Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
August 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 3 0
Ward 3b 4 0 0 0
  Kenworthy pr 0 0 0 0
Davis lf 5 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 4 1 2 2
Berry cf 5 1 1 0
Bradford rf 3 1 1 0
McNertney c 2 0 0 0
  Josephson ph,c 2 0 1 1
Priddy p 1 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 0 0 0 0
  Lazar p 0 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 0 0 0
  Carlos p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 1 1
  Horlen pr 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 5 2 2 0
Johnson rf 5 0 1 1
Maye lf 4 1 2 2
  Harper lf 0 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 2 2 1
Sims c 4 0 3 1
Fuller 3b 4 0 3 1
Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Williams p 2 1 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
Chicago 000 000 0505111
Cleveland 102 100 20x6132
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Priddy  L (3-9) 2.2 7 3 2 0 3
  Ribant   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Lazar   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Carlos   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Locker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
5
1
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (10-7) 7.2 8 4 0 2 7
  Fisher   0.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Paul   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Romo   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Pina  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
0
3
7

  E–Davis (5), Horton (6), Brown (18).  DP–Cleveland 2.  PB–McNertney (2).  2B–Cleveland Sims 2 (14,off Priddy,off Lazar); Johnson (5,off Ribant).  HR–Chicago McCraw (9,8th inning off Williams 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Maye (3,7th inning off Carlos 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Williams (2,by Williams); McCraw (4,by Pina).  SH–Nelson (4,off Priddy).  SB–Alomar (13,2nd base off Williams/Sims); Cardenal (30,2nd base off Priddy/McNertney).  CS–Alomar (6,2nd base by Romo/Sims).  HBP–Williams (10,Williams); Pina (1,McCraw).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:51.  A–9,976.
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