Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 2
Guillen ss 5 1 2 1
Baines dh 4 0 1 1
Calderon rf 4 1 1 0
Walker 1b 4 1 2 2
Fisk c 4 1 0 0
Pasqua lf 3 1 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
  Lyons 3b 0 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 0 1 1
  Manrique pr,2b 0 1 0 0
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b,ss 4 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 1 0
Canseco rf 4 2 2 2
Parker lf 4 1 1 2
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 5 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 0 1
Javier cf 3 0 0 1
Weiss ss 2 0 1 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 1 0
  Gallego 2b 0 0 0 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 6 6
Chicago 100 500 0017102
Oakland 300 020 001660
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (1-1) 5.0 3 5 2 3 3
  Long   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Davis   1.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Thigpen  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
6
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros  L (1-1) 3.2 6 6 6 2 2
  Cadaret   4.0 3 0 0 0 7
  Plunk   1.1 1 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
10

  E–Williams (5), McDowell (1).  PB–Hassey (1).  2B–Chicago Guillen (2,off Ontiveros); Calderon (2,off Ontiveros); Walker (5,off Ontiveros); Johnson (2,off Ontiveros), Oakland Lansford (5,off Long); Canseco (2,off John Davis).  HR–Oakland Parker (1,5th inning off McDowell 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Johnson (1,off Plunk).  IBB–Baines (1,by Plunk).  HBP–McGwire 2 (3,by McDowell,by Thigpen); Baylor (1,by McDowell).  SB–Lansford (3,2nd base off John Davis/Fisk).  WP–Cadaret (2).  BK–Ontiveros (2).  HBP–McDowell 2 (2,McGwire,Baylor); Thigpen (1,McGwire).  IBB–Plunk (1,Baines).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:24.  A–45,150.
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