Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers
September 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1988 at Arlington Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 2 1 0
Gallagher rf 2 1 2 2
Baines dh 5 1 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 0 0
Pasqua lf 4 0 1 1
Diaz 1b 4 0 1 1
  Morman 1b 1 0 0 0
Lyons 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 3 0
Martinez 3b 4 0 1 0
  Manrique 2b 0 0 0 0
Hillegas p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Browne 2b 3 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 3 0 1 0
Petralli dh 2 0 0 0
Espy lf 4 0 0 0
Kreuter c 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Kunkel ss 3 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 0
Chicago 102 030 000691
Texas 000 000 001132
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hillegas  W (2-2) 8.2 3 1 0 3 5
  Thigpen  SV (32) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (11-13) 3.0 3 3 2 0 3
  Wilson   1.1 3 3 3 3 0
  Guante   0.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Vande Berg   2.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
6
7

  E–Manrique (13), Buechele (15), Kunkel (7).  DP–Texas 2.  3B–Chicago Guillen (7,off Guzman).  HR–Chicago Gallagher (5,1st inning off Guzman 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Fisk (4,by Guzman); Petralli (2,by Hillegas).  IBB–Fisk (9,by Wilson); Pasqua (5,by Henry).  CS–Browne (5,2nd base by Hillegas/Fisk).  WP–Henry (2).  BK–Guzman (12).  HBP–Hillegas (1,Petralli); Guzman (5,Fisk).  IBB–Wilson (1,Fisk); Henry (1,Pasqua).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:58.  A–8,572.
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