Chicago White Sox vs Milwaukee Brewers
May 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1987 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 1, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston lf 4 0 0 0
Redus rf 3 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 0 0
Walker 1b 2 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Hulett 3b 4 0 2 1
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Manrique 2b 4 0 1 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Yount cf 2 2 1 1
Cooper dh 4 1 2 2
Deer lf 4 0 0 0
  Manning lf 0 0 0 0
Braggs rf 2 1 0 0
Brock 1b 3 1 1 2
Gantner 3b 3 0 1 0
Surhoff c 3 0 1 0
Sveum ss 3 0 1 0
Nieves p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 7 5
Chicago 000 000 100160
Milwaukee 000 410 00x571
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (1-3) 3.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Winn   3.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Thigpen   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
2
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Nieves  W (3-1) 8.0 5 1 1 2 11
  Plesac   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
12

  E–Sveum (7).  DP–Chicago 1, Milwaukee 1.  2B–Chicago Walker (5,off Nieves); Fisk (3,off Nieves); Hulett (4,off Nieves).  HR–Milwaukee Cooper (1,4th inning off Davis 1 on, 0 out); Brock (6,4th inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out); Yount (5,5th inning off Winn 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Castillo (3,2nd base by Davis/Fisk); Surhoff (1,2nd base by Winn/Fisk); Sveum (3,2nd base by Winn/Fisk).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:39.  A–14,371.
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