Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1978 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 0, Chicago White Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 1 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 1 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Burke cf 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
Newman c 2 0 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
  Essian c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 2 0 0 0
Alexander dh 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley cf 4 1 2 0
Molinaro rf 4 1 1 0
  Bannister ph 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Garr lf 5 0 1 0
Breazeale 1b 2 1 1 1
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Lemon dh 3 0 2 1
Orta 2b 4 0 1 0
Nordhagen c 4 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 4 0 2 0
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 3
Oakland 000 000 000021
Chicago 101 010 01x4110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (0-1) 2.1 5 2 2 2 2
  Langford   5.1 5 2 1 2 2
  Lacey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
3
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  W (2-5) 9.0 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
4

  E–Picciolo (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Thomasson (3,off Barrios).  HBP–Gross (3,by Barrios); Cruz (1,by Heaverlo).  SF–Lemon (1,off Langford).  SB–Dilone (15,2nd base off Barrios/Nordhagen); Molinaro (7,2nd base off Renko/Newman); Bosley (2,2nd base off Langford/Newman).  CS–Newman (1,2nd base by Barrios/Nordhagen); Nordhagen (1,2nd base by Renko/Newman).  WP–Barrios (1).  BK–Barrios (1).  HBP–Heaverlo (3,Cruz); Barrios (4,Gross).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:27.  A–23,934.
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