Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers
August 20, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1984 at Arlington Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 7, Texas Rangers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law R. cf 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 5 1 1 0
Baines rf 3 1 2 1
Walker 1b 5 1 1 3
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Hairston dh 5 0 0 0
Kittle lf 4 0 0 0
Law V. 3b 5 1 1 0
Dybzinski ss 4 1 3 0
Cruz 2b 4 1 3 2
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 5 1 3 0
Rivers dh 5 1 2 0
Ward cf 3 1 2 1
Parrish 3b 4 1 2 1
O'Brien 1b 3 1 0 0
Wright rf 5 0 1 2
Scott c 3 0 0 0
  Foley ph,c 1 0 0 1
Wilkerson 2b 5 0 1 0
Kunkel ss 4 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Chicago 103 102 0007122
Texas 101 000 3005122
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  W (13-10) 7.0 12 5 3 3 4
  Burns   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed  SV (9) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (13-11) 5.2 11 7 7 2 6
  McLaughlin   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
8

  E–Cruz (17), Burns (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Chicago Fisk (14,off Hough); Cruz 2 (12,off Hough 2), Texas Rivers 2 (9,off Dotson 2); Kunkel (2,off Dotson); Sample (16,off Dotson).  HR–Chicago Walker (17,3rd inning off Hough 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kittle (5,by Hough).  IBB–Baines 2 (6,by Hough,by O Jones).  SH–Ward (1,off Reed).  SF–Ward (1,off Dotson); Foley (2,off Dotson).  SB–R Law (22,2nd base off Hough/Scott); Cruz 2 (12,2nd base off O Jones/Foley,3rd base off O Jones/Foley); Baines (1,2nd base off O Jones/Foley).  WP–Hough (7).  HBP–Hough (7,Kittle).  IBB–Hough (3,Baines); O Jones (3,Baines).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:03.  A–8,653.
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