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April 15, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 10 0
White Sox 5 14 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 10 0
White Sox 5 14 2

Eric Soderholm Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .179
OBP .250 .281
At Bats 4 28
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 4

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 1
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Comiskey Park - April 15, 1979
Out
Rich Gossage
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Jay Johnstone
Mickey Rivers
Reggie Jackson
Eric Soderholm
Alan Bannister
Jorge Orta

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 10 0 6
Chicago White Sox 5 14 2 10
Winning Pitcher Ed Figueroa
Losing Pitcher Mike Proly
Save Rich Gossage
Game Winning RBI Mickey Rivers
Attendance 18,681
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bannister hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. Orta takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Jay Johnstone now playing left field. Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 There goes Randolph. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. Randolph steals second.
Top 9 Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores.
Top 9 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Rivers reaches second base with a double. Chambliss scores.
Top 9 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 9 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bill Nahorodny now catching. Greg Pryor now playing shortstop. Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Juan Beniquez. Johnstone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Garr strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thad Bosley pinch runs for Marv Foley. Junior Moore pinch hits for Harry Chappas. Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bosley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Foley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Figueroa covering, for the out.
Top 8 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Jackson strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Lou Piniella. Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bannister hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Orta hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Washington hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Washington reaches second base with a double. There goes Garr trying to get to home. Rivers throws the ball in to Dent who relays the ball to Munson, who tags Garr, who came all the way from first, for the out. Washington moves to third.
Bottom 6 Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chappas 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 Mike Proly now pitching. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards second. Bannister fields it and throws to first for the out. Squires throws to Chappas, who throws back to Squires who tags Chambliss for the double play.
Top 6 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Beniquez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to second.
Top 6 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Squires bunts towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Bannister scores. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 5 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bannister moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bannister hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Bannister reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Orta 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 5 Munson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 5 Rivers strikes out.
Top 5 Dent is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lemon 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 Washington hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Washington reaches second base with a double. Chappas scores.
Bottom 4 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chappas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Chappas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Foley strikes out.
Top 4 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nettles strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Munson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Munson moves to third.
Top 4 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas misplays the ball. That's an error on Chappas.
Bottom 3 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Randolph fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Lemon scores. Bannister moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lemon moves to third. Orta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Washington scores.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Washington reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Garr hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires fields it, throws to home for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dent bunts towards the mound. Baumgarten fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Beniquez moves to third. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 3 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister misplays the ball. That's an error on Bannister. Beniquez moves to second.
Top 3 Beniquez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Chappas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Squires moves to second.
Bottom 2 Squires hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bannister settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bannister scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bannister 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 1 Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Washington for the out.
Bottom 1 Garr 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 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.