Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Alomar 2b 5 0 2 0
Ward 3b 3 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 0
Berry cf 3 0 0 0
Bradford rf 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
McNertney c 4 1 1 1
Carlos p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 1 0 0 0
  Held rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 2 1
Northrup rf 4 1 1 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
  Horton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Matchick ss 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Dobson p 2 0 1 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 3 8 3
Chicago 100 010 000 0260
Detroit 000 100 010 1381
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Carlos   5.2 6 1 1 1 3
  Locker   2.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Wood  L (8-9) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
8
3
3
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   8.0 4 2 2 1 7
  Patterson  W (2-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
1
12

  E–Matchick (8).  DP–Chicago 1, Detroit 1.  PB–McNertney (3).  2B–Chicago Aparicio 2 (20,off Dobson,off Patterson), Detroit Wert (13,off Carlos).  3B–Detroit Brown (2,off Carlos).  HR–Chicago McNertney (2,5th inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Stanley (10,8th inning off Locker 0 on, 2 out); Price (2,10th inning off Wood 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Ward (9,by Dobson).  SB–Alomar (15,2nd base off Dobson/Freehan); Northrup (4,2nd base off Carlos/McNertney).  CS–McAuliffe (7,2nd base by Carlos/McNertney).  HBP–Dobson (2,Ward).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Bill Valentine.  T–2:39.  A–29,540.
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