Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 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)
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Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 2 1
Murphy cf 5 1 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
  Sexton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 1 1 0
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 1 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0
Squires 1b 4 0 1 0
Baines rf 4 0 0 0
Luzinski dh 3 1 1 1
Nordhagen lf 3 0 2 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 1 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
Almon ss 3 0 1 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Oakland 000 000 0112100
Chicago 000 001 000170
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (10-9) 9.0 7 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  L (6-5) 8.1 10 2 2 2 5
  Farmer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Koosman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Nordhagen (6,off Langford); Squires (9,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Murphy (15,8th inning off Lamp 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Luzinski (18,6th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Henderson (4,off Farmer).  WP–Langford (1).  BK–Lamp (1).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:43.  A–13,213.
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