Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 6, Oakland Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hairston lf 3 1 0 0
  Kuntz lf 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 1 2 0
Baines rf 4 0 0 1
Luzinski dh 3 1 2 2
  Sutherland pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 3
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 2 0
Almon ss 3 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 2 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 1
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
McKay 2b 3 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Drumright ph 1 0 1 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago 100 100 040690
Oakland 000 200 000271
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   6.1 6 2 2 2 5
  Farmer  W (3-3) 2.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (11-9) 8.0 8 6 6 3 4
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
4

  E–Heath (10).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Chicago Lemon (23,off Norris), Oakland Armas (22,off Dotson).  HR–Chicago Luzinski (19,4th inning off Norris 0 on, 0 out); Lemon (6,8th inning off Norris 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Almon (2,off Jones); Heath (5,off Dotson).  HBP–Hairston (1,by Norris).  SF–Spencer (2,off Dotson).  CS–Fisk (2,2nd base by Norris/Heath); McKay (1,3rd base by Dotson/Fisk).  SB–Armas (4,3rd base off Dotson/Fisk); Johnson (5,2nd base off Dotson/Fisk); Henderson (52,2nd base off Dotson/Fisk).  WP–Norris 2 (13).  HBP–Norris (10,Hairston).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:54.  A–21,468.
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