Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1987 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus rf 4 1 0 0
Hill 3b,2b 4 1 1 1
Royster dh 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Calderon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Hairston lf 4 1 2 1
Fisk c 4 0 1 1
Walker 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 1 1
Manrique 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyons 3b 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Long p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 3 3 3
Whitt c 4 0 2 1
Bell lf 4 1 2 1
McGriff dh 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 0 1
Gruber ss 3 0 0 0
Leach rf 2 0 1 0
  Barfield ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 3 1 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Chicago 100 120 000491
Toronto 201 001 20x6101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Long   6.0 8 4 4 0 1
  Searage  L (2-3) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Thigpen   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key   5.0 5 4 3 3 2
  Eichhorn  W (10-5) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Henke  SV (27) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
4
6

  E–Williams (4), Bell (8).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Walker (23,off Henke), Toronto Upshaw (19,off Long); Leach (8,off Long); Bell (21,off Long).  HR–Chicago Williams (7,4th inning off Key 0 on, 1 out); Hill (6,5th inning off Key 0 on, 1 out); Hairston (5,5th inning off Key 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Moseby (20,7th inning off Searage 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hill (4,off Key).  SF–Mulliniks (2,off Long).  HBP–Gruber (6,by Thigpen).  IBB–Barfield (5,by Thigpen).  CS–Redus (8,2nd base by Key/Whitt).  SB–Moseby (26,2nd base off Long/Fisk); Gruber (10,2nd base off Thigpen/Fisk).  HBP–Thigpen (3,Gruber).  IBB–Thigpen (3,Barfield).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:58.  A–41,384.
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