Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
August 23, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 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 2, Chicago White Sox 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 0 1 0
Uhlaender cf 3 1 3 0
Oliva rf 3 1 1 2
Allison 1b 4 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
  Boswell pr 0 0 0 0
Quilici 3b 4 0 1 0
Clark ss 4 0 0 0
Chance p 3 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Josephson c 2 0 0 1
  McNertney c 0 0 0 0
Ward 3b 1 0 1 0
  Held pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Davis lf 3 0 1 1
McCraw 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
  Hansen 3b 0 0 0 0
Berry cf 3 1 1 0
Horlen p 2 0 1 1
  Peters ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 4 7 3
Minnesota 000 002 000280
Chicago 000 110 02x470
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  L (12-12) 7.1 7 4 4 4 3
  Perranoski   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen   7.0 6 2 2 1 5
  Wood  W (9-9) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Minnesota Quilici (11,off Horlen); Tovar (26,off Wood), Chicago Ward (10,off Chance).  3B–Chicago Horlen (1,off Chance).  HR–Minnesota Oliva (18,6th inning off Horlen 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Uhlaender (6,off Wood); Josephson (3,off Chance); Davis (4,off Chance).  SF–Josephson (4,off Chance).  IBB–Ward (7,by Chance); McCraw (8,by Chance).  SB–Ward (4,2nd base off Chance/Roseboro); Alomar (16,2nd base off Chance/Roseboro).  WP–Chance 2 (12).  IBB–Chance 2 (8,Ward,McCraw).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:23.  A–11,058.
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