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August 9, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 5 12 0
Yankees 1 2 1
Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 5 12 0
Yankees 1 2 1

Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .305
OBP .333 .333
At Bats 3 370
Hits 1 113
• Singles 0 84
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 58

Rich Wortham Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 11 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 9, 1979
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Out
Rich Wortham
Milt May
Mike Squires
Jim Morrison
Kevin Bell
Greg Pryor
Alan Bannister
Chet Lemon
Rusty Torres
Lou Piniella

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 5 12 0 7
New York Yankees 1 2 1 2
Winning Pitcher Rich Wortham
Losing Pitcher Catfish Hunter
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Greg Pryor
Attendance 21,535
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bannister hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Squires is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Ken Clay now pitching. Morrison strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Gulden takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella throws the ball in to Randolph who tags May trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Torres scores. Pryor moves to third.
Top 8 Pryor takes first base on ball four. Torres moves to second.
Top 8 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lemon hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Jackson. The throw from May and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kevin Bell now playing third base. Jim Morrison now playing second base. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kevin Bell pinch hits for Jorge Orta. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Bannister takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Squires for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pryor hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gulden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rusty Torres now playing right field. Nettles hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rusty Torres pinch hits for Claudell Washington. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hood covering, for the out.
Top 4 Bannister takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Squires moves to second.
Top 4 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Morrison hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gulden hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Pryor hits a line drive towards third. Nettles catches it and throws to first to double up Washington.
Top 3 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 3 Don Hood now pitching. Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orta scores.
Top 3 Orta hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Orta reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bannister hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Squires hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pryor scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Morrison hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pryor hits a line drive to left field. Piniella throws towards Randolph. Randolph fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Randolph. Lemon scores. Washington goes all the way around to score. Pryor moves to third.
Top 2 Washington takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Top 2 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 1 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bannister hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Squires hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Squires reaches second base with a double. Murcer throws the ball in to Randolph who relays the ball to Nettles who tags Squires trying to catch an extra base, for the out.