Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
September 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1988 at Comiskey Park I. The Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Chicago White Sox 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 0 1 0
Espy lf 2 0 0 0
Petralli dh 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Kreuter c 4 1 3 0
  Brower pr 0 1 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 2 1 1
Browne 2b 4 1 2 2
Kunkel ss 2 0 0 0
  Reimer ph 0 0 0 1
  Wilkerson ss 1 0 1 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher rf 3 1 0 0
Baines dh 4 1 2 2
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Pasqua lf 4 0 1 0
Diaz 1b 4 0 1 0
  Boston pr 0 0 0 0
Lyons 3b 4 0 1 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 3 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  Rosenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Texas 000 000 023591
Chicago 100 000 101370
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (8-10) 9.0 7 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   7.1 3 2 2 2 1
  Thigpen  L (5-8) 1.1 5 3 3 1 0
  Rosenberg   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
2

  E–Witt (4).  DP–Texas 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Texas Buechele (21,off Thigpen); Browne (8,off Thigpen), Chicago Baines (37,off Witt).  HR–Chicago Fisk (18,7th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out); Baines (13,9th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Reimer (1,off Thigpen).  CS–Sierra (4,Home by Thigpen/Fisk).  WP–Witt (16), Thigpen (6).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:46.  A–6,970.
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