Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1969 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
May lf 4 1 1 0
Melton 3b 3 0 1 0
Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Josephson c 4 0 0 1
Bradford rf 3 0 0 0
Berry cf 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Peters p 2 1 1 1
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Osinski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
Hershberger lf 4 0 0 0
  Nossek lf 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 2 0
Cater 1b 4 2 3 0
Green 2b 4 2 2 3
Monday cf 3 0 1 0
Duncan c 2 0 0 1
Odom p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Chicago 000 110 000232
Oakland 000 030 20x590
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (0-1) 6.0 7 5 4 0 8
  Locker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Osinski   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
0
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (1-0) 9.0 3 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
6

  E–Aparicio (1), Peters (1).  2B–Oakland Jackson (1,off Peters).  HR–Chicago Peters (1,5th inning off Odom 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Green (1,5th inning off Peters 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Duncan (1,off Locker).  SB–Campaneris (1,2nd base off Peters/Josephson).  WP–Odom (1).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:05.  A–23,610.
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