Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1968 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 2 0
Donaldson 2b 2 0 0 1
Bando 3b 4 1 1 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 1 1
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
  Webster 1b 1 0 0 0
Gosger cf 4 0 1 0
Cater 1b,lf 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
Krausse p 2 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Voss cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Ward rf,lf 3 0 1 2
  Bradford pr,lf 0 1 0 0
McCraw 1b 4 0 1 1
Josephson c 3 0 0 0
Davis lf 1 0 0 0
  Berry cf 2 0 0 0
Melton 3b 3 1 1 0
Cullen 2b 2 0 1 1
  Snyder ph 1 0 1 0
  Alomar pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Oakland 100 001 000280
Chicago 010 000 03x470
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  L (1-5) 7.1 5 3 3 1 0
  Lindblad   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
1
0
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   6.0 6 2 2 3 3
  Wilhelm  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wood  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Cater (3,off Peters), Chicago Melton (3,off Krausse); Ward (1,off Lindblad).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (3,off Peters); Bando (1,off Peters).  SH–Donaldson (2,off Wilhelm).  SB–Cater (1,2nd base off Peters/Josephson); Campaneris (17,3rd base off Wilhelm/Josephson).  CS–Donaldson (3,2nd base by Peters/Josephson).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:03.  A–3,752.
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