Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox
May 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1986 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Chicago White Sox 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 1 1
Moseby cf 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 1 0
  Iorg ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 2 1 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 1 0 0
Johnson dh 3 1 1 3
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 2 3 2
  Hairston ph 1 0 1 1
  Nichols pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 5 0 0 1
Baines rf 4 0 3 1
Walker 1b 5 0 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Bonilla lf 4 0 1 0
Kittle dh 3 1 1 0
Hulett 2b 4 2 2 0
Tolleson 3b 3 0 1 0
Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  McKeon p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 5
Toronto 040 000 000471
Chicago 110 011 01x5140
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.0 9 4 4 0 3
  Acker  L (1-3) 2.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Eichhorn   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
5
5
1
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Allen   1.2 3 4 4 2 2
  Schmidt   3.1 3 0 0 0 1
  McKeon   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Nelson  W (4-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
3

  E–Whitt (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Whitt (1).  2B–Toronto Whitt (2,off Allen); Garcia (4,off Allen), Chicago Walker (5,off Alexander).  3B–Toronto Upshaw (2,off Schmidt).  HR–Toronto C Johnson (6,2nd inning off Allen 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Tolleson (5,off Acker).  HBP–Kittle (1,by Alexander).  IBB–Baines (3,by Eichhorn).  SB–Upshaw (10,2nd base off Allen/Fisk); Cangelosi 2 (21,2nd base off Alexander/Whitt 2); Kittle (1,2nd base off Alexander/Whitt); Nichols (4,2nd base off Eichhorn/Whitt).  WP–Nelson (2).  HBP–Alexander (3,Kittle).  IBB–Eichhorn (4,Baines).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:15.  A–13,976.
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