Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 24, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 5, Chicago White Sox 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Rudi lf 5 2 2 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 2 1
Alou rf 2 2 0 0
Francona 1b 4 0 2 2
  Tartabull pr 0 0 0 0
  Mincher 1b 0 0 0 0
Fernandez c 3 0 1 1
La Russa 2b 3 0 0 1
Dobson p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Matias rf 3 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 1 0 0
Hopkins 1b 4 0 1 0
Melton 3b 2 0 0 1
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Christian lf 3 0 0 0
Berry cf 2 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
John p 2 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 1 1
Oakland 000 102 020590
Chicago 100 000 000111
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (4-4) 9.0 1 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
John  L (4-7) 7.1 9 5 5 2 3
  Murphy   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
3

  E–Aparicio (7).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Rudi (4,off John); Monday (9,off John).  SH–Monday (2,off John).  SF–LaRussa (1,off Murphy); Melton (2,off Dobson).  IBB–Alou 2 (3,by John 2).  SB–Bando (5,2nd base off John/Herrmann).  CS–Campaneris (1,2nd base by John/Herrmann).  IBB–John 2 (7,Alou 2).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:07.
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