Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 4 0 1 1
Gallagher cf 4 1 2 0
Kittle dh 3 0 0 0
  Boston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 4 0 1 1
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
Lyons lf 2 1 0 0
Karkovice c 3 0 1 0
Long p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 1 0 0
Lemon rf 4 1 1 2
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 1
Moreland dh 3 0 0 0
Lynn lf 3 0 0 0
  Sheridan lf 0 0 0 0
Nokes c 3 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Brown 3b 3 0 0 0
Brumley ss 3 0 2 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Chicago 001 000 001261
Detroit 102 000 00x351
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Long  L (2-4) 7.1 5 3 3 2 3
  McCarthy   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (3-4) 8.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Hernandez  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6

  E–Karkovice (2), Pettis (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (3,off Long).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (8,1st inning off Long 0 on, 2 out); Lemon (1,3rd inning off Long 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Gallagher (1,2nd base by Tanana/Nokes); Boston (1,Home by Hernandez/Nokes); Brumley (1,2nd base by Long/Karkovice).  SB–Pettis (1,2nd base off McCarthy/Karkovice).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:42.  A–12,035.
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