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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins 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 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bradford rf 5 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 5 2 4 0
Josephson c 5 1 3 1
Ward 3b 4 0 1 1
  Held pr 0 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 1
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Hansen ss 5 0 1 0
Berry cf 3 0 1 0
Fisher p 3 0 0 0
  Aparicio ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 12 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 0 1 0
Reese 1b 4 0 0 0
Oliva rf 2 0 1 0
  Holt rf 2 0 0 0
Allison lf 4 2 2 1
Carew 2b 4 1 1 0
Rollins 3b 4 1 2 2
  Quilici 3b 0 0 0 0
Look c 2 0 0 0
Renick ss 2 0 1 0
  Roseboro ph 1 0 1 1
  Clark ss 1 0 0 0
Chance p 4 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 001 000 0023121
Minnesota 010 002 10x493
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (7-9) 7.0 9 4 4 1 5
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  W (13-13) 8.1 11 3 3 3 4
  Perranoski   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Worthington  SV (16) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
4

  E–McCraw (17), Reese (6), Rollins (6), Renick (7).  2B–Chicago Berry (14,off Chance); Josephson (14,off Chance).  HR–Minnesota Rollins (5,2nd inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 out); Allison (19,7th inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Davis (5,off Perranoski).  IBB–Look (3,by Fisher).  SB–Alomar (19,2nd base off Chance/Look).  IBB–Fisher (3,Look).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:38.  A–11,665.
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