Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 23, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1970 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Oakland Athletics 12, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 0 0 0
La Russa 2b 6 1 1 0
Jackson rf 3 2 1 0
Bando 3b 4 3 3 1
Alou lf 3 2 3 4
  Rudi ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 2 0 0
Fernandez c 4 1 2 3
Donaldson ss 5 0 3 3
Hunter p 5 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 14 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 5 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
  Morales ss 1 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b,c 3 0 1 0
May lf 3 0 0 0
  Bradford lf,cf 1 0 1 0
Melton 3b 3 1 1 1
Matias rf,1b 4 1 2 1
Herrmann c 2 0 0 0
  Wynne p 0 0 0 0
  Christian ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Berry cf 3 0 1 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
Horlen p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 1 0 0 0
  Williams ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Oakland 403 300 02012140
Chicago 010 000 001281
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (6-4) 9.0 8 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen  L (5-4) 2.1 7 7 7 2 2
  Sisk   2.2 4 3 3 0 3
  Wynne   2.0 1 0 0 4 1
  Wood   2.0 2 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
12
10
6
7

  E–Williams (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Fernandez (1,off Horlen), Chicago Bradford (3,off Hunter).  HR–Oakland Alou (4,4th inning off Sisk 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Melton (4,2nd inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out); Matias (2,9th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Jackson (9,3rd base off Horlen/Herrmann); Bando (4,2nd base off Horlen/Herrmann).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:46.  A–7,395.
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