Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
April 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1988 at Comiskey Park I. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Chicago White Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lansford 3b 6 1 2 0
Jennings lf 3 0 0 0
  Phillips lf,ss 3 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 2 3 2
Parker dh 6 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
  Gallego pr,ss 1 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Javier cf,lf 6 1 1 1
Hubbard 2b 5 0 1 1
Weiss ss 2 0 1 0
  Hassey ph,c 2 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 10 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 0 0
Guillen ss 6 0 1 0
Baines dh 3 0 2 0
  Boston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Calderon rf 5 1 1 1
Walker 1b 6 0 0 0
Fisk c 5 1 1 1
Pasqua lf 5 0 0 0
Williams 3b 3 1 0 0
Hill 2b 3 0 1 0
  Manrique pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 6 2
Oakland 010 020 000 000 36101
Chicago 010 000 200 000 0362
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   6.0 4 2 2 4 5
  Plunk   0.2 0 1 0 1 1
  Honeycutt   3.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Nelson  W (2-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
6
3
2
7
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Davis   2.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Thigpen   3.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Long  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
10
6
4
4
11

  E–Plunk (1), Guillen (4), Fisk (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Baines 2 (6,off Davis,off Honeycutt).  HR–Oakland Canseco (6,5th inning off Perez 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Calderon (4,2nd inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out); Fisk (4,7th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Steinbach (1,by John Davis); Hubbard (2,by John Davis).  IBB–Fisk (1,by Honeycutt).  SB–Canseco 3 (6,2nd base off Perez/Fisk 2,3rd base off Perez/Fisk); Javier (1,2nd base off Perez/Fisk); Steinbach (1,2nd base off John Davis/Fisk); Williams (3,2nd base off Plunk/Steinbach).  CS–Canseco (1,3rd base by Perez/Fisk); Lansford (2,2nd base by John Davis/Fisk); Johnson (2,2nd base by Davis/Steinbach); Williams (1,2nd base by Davis/Steinbach).  WP–Long (1).  HBP–John Davis 2 (2,Steinbach,Hubbard).  IBB–Honeycutt (1,Fisk).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–4:33.  A–7,039.
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