Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 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."

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Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 5 2 2 0
Gallagher cf 3 1 0 0
Baines dh 3 1 2 5
Kittle 1b 3 1 2 0
Calderon rf 4 1 2 2
Pasqua lf 5 0 0 0
Merullo c 4 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Manrique 2b 4 0 1 0
Lyons 3b 4 1 2 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Rosenberg p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 1 0
Lemon rf 4 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 2
Moreland dh 5 1 2 3
  Williams K. pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Nokes c 5 0 1 1
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Sheridan lf 4 2 1 0
Brown 3b 3 1 2 1
  Pedrique 3b 1 0 0 0
Brumley ss 4 2 1 1
Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
  Williams F. p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 8
Chicago 103 000 0307112
Detroit 110 600 10x9121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (2-4) 3.2 5 6 6 3 4
  Rosenberg   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  McCarthy   3.1 4 1 0 2 2
  Thigpen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trujillo   4.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Williams  W (2-2) 3.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Hernandez   1.2 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
4

  E–Merullo (2), Lyons (4), Whitaker (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Merullo (2).  2B–Chicago Manrique (4,off Trujillo); Guillen (5,off Trujillo); Lyons (6,off F Williams), Detroit Sheridan (3,off Perez); Brown (3,off Perez); Moreland (3,off Rosenberg).  HR–Chicago Calderon (5,3rd inning off Trujillo 1 on, 2 out); Baines (3,8th inning off Hernandez 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Gallagher (2,off Trujillo).  SF–Baines (2,off Trujillo).  SB–Guillen (14,2nd base off Trujillo/Nokes); Brumley (1,2nd base off McCarthy/Merullo); K Williams (7,2nd base off Thigpen/Merullo).  WP–Perez (3).  BK–Perez (2).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:13.  A–13,861.
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