Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 6, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 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 7, Oakland Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 1 0 1
Bannister ss 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 3 1
  Cruz cf 1 1 1 1
Zisk dh 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 0
Nordhagen rf 3 1 1 2
  Gamble ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Kessinger 2b 3 1 0 0
Essian c 3 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 8 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 1
Scott 2b 3 0 1 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Lintz ss 0 0 0 0
  McKinney ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Page dh 5 1 3 1
Tyrone lf 5 0 2 0
Jorgensen 1b 5 0 2 0
Sanguillen c 5 0 0 0
Gross 3b 1 1 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 0 0 0 0
  Mallory pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez 2b,ss 1 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Dunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Chicago 100 022 011781
Oakland 000 001 1002103
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  W (10-6) 5.2 7 1 1 4 7
  Carroll  SV (1) 3.1 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
6
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (13-17) 6.0 5 5 2 2 1
  Dunning   3.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
4
2
1

  E–L Johnson (3), Lintz (1), Gross (22), Blue (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  HR–Chicago Nordhagen (3,6th inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out); Gamble (28,8th inning off Dunning 0 on, 1 out); H Cruz (1,9th inning off Dunning 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Page (20,7th inning off Carroll 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Essian (4,off Blue).  SB–Lemon (8,2nd base off Dunning/Sanguillen).  CS–North (13,2nd base by Knapp/Essian).  WP–Knapp (1), Blue 3 (9).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–(none), 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:42.  A–2,986.
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