| 79 Whitesox beat 79 Yankees 4-2 in Munson's last game |
| Chicago scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th off a tired Ron Guidry & not so overpowering Goose Gossage to beat the Yankees 4-2 in what would be Thurman Munson's last game before tragedy struck.Randy Scarbery of Chicago pitched 7 innings & Guy Hoffman closed it out. FOOTNOTE:Munson went 1 for 3 with a walk. |
| Outs: | 3 | Inning: | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E | |
| Away | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Home | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| 1979 New York Yankees | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Willie Randolph | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurman Munson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Piniella | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graig Nettles | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Spencer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Murcer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roy White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Chambliss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Dent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | PC | |
| Ron Guidry | 7.3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Rich Gossage | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1979 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Alan Bannister | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Garr | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chet Lemon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lamar Johnson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Orta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Milt May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Pryor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Morrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Bell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | PC | |
| Randy Scarbery | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Guy Hoffman | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||||