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May 4, 1979

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White Sox 4 7 2
Rangers 5 7 0
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White Sox 5 8 2
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Chet Lemon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .372
OBP .250 .449
At Bats 4 86
Hits 1 32
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 1 11

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

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2 1 4
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Arlington Stadium - May 4, 1979
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Single
Sparky Lyle
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
Chet Lemon
Claudell Washington
Rusty Torres
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torres scores. Washington moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Torres moves to second.
Top 9 Rusty Torres pinch runs for Marv Foley. Wayne Nordhagen pinch hits for Ralph Garr. Sparky Lyle now pitching. Nordhagen hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thad Bosley pinch runs for Greg Pryor. Foley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Pryor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Putnam hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Foley for a passed ball. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sundberg is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Lamar Johnson now playing first base. Zisk strikes out.
Top 8 Junior Moore pinch hits for Mike Squires. Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out.
Top 8 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bannister moves to second.
Top 8 Bannister hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Kern now pitching. Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gamble hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Barrios scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gamble for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a popup towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pryor scores.
Top 7 Foley hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pryor moves to third.
Top 7 Pryor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Pryor reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sample hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Norman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Norman reaches third base with a triple. Wills scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires juggles the ball. That's an error on Squires. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 6 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Alexander covering, for the out.
Top 6 Orta is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Washington for the out.
Bottom 4 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Norman hits a popup towards short. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Putnam. The throw from Foley and he is safe. Putnam steals second.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to home to get Squires. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Foley hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Orta tags and scores. Squires tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Pryor hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bannister tags and scores. Orta tags and moves to third. Squires tags and moves to second.
Top 4 Squires is hit by the pitch. Bannister moves to third. Orta moves to second.
Top 4 Orta takes first base on ball four. Bannister moves to second.
Top 4 Bannister takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Zisk hits a popup towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lemon is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Washington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bannister reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Norman. The throw from Foley and he is safe. Norman steals second.
Bottom 2 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garr strikes out.
Top 2 Foley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Squires. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Squires steals second.
Top 2 Pryor hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Squires takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Orta hits a line drive towards short. Norman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Putnam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sundberg hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zisk hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires juggles the ball. That's an error on Squires. Sample scores.
Bottom 1 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Sample reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lemon hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Washington is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.