Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
May 27, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1960 at Municipal Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Athletics 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf,rf 4 0 1 2
Fox 2b 5 0 2 2
Minoso rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 0 0
Sievers lf 4 1 1 0
  Landis cf 0 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 1 1 2
Brown c 3 1 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 4 4 0
Pierce p 1 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 3 0 0 0
Carey 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Siebern ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Chiti c 4 1 1 1
Bauer rf 3 1 2 0
  Giggie p 0 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
Herzog lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Hamlin ss 4 1 3 1
Herbert p 2 0 2 2
  Throneberry ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Chicago 001 210 102790
Kansas City 020 200 0004111
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce   3.1 7 4 4 0 1
  Kemmerer  W (1-2) 5.2 4 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (2-3) 7.0 8 5 5 1 0
  Kucks   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Giggie   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Kiely   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
3
2

  E–Hamlin (5).  DP–Chicago 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Sievers (4,off Herbert).  3B–Chicago Aparicio 2 (3,off Herbert 2), Kansas City Hamlin (1,off Pierce).  HR–Chicago Freese (1,4th inning off Herbert 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Chiti (3,4th inning off Pierce 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kemmerer (3,off Herbert); Lumpe (2,off Pierce).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  WP–Giggie (1).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:42.  A–9,498.
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