J, c 4 0 0 0
Bannister A, 2b 2 1 0 0 Bryant D, lf 3 0 1 0
Orta J, dh 2 1 1 2 Edwards M, 2b 3 0 2 0
Johnson L, 1b 4 0 1 0
Torres R, lf 0 0 0 0
Nahorodny B, c 4 0 2 1
Pryor G, ss-3b 4 0 0 0
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32 3 8 3 32 1 7 1
Chicago 000 000 030 -- 3
Oakland 000 100 000 -- 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios F (W) 7.2 7 1 1 1 1
Trout S (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Keough M (L) 7.1 7 3 3 5 4
Heaverlo D 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
DP -- Oakland 3
LOB -- Chicago 9, Oakland 6
2B -- Washington C, Orta J
3B -- Dilone M
SB -- Gates J
CS -- Edwards M
SH -- Orta J
SF -- Page M
HBP -- by Keough M (Lemon C)
T -- 2:20
A -- 1225
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