Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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 2, Chicago White Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 5 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 2 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 1 0
Parker dh 5 0 1 0
Steinbach c 5 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Jose rf 3 0 1 0
  Canseco ph 1 0 1 0
  Javier pr,rf 1 1 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 1 1
  Gallego pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Young C. p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Young M. p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 12 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Gallagher cf 6 0 1 0
Fletcher 2b 5 1 2 0
Calderon rf 5 0 2 0
Fisk dh 6 0 3 1
Martinez 3b 3 1 1 0
Morman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lyons ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Boston lf 5 0 0 0
Karkovice c 5 1 3 1
Guillen ss 5 0 1 1
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Hillegas p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 14 3
Oakland 000 100 001 002120
Chicago 000 101 000 013141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Young C.   5.2 9 2 2 1 1
  Burns   0.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Young M.   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Nelson   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Honeycutt   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Corsi  L (0-2) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.1
14
3
3
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   6.2 8 1 1 3 2
  Hillegas   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Thigpen   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Patterson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
2
2
3
3

  E–Boston (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland D Henderson (15,off Dotson); Canseco (4,off Thigpen), Chicago Martinez (13,off C Young); Fletcher (16,off C Young); Fisk (15,off Burns).  3B–Chicago Karkovice (2,off C Young).  HR–Oakland McGwire (20,4th inning off Dotson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Phillips (4,off Patterson); Lyons (8,off Burns).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:44.  A–15,389.
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