Philadelphia Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 4, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1947 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Valo rf 2 2 0 0
McCosky cf 4 1 2 2
Fain 1b 4 0 1 1
  Knickerbocker pr 0 1 0 0
Binks lf 3 1 1 0
  Chapman ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Majeski 3b 3 0 1 1
Joost ss 4 0 2 2
Rosar c 4 1 1 0
Suder 2b 3 0 1 0
Marchildon p 3 1 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Baker 3b 5 0 0 0
Appling ss 5 1 4 1
Philley cf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 3 1 0 0
Jones 1b 4 2 2 1
Wright lf 4 1 2 1
Michaels 2b 2 1 1 0
Dickey c 4 1 2 1
Ruffing p 0 0 0 0
  Gillespie p 2 0 0 0
  Papish p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
  Bithorn p 0 0 0 0
  Wallaesa ph 1 1 1 4
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Maltzberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Philadelphia 100 021 201–790
Chicago 011 000 06x–8121
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Marchildon   7.1 9 6 6 4 5
  Christopher  L(1-2) 0.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
4
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Gillespie   5.0 5 5 4 5 1
  Papish   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Bithorn  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Caldwell   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Maltzberger  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
9
1
  E–Appling (3).  DP–Chicago 2. Michaels-Jones, Appling-Jones.  2B–Philadelphia Fain (5); Binks (4); Joost (5), Chicago Appling 2 (5); Wright (2).  HR–Chicago Appling (1,3rd inning off Marchildon 0 on); Jones (1,2nd inning off Marchildon 0 on); Wallaesa (1,8th inning off Christopher 3 on).  SH–Majeski (2); Suder (2).  HBP–Majeski (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  U–Charlie Berry, Hal Weafer, Cal Hubbard.
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