Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 23, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1990 at Memorial Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 6, Baltimore Orioles 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Sosa rf 5 0 0 0
Johnson cf 5 2 3 1
Calderon lf 5 1 1 0
Pasqua dh 4 2 2 4
Fisk c 5 0 2 1
Kittle 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lyons 1b 1 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher 2b 4 1 3 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
King p 0 0 0 0
  Pall p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 3 0 0 0
Milligan dh 4 0 0 0
Anderson lf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 1 1 0
Tettleton c 2 1 0 0
Orsulak rf 4 1 1 3
Worthington 3b 2 0 0 0
Segui 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzales 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  Weston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 2 3
Chicago 300 010 1106110
Baltimore 000 300 000321
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
King  W (3-0) 6.0 2 3 3 4 3
  Pall   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Thigpen  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
3
3
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (3-3) 6.2 9 5 5 2 2
  Hickey   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Weston   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
5

  E–Segui (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Johnson (5,off Johnson); Fletcher (5,off Hickey).  HR–Chicago Pasqua 2 (4,1st inning off Johnson 2 on, 1 out,7th inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Orsulak (5,4th inning off King 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Pasqua (1,by Johnson).  HBP–Worthington (1,by King).  SB–Tettleton (1,2nd base off King/Fisk); Finley (4,2nd base off King/Fisk).  WP–Johnson (1).  HBP–King (2,Worthington).  IBB–Johnson (1,Pasqua).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:16.  A–20,392.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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