Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
July 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Baltimore Orioles 11, Chicago White Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer dh 4 2 1 0
  Wiggins ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 2 2 3
Murray 1b 4 2 1 0
Sheets rf 4 2 3 2
  Lacy ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 1 2 2
Kennedy c 4 0 2 1
Young lf 4 0 0 0
Gerhart cf 5 1 3 2
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 15 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 4 1 1 1
Boston lf 5 2 2 0
Baines dh 4 1 2 2
Calderon rf 4 0 1 2
Walker 1b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Hill 2b 4 1 0 0
Lyons 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams cf 3 0 0 1
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Baltimore 006 000 23011151
Chicago 102 012 000681
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon   5.0 8 6 5 2 1
  Williamson  W (4-6) 4.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   2.1 6 6 4 2 1
  Long  L (5-5) 4.1 5 2 2 2 1
  Winn   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Searage   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
9
6
3

  E–Gerhart (5), Boston (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Baltimore Sheets (14,off Dotson); Gerhart (9,off Long); Murray (20,off Long).  HR–Baltimore Gerhart (8,3rd inning off Dotson 0 on, 0 out); Sheets (16,7th inning off Long 1 on, 0 out); C Ripken (18,8th inning off Winn 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Baines (14,3rd inning off Dixon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–B Ripken (1,off Winn).  SF–Calderon (1,off Dixon).  HBP–Williams (5,by Dixon).  IBB–Baines (1,by Williamson).  WP–Winn (2).  HBP–Dixon (1,Williams).  IBB–Williamson (8,Baines).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:13.  A–12,789.
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