Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1988 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Javier lf 4 0 1 1
Henderson cf 5 0 0 0
Canseco rf 5 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 2 1 1
Steinbach c 3 1 0 0
Hubbard 2b 2 1 1 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Weiss ss 0 0 0 0
Gallego ss,2b 2 1 1 2
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 2 1 1 1
  Boston lf 1 0 0 0
Lyons 3b 4 1 3 2
Baines rf 4 0 0 0
Pasqua 1b 5 1 1 1
Randall dh 4 1 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 1 2
Gallagher cf 3 0 1 1
Guillen ss 4 2 2 0
Manrique 2b 2 1 2 0
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Pall p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 7
Oakland 010 000 400563
Chicago 211 111 00x7112
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros  L (3-4) 3.1 6 5 3 1 1
  Honeycutt   2.2 4 2 1 1 1
  Plunk   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
4
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  W (8-11) 6.0 5 5 2 4 4
  Pall   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Thigpen  SV (22) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
5
2
6
7

  E–Lansford 2 (7), Gallego (7), Lyons (19), Pasqua (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Guillen (13,off Ontiveros).  3B–Chicago Lyons (3,off Honeycutt).  HR–Oakland Baylor (5,2nd inning off LaPoint 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Pasqua (14,3rd inning off Ontiveros 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Manrique 2 (9,off Ontiveros 2); Boston 2 (2,off Honeycutt,off Plunk).  IBB–Fisk (3,by Honeycutt); Baines (11,by Plunk).  SB–Canseco (28,2nd base off Pall/Fisk).  BK–Plunk (4).  IBB–Honeycutt (2,Fisk); Plunk (3,Baines).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:08.  A–13,383.
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