Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 1 2 0
Tolleson 3b 4 1 1 2
Baines rf 4 1 2 1
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Nichols lf 3 0 1 0
Kittle dh 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 1b 3 0 1 0
Hulett 2b 3 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  McKeon p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 0 1 0
Lacy rf 5 0 2 1
Lynn cf 3 0 2 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 1 1 0 0
Sheets dh 3 1 1 2
  Beniquez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Shelby lf 4 0 0 0
Rayford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 1 1 1
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
  Young ph 0 1 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Chicago 000 000 201371
Baltimore 020 000 002480
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   6.0 6 2 2 4 4
  McKeon   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  James  L (1-3) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
8
4
4
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   8.2 7 3 3 0 2
  Bordi  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
3

  E–Guillen (9).  DP–Chicago 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Chicago Baines (3,off McGregor), Baltimore Lynn (4,off Seaver).  HR–Chicago Tolleson (2,7th inning off McGregor 1 on, 0 out); Baines (7,9th inning off McGregor 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Sheets (2,2nd inning off Seaver 1 on, 0 out); Dwyer (2,9th inning off James 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wiggins (2,off James).  HBP–Ripken (1,by Seaver).  CS–Tolleson (1,2nd base by McGregor/Dempsey); Wiggins (2,2nd base by Seaver/Fisk).  HBP–Seaver (3,Ripken).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:48.  A–16,609.
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