Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 22, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1977 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hairston lf 5 1 2 0
Bannister 2b 5 1 1 0
Zisk rf 5 3 4 4
Soderholm 3b 5 1 2 0
Spencer 1b 5 1 1 2
Johnson dh 4 1 1 2
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Essian c 2 0 0 0
Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 0 0
Lintz 2b 3 0 0 0
  Armas ph 0 0 0 0
  Scott pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 1 0 0
  Williams ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
McKinney dh 4 0 1 0
Mallory rf 2 0 1 2
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Chicago 203 020 0018121
Oakland 020 000 000240
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  W (2-0) 9.0 4 2 0 4 10
Totals
9.0
4
2
0
4
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-2) 5.0 8 7 7 2 1
  Langford   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bahnsen   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Giusti   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
4
1

  E–Soderholm (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Chicago Zisk (2,off Giusti).  3B–Chicago Bannister (1,off Blue); Soderholm (2,off Blue).  HR–Chicago Zisk 2 (4,1st inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Blue 0 on, 1 out); Spencer (2,3rd inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out); L Johnson (1,5th inning off Blue 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Lemon (1,2nd base by Bahnsen/Sanguillen).  SB–Scott (3,2nd base off Barrios/Essian).  WP–Blue (3).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:28.  A–5,537.
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