Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
April 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 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 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf,ss 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Canseco rf 4 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gallego pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Parker lf 3 0 1 0
Steinbach c,1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 2 0 1 1
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hassey ph,c 0 0 0 1
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
  Javier ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 1 0
Guillen ss 5 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Walker 1b 4 0 0 0
Salas c 4 0 0 0
Boston lf 4 1 2 0
Williams 3b 3 1 1 0
  Lyons 3b 0 0 0 0
Hill 2b 3 0 1 2
  Manrique 2b 1 0 0 0
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Oakland 000 000 101 1361
Chicago 000 020 000 0271
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (5-0) 10.0 7 2 1 2 4
Totals
10.0
7
2
1
2
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   7.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Thigpen   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Davis  L (1-1) 1.0 0 1 0 3 0
Totals
10.0
6
3
2
7
7

  E–Parker (2), Calderon (4).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Steinbach (1).  2B–Chicago Boston (1,off Stewart).  SH–Steinbach (1,off LaPoint); Lansford (1,off John Davis).  SF–Hassey (3,off Thigpen).  IBB–Canseco (2,by John Davis); Parker (1,by John Davis); Lyons (1,by Stewart).  SB–Johnson (3,3rd base off Stewart/Steinbach).  BK–Stewart (9).  IBB–Stewart (2,Lyons); John Davis 2 (3,Canseco,Parker).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:38.  A–12,224.
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