Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
June 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1981 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."

"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

Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 2 2
Armas rf 3 1 1 0
Heath c 5 1 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Spencer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McKay 3b 3 1 2 1
Babitt 2b 4 0 1 2
Picciolo ss 3 1 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 5 0 2 0
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Luzinski dh 3 1 0 0
Baines rf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 3 1
Bernazard 2b 2 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 1
Pryor ss 3 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Oakland 500 000 001690
Chicago 000 200 000273
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (6-4) 9.0 7 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  L (5-5) 0.2 5 5 1 0 1
  Lamp   4.2 3 0 0 2 1
  Farmer   3.2 1 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
9
6
2
5
6

  E–Fisk (2), Lemon (2), Morrison (3).  2B–Oakland Johnson (2,off Farmer).  3B–Oakland Babitt (1,off Baumgarten), Chicago Lemon (4,off McCatty).  SF–Johnson (3,off Baumgarten).  IBB–Armas (3,by Farmer).  HBP–Lemon (8,by McCatty).  SB–Henderson (32,2nd base off Lamp/Fisk); McKay (3,2nd base off Lamp/Fisk).  CS–LeFlore (4,2nd base by McCatty/Heath).  HBP–McCatty (1,Lemon).  IBB–Farmer (1,Armas).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:25.  A–40,045.
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