Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
September 28, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law cf,lf 4 2 2 0
Little 2b 3 0 1 1
Baines rf 5 0 2 1
Walker 1b 5 1 1 1
Fisk dh 4 0 0 0
Kittle lf 4 0 0 0
  Boston pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
Hulett 3b 3 0 3 1
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
  Fletcher 3b 0 0 0 0
Skinner c 2 0 0 0
  DeSa ph 1 0 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 2
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 3
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Baker dh 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 1 0 0
Canseco lf 3 3 2 1
Tettleton c 3 0 3 0
  Heath pr,c 0 2 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 1 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 6
Chicago 000 111 0014101
Oakland 000 010 33x793
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   6.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Wehrmeister  L (2-2) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Agosto   0.2 0 1 1 2 1
  Tanner   0.2 2 2 1 0 1
  Gleaton   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
6
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (6-3) 7.0 8 3 3 1 5
  Howell  SV (29) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
7

  E–Tanner (1), Griffin (29), Davis (8), Heath (12).  2B–Chicago Baines (29,off Rijo); Hulett 2 (18,off Rijo 2); Guillen (21,off Rijo); Little (9,off Howell), Oakland Bochte (17,off Nelson); Phillips (9,off Wehrmeister).  HR–Chicago Walker (22,4th inning off Rijo 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Canseco (5,5th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Skinner (1,off Rijo); Little (3,off Rijo); Gallego (2,off Nelson); Heath (10,off Tanner).  HBP–Law (3,by Rijo); Gallego (1,by Wehrmeister).  SB–Law (29,2nd base off Howell/Heath); Griffin (23,2nd base off Tanner/Skinner).  CS–Griffin (9,2nd base by Nelson/Skinner).  BK–Howell (1).  HBP–Wehrmeister (3,Gallego); Rijo (1,Law).  T–3:04.  A–13,839.
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