Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 8, Chicago White Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b 4 1 2 0
Picciolo ss 5 0 0 0
Page lf 4 2 2 2
Jorgensen 1b 5 1 2 1
Tabb dh 5 0 3 1
  Alexander pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 1 2 3
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 1 1
Mallory rf 5 0 2 0
Murray cf 2 1 0 0
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Coluccio lf 4 0 1 2
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
Orta 2b 4 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 1
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Johnson L. 1b 4 2 3 1
Lemon cf 2 1 0 0
Nordhagen rf 3 1 1 2
  Gamble ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 3 1 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson B. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Oakland 004 020 0028140
Chicago 040 020 000680
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrealba   1.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Coleman   5.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Bair  W (4-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp   2.2 5 4 4 1 2
  Verhoeven   2.1 5 2 2 0 3
  Johnson   2.0 2 0 0 3 2
  Martinez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Carroll  L (1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland Page (28,off Knapp), Chicago Nordhagen (6,off Torrealba).  3B–Chicago L Johnson (5,off Torrealba).  HR–Oakland Gross (20,3rd inning off Knapp 0 on, 0 out); Sanguillen (6,9th inning off Carroll 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Soderholm (24,5th inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out); L Johnson (17,5th inning off Coleman 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Mallory (12,2nd base off B Johnson/Nahorodny); Gross (5,2nd base off B Johnson/Nahorodny); Alexander (24,2nd base off Carroll/Nahorodny).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–(none), 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:41.  A–6,963.
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