Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1974 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland Athletics 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bradford lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Orta 2b 5 1 2 1
Allen D. 1b 2 0 2 0
  Muser pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Melton 3b 3 0 2 1
  Richard pr 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 5 0 0 0
Downing rf 2 0 1 0
  May ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Santo dh 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Herrmann c 4 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Allen L. p 0 0 0 0
  Pitlock p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 0 0
Washington dh 3 1 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 2
Jackson rf 3 0 2 1
Rudi lf 2 0 0 0
  Mangual lf 1 0 0 0
Tenace 1b,c 2 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
Kubiak ss 1 1 1 0
Haney c 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Bourque 1b 0 0 0 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 3 5 3
Chicago 000 020 000280
Oakland 003 000 00x350
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  L (0-2) 2.1 2 3 3 4 2
  Pitlock   2.1 1 0 0 4 1
  Gossage   3.1 2 0 0 3 4
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
11
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton   4.0 5 2 2 5 2
  Lindblad  W (3-2) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Fingers  SV (11) 2.2 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Chicago Orta (18,off Hamilton), Oakland Bando (16,off L Allen).  IBB–Tenace (6,by Gossage).  SB–Rudi (2,2nd base off L Allen/Herrmann); Jackson (11,2nd base off Gossage/Herrmann).  CS–Rudi (3,Home by L Allen/Herrmann); Tenace (6,2nd base by Gossage/Herrmann).  IBB–Gossage (3,Tenace).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Armando Rodriguez, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–3:10.  A–24,317.
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