Chicago White Sox vs California Angels
May 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1981 at Anaheim Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 9, California Angels 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 5 2 1 0
Squires 1b 5 0 2 2
Fisk c 4 2 1 0
Luzinski dh 5 2 2 4
Baines rf 5 2 3 0
Lemon cf 4 0 2 2
Bernazard 2b 5 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 0
Almon ss 4 1 2 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 1 1 0
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Ford rf 4 1 2 3
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Baylor dh 5 1 1 1
Downing c,lf 4 0 1 0
Clark lf 1 0 0 0
  Ott ph,c 2 0 1 1
Grich 2b 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Chicago 011 010 0249153
California 000 100 0315103
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (4-2) 5.0 3 1 1 3 8
  Hoyt   3.1 7 4 2 0 2
  Hickey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Farmer  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
10
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (6-2) 7.1 10 5 3 0 5
  Sanchez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hassler   1.0 4 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
1
5

  E–Squires 2 (4), Lemon (1), Burleson (7), Lynn (4), Sanchez (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago LeFlore (3,off Forsch); Morrison (5,off Forsch); Baines (2,off Hassler), California Burleson (7,off Hoyt).  HR–Chicago Luzinski 2 (8,2nd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Hassler 2 on, 2 out), California Baylor (7,4th inning off Burns 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Lemon (2,off Sanchez).  IBB–Fisk (3,by Hassler).  SB–Lemon (2,2nd base off Forsch/Downing); LeFlore (12,3rd base off Forsch/Downing); Almon (8,2nd base off Hassler/Ott); Carew (7,2nd base off Burns/Fisk).  IBB–Hassler (3,Fisk).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:32.  A–27,919.
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