Washington Senators vs Chicago White Sox
May 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1969 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 6, Chicago White Sox 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 0 2 0
Stroud rf 3 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 3 3 4
Howard lf 4 1 2 1
Allen B. 2b 4 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 0
Casanova c 4 0 1 0
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Billings ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 1 1 1
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Holman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams rf 4 2 2 0
  Berry cf 0 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
May lf 3 2 1 1
Ward 1b 4 1 2 2
Josephson c 4 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 0 2 2
Knoop 2b 4 0 0 0
Bradford cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Osinski p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Washington 100 002 3006122
Chicago 321 000 10x791
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   2.2 8 6 4 2 3
  Humphreys   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Cox  L (2-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
2
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   5.2 8 3 3 0 4
  Wood   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Osinski  W (1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
0
5

  E–Epstein (6), B Allen (5), Melton (6).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Josephson (6).  2B–Washington Casanova (3,off Ellis); Brinkman (5,off Ellis), Chicago Melton (7,off Coleman).  HR–Washington Epstein 3 (8,1st inning off Ellis 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Wood 1 on, 1 out); Howard (14,6th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out); Alyea (3,7th inning off Wood 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Bradford (5,3rd inning off Coleman 0 on, 2 out); May (10,7th inning off Cox 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Melton (1,2nd base by Coleman/Casanova).  WP–Ellis (1).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:24.  A–10,200.
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