Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
April 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1989 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 4, Chicago White Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 3 1 1 0
Javier lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 1 2
Steinbach 1b 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 3 0
Parker dh 4 1 1 0
Beane rf 2 0 0 0
  Polonia ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Gallego ss 2 0 0 0
  Jose ph 1 0 0 0
  Weiss ss 1 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 1
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 1 3 1
Gallagher cf 5 1 1 3
Baines rf 2 0 1 0
  Schaefer pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Calderon dh 3 0 0 0
Merullo c 3 0 0 0
Robidoux 1b 2 1 0 0
Boston lf 2 1 0 1
Lyons 2b,rf 4 1 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 3 2
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Oakland 000 002 200491
Chicago 051 000 10x780
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (2-1) 6.1 6 7 2 7 2
  Cadaret   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
2
7
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (2-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Jones   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Thigpen  SV (3) 1.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
2

  E–Gallego (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland Lansford (3,off Reuss); Hassey (1,off Thigpen), Chicago Baines (1,off Welch).  3B–Oakland Polonia (1,off Jones).  HR–Oakland D Henderson (2,6th inning off Reuss 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Gallagher (1,2nd inning off Welch 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Boston (1,off Cadaret).  SB–Javier (3,2nd base off Reuss/Merullo); Lansford (2,2nd base off Reuss/Merullo); Guillen (5,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Boston (1,2nd base off Welch/Hassey).  CS–Williams (1,3rd base by Plunk/Hassey).  WP–Plunk (1).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:58.  A–15,748.
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