Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
June 20, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1977 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b 5 1 3 2
Jorgensen 1b 5 0 2 0
Crawford rf 4 1 1 0
  Alexander rf 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 5 1 2 0
Williams dh 5 0 1 2
Page lf 4 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 2 1 2 0
  Newman ph,c 2 0 0 0
Armas cf 4 1 2 1
Picciolo ss 4 1 3 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 16 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister ss 3 0 0 0
Stillman lf 3 1 1 0
Orta 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Gamble rf 1 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Soderholm dh 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brohamer 3b 2 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 2 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Oakland 001 014 0017161
Chicago 000 001 000161
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (5-5) 5.0 5 1 1 3 5
  Lacey  SV (4) 4.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  L (5-4) 5.0 10 5 3 0 2
  Hamilton   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Kirkwood   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
16
7
5
1
6

  E–Page (9), L Johnson (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 2.  PB–Essian (3).  2B–Oakland Picciolo (2,off Knapp); Gross (11,off Knapp); Scott (2,off Knapp), Chicago Essian (9,off Langford).  3B–Oakland Picciolo (1,off Hamilton).  SF–Nordhagen (1,off Lacey).  SB–Page (14,2nd base off Hamilton/Essian).  CS–Sanguillen (2,2nd base by Knapp/Essian).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:36.  A–13,933.
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