Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
September 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1977 at Comiskey Park I. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 7, Chicago White Sox 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 0
Singleton rf 1 1 0 0
  Dimmel pr,rf 1 1 0 0
May dh 5 2 1 2
Murray 1b 5 1 2 2
Kelly lf 1 0 0 1
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
  Maddox cf 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Muser ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 2
  Smith pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Skaggs c 4 0 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 1 2 0
  Coluccio pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Orta ph 0 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bannister ss 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 0 2 0
Zisk dh 3 0 0 0
  Cruz T. pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Flannery ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Gamble rf 5 1 3 1
Soderholm 3b 5 1 2 1
Spencer 1b 5 0 3 2
Kessinger 2b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 1
  Brohamer 2b 0 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
  Cruz H. ph 0 0 0 0
  Downing c 0 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
Baltimore 000 001 033790
Chicago 100 100 0215131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   7.2 11 4 4 2 6
  Drago   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Martinez  W (5-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
4
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 5 4 3 5 4
  Hamilton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Carroll  L (1-1) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
5

  E–Spencer (9).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Baltimore Dauer (12,off Stone), Chicago Gamble (15,off Palmer); L Johnson (12,off Palmer).  3B–Chicago Lemon (3,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Murray (19,9th inning off Carroll 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Kelly (5,off Stone).  IBB–H Cruz (1,by Drago).  SB–Kelly (22,2nd base off Stone/Essian).  CS–Coluccio (1,2nd base by Palmer/Skaggs).  WP–Stone 2 (9).  IBB–Drago (5,H Cruz).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:24.  A–48,952.
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