Chicago White Sox vs California Angels
May 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 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)
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Chicago White Sox 15, California Angels 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 4 2 2 1
  Kuntz lf,cf 1 1 1 0
Squires 1b 4 3 2 1
Fisk c 2 2 1 2
  Essian c 1 0 1 3
Luzinski dh 3 1 1 2
  Molinaro ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Baines rf 6 1 1 2
Lemon cf 5 1 1 0
  Nordhagen lf 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 5 2 4 1
  Pryor 2b 0 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 3 0 0 0
Almon ss 4 2 3 3
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 17 15
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 0 0 0
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Ford rf 5 1 2 0
Lynn cf 5 2 2 1
Baylor dh 5 0 2 1
Downing c 3 1 2 1
Grich 2b 3 0 1 1
  Patek 2b 1 0 1 0
Clark lf 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 4 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 15 4
Chicago 100 240 50315170
California 200 000 2004153
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (4-4) 6.2 10 4 4 4 3
  Lamp   2.1 5 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
4
3
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (3-3) 4.0 5 5 5 4 4
  Jefferson   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  D'Acquisto   3.1 9 8 8 2 0
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
15
15
7
4

  E–Ford (3), Grich (3), Hobson (10).  DP–Chicago 2, California 1.  2B–California Lynn (5,off Baumgarten); Downing (5,off Baumgarten).  SH–Carew (3,off Baumgarten).  SB–LeFlore (13,2nd base off Renko/Downing); Bernazard (4,2nd base off Jefferson/Downing).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:52.  A–42,558.
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