New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
May 12, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1996 at Comiskey Park II. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 9, Chicago White Sox 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 6 1 1 1
Boggs 3b 5 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 2 2 1
Martinez 1b 4 2 2 2
Sierra dh 4 1 1 0
Girardi c 4 1 3 3
Williams cf 3 0 0 1
Fox 2b 4 1 2 0
Jeter ss 4 0 1 1
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 4 1 2 0
Lewis cf 3 1 0 0
Thomas F. 1b 5 2 2 3
Baines dh 3 1 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 1 1 2
Martinez rf 5 1 3 2
Karkovice c 4 0 1 1
  Munoz ph 1 0 0 0
Durham 2b 4 1 0 0
Guillen ss 5 0 1 0
Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas L. p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
  Keyser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
New York 000 225 0009131
Chicago 170 000 0008101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kamieniecki   1.2 2 6 6 6 1
  Gibson   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Mecir   2.1 2 0 0 2 4
  Wickman  W (3-1) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Rivera   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Wetteland  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
8
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   5.1 9 7 5 3 2
  Thomas  L (1-3) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Simas   1.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Keyser   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
6
3

  E–Fox (4), F Thomas (1).  3B–Chicago Martinez (2,off Gibson).  HR–New York Martinez (5,5th inning off Fernandez 1 on, 1 out), Chicago F Thomas (10,1st inning off Kamieniecki 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Girardi (2,off Keyser).  SF–G Williams (1,off Fernandez); Jeter (1,off Fernandez).  IBB–Phillips (2,by Kamieniecki).  SB–Guillen (2,2nd base off M Rivera/Girardi); Martinez (3,2nd base off Wetteland/Girardi).  WP–Mecir (3).  IBB–Kamieniecki (1,Phillips).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:33.  A–17,405.
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