Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1989 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 2 2 1
Gallagher cf 3 1 2 1
Baines dh 5 1 1 1
Kittle 1b 4 0 1 0
Calderon rf 5 0 2 2
Boston lf 4 0 0 0
  Manrique ph 0 0 0 0
Merullo c 3 1 1 0
  Schaefer pr 0 0 0 0
  Karkovice c 1 0 0 0
Lyons 2b 4 1 2 0
Williams 3b 3 0 2 1
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Pall p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 2 2 1
Bradley lf 5 2 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 2 2 2
Milligan 1b 2 0 1 0
  Traber ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Devereaux rf 2 1 1 0
  Orsulak ph,rf 1 1 0 1
Melvin c 4 1 3 0
Tettleton dh 4 0 2 3
Worthington 3b 3 0 0 1
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Holton p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 9
Chicago 200 400 0006131
Baltimore 500 200 20x9142
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   3.0 10 6 6 1 1
  McCarthy  L (0-1) 3.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Pall   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
2
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   3.1 7 5 5 2 2
  Thurmond  W (1-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Holton   1.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Hickey  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
5
7

  E–Kittle (2), Anderson (2), Devereaux (2).  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Chicago Baines (10,off Schmidt); Lyons (4,off Schmidt); Guillen (4,off Schmidt), Baltimore Bradley 2 (5,off Reuss,off McCarthy); Tettleton (4,off Reuss).  HR–Baltimore Anderson (3,4th inning off Reuss 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gallagher (1,off Schmidt); Devereaux (1,off Reuss).  SF–Williams (1,off Schmidt).  SB–Guillen (12,2nd base off Schmidt/Melvin); Gallagher (5,2nd base off Thurmond/Melvin).  CS–Schaefer (1,2nd base by Holton/Melvin).  WP–McCarthy (2), Pall (3).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:21.  A–20,484.
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