Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox
May 21, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1989 at Comiskey Park I. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 9, Chicago White Sox 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Felix rf 5 1 1 1
Fernandez ss 4 2 2 1
Gruber 3b 5 0 1 1
Bell lf 5 1 1 1
  Ducey lf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 1 0
Whitt c 5 2 2 2
Mulliniks dh 2 0 0 0
  Brenly ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Lawless pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 3 2
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 12 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Guillen ss 4 0 0 0
Gallagher cf 3 1 1 0
Kittle dh 2 1 0 0
  Baines ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 0 1 0
Manrique 2b 2 1 0 0
  Walker ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Martinez 1b,lf 4 0 2 3
Williams 3b 2 0 0 0
  Boston ph 1 0 0 0
Lyons lf,2b 4 0 1 0
Karkovice c 3 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Segura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Toronto 101 011 0239120
Chicago 003 000 000352
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti  W (1-2) 7.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Ward  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (2-5) 5.1 7 4 3 2 1
  McCarthy   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Reuss   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Segura   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
3
2

  E–Manrique (2), Perez (1).  PB–Karkovice (1).  2B–Toronto Liriano (8,off Perez); Moseby (4,off Perez); Brenly (3,off Reuss), Chicago Martinez (3,off Cerutti).  HR–Toronto Fernandez (3,5th inning off Perez 0 on, 0 out); Bell (5,9th inning off Segura 0 on, 1 out); Whitt (2,9th inning off Segura 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Fernandez (1,off Perez).  SF–Liriano (5,off Reuss).  HBP–Williams (3,by Cerutti).  SB–Felix (3,2nd base off Reuss/Karkovice).  WP–Perez 2 (5), McCarthy (3).  HBP–Cerutti (1,Williams).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:57.  A–16,488.
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