Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 27, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1974 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 3, Oakland Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Dent ss 4 1 2 0
Orta 2b 5 1 2 0
Stein 3b 3 1 0 0
Melton dh 5 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Downing rf 4 0 1 2
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Muser 1b 1 0 0 0
Varney c 4 0 2 0
Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 0 1 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
Washington rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 0 0 0
  Holt 1b 2 0 1 0
Rudi lf 2 0 1 0
  Alou lf 2 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0
  Garner 3b 2 0 0 0
Mangual dh,rf 4 2 2 1
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 2 1
  Trillo pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago 300 000 000391
Oakland 000 010 100272
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  W (12-15) 6.2 7 2 2 2 2
  Forster  SV (24) 2.1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (19-16) 5.0 6 3 0 2 2
  Fingers   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hamilton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Odom   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
0
3
8

  E–Dent (22), Fosse (9), Trillo (2).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Fosse (3).  2B–Chicago Dent (15,off Holtzman), Oakland Green (8,off Bahnsen).  HR–Oakland Mangual (9,7th inning off Bahnsen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stein (1,off Holtzman); Dent (21,off Odom).  IBB–K Henderson (9,by Holtzman).  IBB–Holtzman (3,K Henderson).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:12.  A–7,177.
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