Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 12, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1984 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."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher 2b,ss 4 0 1 1
Paciorek rf 3 0 0 1
  Boston cf 0 0 0 0
Baines cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Luzinski dh 4 1 0 0
Kittle lf 4 1 1 2
  Law R. lf 0 0 0 0
Walker 1b 3 0 1 0
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Law V. 3b 3 0 1 0
Skinner c 3 1 2 0
Dybzinski ss 3 1 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz 2b 0 0 0 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Almon lf 3 1 1 1
  Hancock ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 2 0
  Wagner pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Heath rf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
  Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
Tettleton c 2 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
Kiefer ss 3 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 1 0
Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Chicago 020 020 000460
Oakland 100 000 010272
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  W (3-11) 7.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Nelson   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Reed  SV (10) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy  L (1-6) 8.2 6 4 1 3 5
  Atherton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
1
3
5

  E–Kiefer (1), Phillips (28).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago V Law (17,off Conroy).  HR–Chicago Kittle (29,2nd inning off Conroy 1 on, 0 out), Oakland Almon (6,1st inning off Burns 0 on, 0 out); Lansford (14,8th inning off Nelson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Paciorek (4,off Conroy).  CS–Walker 2 (4,2nd base by Conroy/Tettleton 2).  T–2:12.  A–6,540.
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