Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
May 31, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1968 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 1, Chicago White Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 3b,ss 7 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 0 1 0
  Miller p 2 0 0 0
Oliva rf 6 0 2 0
Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0
Allison lf 6 1 2 1
Uhlaender cf 6 0 2 0
Zimmerman c 3 0 1 0
  Quilici pr 0 0 0 0
  Look c 3 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 1 0
  Kostro ph 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph,3b 4 0 0 0
Totals 52 1 12 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 7 0 3 1
McCraw 1b 4 0 0 0
Bradford rf,lf 5 0 0 0
  Priddy p 0 0 0 0
  McNertney ph,c 1 0 0 0
Davis lf 3 1 1 0
  Voss rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Josephson c 6 0 1 1
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Kenworthy 3b 6 1 4 0
Berry cf 5 0 0 0
Cullen 2b 3 0 1 0
  Alomar pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 48 2 10 2
Minnesota 000 000 100 000 001122
Chicago 000 001 000 000 012101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   6.0 5 1 0 0 6
  Perranoski   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Worthington   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Miller  L (0-1) 3.1 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
13.1
10
2
1
3
10
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   6.0 7 1 1 2 1
  Locker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wood   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Priddy   3.0 4 0 0 0 2
  McMahon  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
12
1
1
3
7

  E–Hernandez 2 (11), Alomar (2).  DP–Minnesota 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Minnesota Uhlaender (9,off Peters), Chicago Aparicio (8,off Miller); Kenworthy (1,off Miller).  HR–Minnesota Allison (4,7th inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Merritt (2,off Peters); Causey (1,off Perranoski); Alomar (1,off Miller).  IBB–Killebrew (9,by Peters); McCraw (3,by Miller); Voss (1,by Miller); Snyder (1,by Miller).  HBP–McCraw (1,by Merritt); Berry (1,by Miller).  HBP–Merritt (3,McCraw); Miller (2,Berry).  IBB–Miller 3 (4,McCraw,Voss,Snyder); Peters (3,Killebrew).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–3:53.  A–9,667.
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