Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 0 0
May lf 6 0 1 1
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Bradford rf 6 0 2 2
Ward 1b 4 0 1 0
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
  Held ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Josephson c 4 1 2 0
  McNertney c 0 1 0 0
Melton 3b 5 0 2 1
Berry cf 5 1 2 1
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansen 2b 1 1 0 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  McCraw 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 10 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 6 0 1 0
Jackson cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Cater 1b 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 5 0 1 0
Hershberger rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Green 2b 4 0 1 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 0 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 1 0 0 0
  Monday cf 2 0 1 0
Krausse p 2 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 1 6 0
Chicago 000 000 100 0045102
Oakland 000 100 000 000161
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   7.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Wood   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Wilhelm  W (4-4) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Locker  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
12.0
6
1
1
5
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse   10.0 6 1 1 1 4
  Aker  L (4-4) 1.2 4 4 4 2 4
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
5
5
3
9

  E–McNertney (5), Alomar (20), Duncan (7).  2B–Chicago Ward (15,off Krausse), Oakland Hershberger (9,off Peters).  3B–Chicago Josephson (6,off Krausse).  IBB–McCraw (9,by Krausse).  SH–Krausse (2,off Wood); Duncan (2,off Wilhelm).  SB–Bradford (8,2nd base off Krausse/Duncan); Cater (7,Home off Peters/Josephson); Bando (12,2nd base off Peters/Josephson); Lewis (8,3rd base off Wilhelm/Josephson).  CS–Rudi (1,2nd base by Peters/Josephson).  IBB–Krausse (9,McCraw).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:10.  A–2,998.
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