Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics
June 23, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 1
Ventura 3b 5 0 1 1
Calderon lf 3 0 0 0
Pasqua dh 3 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Kittle 1b 4 0 0 0
  Lyons 1b 0 0 0 0
Fletcher 2b 4 0 1 0
Karkovice c 3 2 2 1
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Guillen ss 4 2 3 1
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Henderson D. cf 5 0 2 1
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Jose rf 3 1 2 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 1 1
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Chicago 001 021 001590
Oakland 011 010 000391
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (4-4) 6.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Jones   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Thigpen  SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (5-7) 5.1 8 4 3 1 3
  Honeycutt   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
1
4

  E–Moore (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Steinbach 2 (3).  2B–Chicago Karkovice (3,off Moore); Johnson (9,off Moore); Ventura (6,off Moore); Guillen (8,off Nelson), Oakland Jose (5,off McDowell); Randolph (4,off McDowell); D Henderson (15,off McDowell).  HR–Chicago Karkovice (2,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 1 out), Oakland McGwire (19,5th inning off McDowell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Johnson (3,off Moore).  HBP–Karkovice (1,by Nelson); J Canseco (3,by McDowell); McGwire (2,by McDowell).  BK–McDowell (1).  HBP–McDowell 2 (4,J Canseco,McGwire); Nelson (2,Karkovice).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:04.  A–43,084.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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