New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
July 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Rivers cf 3 0 0 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Munson rf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 2 1
White dh 4 1 3 0
Stanley ss 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 1 1
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Molinaro lf 5 0 0 0
Garr dh 4 0 2 0
Orta 2b 3 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 2 0
  Bell pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Washington rf 3 0 0 0
Spencer cf 4 0 0 0
Blomberg 1b 4 0 1 1
Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0
Nahorodny c 3 0 1 0
  Bannister pr 0 0 0 0
  Colbern c 1 0 0 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
New York 000 010 0023100
Chicago 000 100 000180
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (9-7) 8.0 7 1 1 3 0
  Gossage  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  L (7-8) 9.0 10 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Heath (2,off Kravec); Chambliss (15,off Kravec), Chicago Soderholm 2 (10,off Figueroa 2).  IBB–Washington (1,by Figueroa).  SB–White (8,2nd base off Kravec/Nahorodny); Garr (7,2nd base off Figueroa/Heath).  IBB–Figueroa (4,Washington).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:20.  A–27,651.
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