Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 1
McCraw 1b 4 0 1 1
Ward lf,3b 4 0 1 0
Josephson c 4 0 0 0
Berry cf 4 0 0 0
Melton 3b 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Alomar ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 1 0 1 0
Voss rf 3 1 1 0
Cullen 2b 3 0 1 0
Carlos p 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 2 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Bando 3b 4 0 3 2
Monday cf 4 1 2 0
Rudi lf 3 0 1 1
Donaldson 2b 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 2 1 1 0
Webster 1b 4 0 1 1
Pierce p 3 1 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 5
Chicago 100 010 000273
Oakland 200 301 00x6110
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Carlos  L (1-4) 2.1 5 2 0 1 2
  Fisher   1.2 4 3 2 0 0
  McMahon   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Wilhelm   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
3
3
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W (1-0) 8.2 7 2 2 2 6
  Aker  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
7

  E–Aparicio (4), Josephson (2), Fisher (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Monday (4,off Carlos); Webster (6,off Fisher).  3B–Chicago Aparicio (1,off Pierce).  SH–Pierce (1,off Carlos).  HBP–Campaneris (2,by McMahon).  SB–Campaneris 2 (14,2nd base off Carlos/Josephson,2nd base off McMahon/Josephson).  CS–Campaneris (6,2nd base by Wilhelm/Josephson).  WP–Fisher (1), Pierce (1).  HBP–McMahon (1,Campaneris).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:28.  A–12,340.
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