Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
August 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1976 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 10, Chicago White Sox 11

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 7 0 4 0
Grich 2b 5 2 2 1
Jackson rf 1 1 1 0
  Blair ph,cf 4 0 1 0
May L. 1b 5 1 2 3
  Muser pr,1b,lf 1 0 1 0
Singleton lf,rf 6 1 2 0
Crowley dh 1 0 1 1
  Harper ph,dh 6 0 0 0
Bumbry cf,lf 5 3 3 2
  Robinson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b,1b 5 1 2 2
Dempsey c 6 1 3 1
May R. p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 10 22 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lemon cf 5 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Orta dh 6 1 2 0
Stein 3b,2b 7 1 3 1
Johnson L. 1b 5 2 1 1
Dent ss 5 2 2 1
Hairston rf 3 2 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 1 1 3
  Garr pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Bannister lf 1 0 1 0
  Kelly ph,lf 3 0 2 3
Essian c 5 1 2 2
Johnson B. p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 11 15 11
Baltimore 303 002 110 00010220
Chicago 020 005 201 00111150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
May   5.0 6 6 6 2 5
  Pagan   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Martinez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Holdsworth   2.2 4 2 2 3 2
  Miller   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Cuellar  L (4-13) 3.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.2
15
11
11
9
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   1.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Forster   1.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Jefferson   3.1 6 2 2 2 2
  Carroll   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Hamilton  W (5-5) 4.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
22
10
10
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Baltimore R Jackson (21,off B Johnson); Bumbry (14,off Jefferson); Singleton (20,off Jefferson); Blair (13,off Hamilton), Chicago Bannister (3,off R May); Kelly (17,off T Martinez); Essian (6,off Holdsworth).  3B–Baltimore Bumbry (7,off Carroll).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (7,3rd inning off Forster 1 on, 2 out); Bumbry (6,6th inning off Jefferson 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Brohamer (7,2nd inning off R May 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Blair (9,off Carroll); Singleton (2,off Hamilton); Hairston (2,off Cuellar); Bell (5,off Cuellar).  HBP–DeCinces (1,by B Johnson).  IBB–L May (6,by Hamilton).  SB–Belanger (20,2nd base off Forster/Essian); Bumbry (26,2nd base off Forster/Essian); Grich (11,3rd base off Carroll/Essian); Garr (11,2nd base off Miller/Dempsey); Kelly (15,2nd base off Miller/Dempsey).  CS–Belanger (14,2nd base by Jefferson/Essian); Dempsey (1,2nd base by Carroll/Essian).  WP–Holdsworth (1).  HBP–B Johnson (1,DeCinces).  IBB–Hamilton (5,L May).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–4:24.  A–32,607.
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