Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1990 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 1, Chicago White Sox 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. dh 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 0 0
Canseco rf 4 0 1 1
Henderson D. cf 1 0 0 0
  Jennings lf 3 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 1 0
Jose lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
  Blankenship 2b 0 0 0 0
Gallego 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 2 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 2 0
  Grebeck pr,3b 0 0 0 1
Calderon lf 5 2 3 3
Pasqua dh 3 1 1 1
Fisk c 5 2 2 1
Thomas 1b 4 1 2 2
Sosa rf 4 1 2 2
Fletcher 2b 4 1 0 0
Guillen ss 4 1 2 1
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 14 11
Oakland 100 000 000131
Chicago 300 002 15x11140
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  L (17-9) 7.0 9 6 5 2 7
  Harris   1.0 5 5 5 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
10
3
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (10-6) 9.0 3 1 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
8

  E–Lansford (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland J Canseco (10,off McDowell), Chicago Thomas (5,off Harris); Guillen (16,off Harris); Pasqua (19,off Harris).  3B–Chicago Thomas (3,off Stewart).  HR–Chicago Sosa (12,6th inning off Stewart 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Johnson (6,off Stewart).  SF–Grebeck (3,off Harris).  IBB–Johnson (2,by Harris).  WP–Stewart (7).  IBB–Harris (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:59.  A–39,294.
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