New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
May 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1971 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0
Munson c 5 2 3 0
White lf 5 0 1 0
Murcer cf 3 0 1 1
Cater 1b 5 0 2 0
Alou rf 5 0 0 0
Kenney 3b 4 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 0 0
Kline p 4 0 1 0
Totals 39 2 8 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Richard cf,ss 5 0 0 0
Stroud lf,cf 5 0 0 0
May 1b 5 0 1 0
McKinney rf 5 0 2 0
Melton 3b 4 0 2 0
Herrmann c 3 1 1 1
Morales ss 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Alvarado 2b 4 0 2 0
Bradley p 3 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
  Horlen p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 1 8 1
New York 000 100 000 01280
Chicago 010 000 000 00181
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (4-1) 11.0 8 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.0
8
1
1
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley   10.0 6 1 0 3 4
  Horlen  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Forster   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
2
1
3
4

  E–Melton (6).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York White (3,off Bradley).  3B–New York Munson (2,off Horlen).  HR–Chicago Herrmann (3,2nd inning off Kline 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Murcer (3,by Bradley).  SB–Munson (2,2nd base off Bradley/Herrmann).  CS–Kenney (1,2nd base by Bradley/Herrmann); Alvarado (1,2nd base by Kline/Munson).  IBB–Bradley (1,Murcer).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:47.  A–10,477.
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