Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
October 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1981 at Comiskey Park I. The Minnesota Twins 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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Minnesota Twins 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward cf 4 1 2 1
Washington ss 5 0 1 0
Engle rf 4 0 1 1
Smalley dh 3 1 1 0
  Corcoran ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Hatcher 1b,lf 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 2 0 1 0
Mackanin 2b,3b 4 0 1 1
Laudner c 4 0 1 0
Funderburk lf 2 1 1 0
  Hrbek 1b 1 0 0 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 2 1 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 1 1
Luzinski dh 3 0 0 0
Nordhagen rf 4 0 1 1
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 2 0
Morrison 3b 3 0 1 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
Almon ss 2 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Minnesota 011 010 000390
Chicago 000 101 000252
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  W (9-8) 6.1 4 2 2 5 4
  Corbett  SV (17) 2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (4-13) 6.1 8 3 3 1 8
  McGlothen   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hickey   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Hoyt   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
9

  E–LeFlore (7), Squires (6).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Laudner (2,off McGlothen).  3B–Minnesota Baker (2,off Koosman).  HR–Chicago Lemon (9,6th inning off Redfern 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hatcher (5,off Koosman).  IBB–Ward (4,by Hickey).  WP–Koosman (2).  IBB–Hickey (4,Ward).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:48.  A–7,175.
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