Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 0

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf 4 0 1 0
Guillen ss 4 0 2 0
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
Calderon rf 4 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 2 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Pasqua lf 3 1 1 3
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lyons 3b 0 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 3 0 1 0
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stanicek lf 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Schu 3b 2 0 0 0
Gerhart cf 3 0 1 0
Sheets dh 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
Landrum rf 2 0 0 0
  Hughes ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Chicago 010 200 000380
Baltimore 000 000 000042
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (2-1) 7.1 4 0 0 1 2
  Thigpen  SV (6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (0-7) 7.1 8 3 3 0 6
  Niedenfuer   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Morgan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
7

  E–B Ripken (4), Murray (6).  DP–Chicago 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Chicago Walker (10,off Boddicker); Guillen 2 (4,off Boddicker 2), Baltimore B Ripken (5,off Reuss); Gerhart (1,off Reuss).  HR–Chicago Pasqua (3,4th inning off Boddicker 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Pasqua (1,off Boddicker).  CS–Boston (1,2nd base by Boddicker/Tettleton).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:24.  A–12,757.
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