Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 11, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 5 0 1 0
Fletcher 2b 4 0 1 0
Calderon 1b 4 1 1 0
Fisk dh,c 4 0 1 1
Martinez 3b 4 1 1 0
Sosa cf 4 1 2 0
Karkovice c 2 0 1 1
  Boston ph 1 0 0 0
  Edwards p 0 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Gallagher rf 3 0 1 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
Rosenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 4 2 4 0
Finley rf 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 1 3
Tettleton dh 4 1 2 1
Milligan 1b 4 0 0 0
Devereaux cf 3 1 2 0
Worthington 3b 2 0 1 1
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 0 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Chicago 020 001 0003103
Baltimore 210 030 00x6101
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rosenberg  L (4-12) 1.1 4 3 2 1 1
  Long   3.1 5 3 2 3 6
  Jones   2.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Edwards   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
4
5
11
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (17-7) 6.1 9 3 2 1 2
  Williamson   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Olson  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
1
4

  E–Martinez 2 (16), Rosenberg (3), Melvin (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Karkovice (4).  2B–Chicago Fletcher (22,off Ballard); Gallagher (20,off Ballard); Fisk (19,off Ballard), Baltimore Bradley (21,off Rosenberg).  HR–Baltimore Tettleton (23,1st inning off Rosenberg 0 on, 2 out); C Ripken (21,5th inning off Long 1 on, 1 out).  SF–C Ripken (6,off Rosenberg).  SB–Johnson (11,2nd base off Ballard/Melvin); Sosa (5,3rd base off Ballard/Melvin); Bradley 2 (18,3rd base off Rosenberg/Karkovice,2nd base off Long/Karkovice); C Ripken (3,2nd base off Jones/Karkovice).  CS–Johnson (3,3rd base by Ballard/Melvin); Melvin (4,2nd base by Long/Karkovice).  WP–Long (3).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:12.  A–21,581.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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