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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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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Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Dent ss 6 1 1 0
Orta 2b 5 0 2 0
Stein 3b 3 1 1 0
  Richard pr 0 0 0 0
Melton dh 1 1 0 1
  Kelly pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Santo ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Muser pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 2 2 1
Downing rf 4 0 0 0
Hairston lf 3 0 0 1
Johnson 1b 5 0 3 1
Varney c 3 0 1 1
Kucek p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Washington C. lf 5 1 3 0
Mangual cf 5 0 1 0
Rudi 1b 2 2 2 2
  Holt pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson dh 4 1 2 0
  Washington H. pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 2 1 3
  Haney c 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Parsons p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Chicago 001 013 0005111
Oakland 303 000 00x6121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kucek  L (1-4) 2.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Granger   1.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Acosta   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Gossage   2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (17-15) 5.0 7 2 2 7 9
  Odom   0.0 1 3 3 3 0
  Knowles   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Parsons   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Lindblad  SV (6) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
13
12

  E–Stein (3), Maxvill (2).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Chicago Orta (30,off Parsons), Oakland C Washington (10,off Kucek).  HR–Oakland Tenace (26,1st inning off Kucek 2 on, 2 out); Rudi (21,3rd inning off Kucek 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Melton (6,off Blue); Varney (1,off Knowles).  SH–Haney (4,off Gossage).  SB–H Washington (28,2nd base off Gossage/Varney).  CS–C Washington (7,2nd base by Kucek/Varney); Garner (1,2nd base by Kucek/Varney).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–3:05.  A–21,560.
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