Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 6, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1968 at Memorial Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bradford rf 5 1 2 1
Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
  Held lf 1 0 0 0
Ward 3b 4 1 3 1
  Priddy pr 0 0 0 0
  Hansen 3b 0 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 5 0 1 0
Berry cf 4 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
McNertney c 4 1 2 1
Horlen p 3 0 0 0
  Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 9 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf,2b 5 1 3 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
  May ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 6 1 1 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 2 1
Blefary lf 5 0 1 0
Haney c 5 0 4 0
Belanger ss 5 0 1 0
Hardin p 2 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
  Bunker p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 12 1
Chicago 000 011 000 01390
Baltimore 100 000 100 002120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen   6.0 9 2 1 1 3
  Wood   3.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Wilhelm  W (3-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Locker  SV (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
2
1
3
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin   6.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Bunker   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Richert  L (6-3) 3.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Baltimore 2.  PB–McNertney 2 (8).  2B–Chicago Ward (12,off Hardin); McCraw (14,off Hardin), Baltimore Haney (3,off Horlen).  HR–Chicago McNertney (3,5th inning off Hardin 0 on, 1 out); Ward (14,6th inning off Hardin 0 on, 2 out); Bradford (5,11th inning off Richert 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Buford (1,off Wilhelm).  SB–Buford (20,2nd base off Horlen/McNertney).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:10.  A–7,130.
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