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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1977 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 2 0
  Crawford ph 0 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Page lf 3 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0
Tabb dh 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 2 1 1 0
  Perez 2b 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 3 2
Tyrone rf 3 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 2 2 0
Cruz rf 5 1 1 2
Orta 2b 4 0 0 0
Gamble dh 4 2 1 1
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0
Spencer 1b 5 1 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 1
Essian c 3 0 1 1
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 6
Oakland 000 020 000297
Chicago 100 051 10x8101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (8-18) 4.1 6 6 2 3 2
  Lacey   1.2 2 1 0 1 1
  Mitchell   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
3
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (15-11) 6.2 7 2 2 5 5
  Hamilton  SV (8) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
8

  E–Scott 2 (21), Picciolo (20), Jorgensen (3), Sanguillen (6), Gross (26), Armas (6), H Cruz (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Garr (28,off Langford).  3B–Chicago Lemon (4,off C Mitchell).  HR–Oakland Gross (19,5th inning off Stone 1 on, 0 out), Chicago H Cruz (2,5th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out).  CS–Scott (18,2nd base by Stone/Essian); Page (5,2nd base by Stone/Essian); Gross (4,Home by Stone/Essian).  WP–Stone (12).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:46.  A–5,617.
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