Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
April 7, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 1 1 0
Gallagher cf 5 1 1 1
Baines rf 4 0 2 3
  Boston pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Calderon lf 5 1 3 0
Walker 1b 3 1 0 0
  Schaefer 2b 1 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 1
Kittle dh 3 0 1 1
Lyons 2b,1b 3 0 0 1
Williams 3b 1 2 0 0
Long p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 1 0
  Javier rf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Hassey dh 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 2 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 2 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Chicago 000 003 040780
Oakland 000 000 010150
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Long  W (1-0) 5.2 4 0 0 4 3
  Jones  SV (1) 3.1 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (0-1) 5.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Nelson   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Cadaret   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Plunk   1.1 1 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
7
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Chicago Kittle (2,off C Young); Gallagher (1,off C Young); Calderon (1,off Plunk), Oakland Weiss (1,off Long).  HR–Oakland McGwire (3,8th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kittle (1,by Plunk); Lansford (1,by Long).  HBP–Long (1,Lansford); Plunk (1,Kittle).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:11.  A–20,585.
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