Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
August 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Gallagher cf 5 0 1 0
Lyons 3b 5 1 2 0
Baines dh 5 0 1 0
Pasqua rf 3 0 2 1
Fisk c 4 0 0 1
Boston lf 3 1 2 1
Paris 1b 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
Manrique 2b 3 2 2 1
Long p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Rosenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 3 3 2 0
  Javier ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Henderson cf 5 1 4 2
Canseco rf 5 0 2 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 2
Steinbach dh 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 2 2 2
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 7
Chicago 011 001 1015112
Oakland 212 101 20x9141
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Long  L (4-7) 3.0 8 6 5 2 3
  Willis   4.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Rosenberg   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
8
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (13-6) 6.2 8 4 3 3 5
  Cadaret   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Eckersley  SV (33) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
4
6

  E–Lyons (22), Boston (7), Hubbard (6).  DP–Chicago 2, Oakland 2.  2B–Chicago Baines (23,off Welch); Lyons (16,off Welch), Oakland Polonia (4,off Willis); Canseco (17,off Rosenberg).  HR–Chicago Boston (14,6th inning off Welch 0 on, 2 out), Oakland McGwire (20,3rd inning off Long 1 on, 0 out); Hubbard (2,7th inning off Willis 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Fisk (2,off Welch).  SB–Guillen (16,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Henderson (2,2nd base off Willis/Fisk).  WP–Willis (2).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:56.  A–25,111.
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