Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 1 2 1
Johnstone cf 3 1 0 0
McKinney 2b 4 1 2 2
Melton 3b 1 1 1 0
May 1b 3 0 1 2
Reichardt lf 4 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Alvarado ss 4 1 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Kealey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 1 1
Rudi lf 5 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 0
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
Brown 2b 4 0 2 0
Dobson p 1 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
  Hendrick pr 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Chicago 100 100 021560
Oakland 000 000 001160
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (12-10) 8.0 3 0 0 5 12
  Kealey  SV (6) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
13
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (15-5) 5.0 2 2 2 2 2
  Knowles   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Fingers   2.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
6

  E–None.  2B–Chicago May (21,off Dobson).  HR–Chicago McKinney (8,1st inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Johnstone (5,off Knowles); Johnson (3,off Fingers).  SF–May (5,off Fingers).  HBP–Herrmann (2,by Fingers); Epstein (12,by Johnson).  IBB–Melton (5,by Knowles).  SB–Melton (3,2nd base off Knowles/Duncan); Kelly 2 (13,2nd base off Fingers/Duncan 2); Campaneris (33,2nd base off Johnson/Herrmann).  CS–Bando (7,2nd base by Johnson/Herrmann).  HBP–Johnson (6,Epstein); Fingers (8,Herrmann).  IBB–Knowles (5,Melton).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:17.
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