Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1996 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 16, Detroit Tigers 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 5 0 1 0
  Snopek ss 1 0 1 0
Lewis cf 5 2 3 4
Thomas 1b 2 2 1 2
  Kreuter ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 3 4 3
  Munoz ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 5 2 3 0
Martinez rf 5 1 2 2
Karkovice c 6 2 2 1
Durham 2b 4 3 3 4
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
  Mouton lf 0 0 0 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 16 21 16
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis lf 2 0 0 0
  Bartee cf 0 0 0 0
Lewis M. 2b 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 3 1 1 1
  Williams 3b 1 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0
  Parent 1b 1 0 0 0
Nieves rf 3 1 2 0
  Bautista rf 1 0 0 0
Pride dh 3 1 2 0
Gomez ss 4 1 2 2
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Singleton cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Keagle p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Chicago 320 730 01016210
Detroit 031 000 0004100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
  McCaskill  W (2-2) 5.0 6 1 1 0 3
  Simas  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  L (0-1) 1.1 6 5 5 1 0
  Keagle   2.2 7 7 7 2 3
  Veres   2.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Lewis   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Myers   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
21
16
16
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Ventura 2 (8,off Farrell,off Keagle); Guillen (8,off Keagle); Martinez (4,off Veres); Durham (8,off Myers), Detroit Pride (1,off Baldwin); Gomez (3,off Baldwin); Singleton (1,off McCaskill).  HR–Chicago F Thomas (13,1st inning off Farrell 0 on, 2 out); Lewis (1,4th inning off Keagle 1 on, 1 out); Durham (5,4th inning off Keagle 3 on, 2 out); Baines (9,5th inning off Veres 2 on, 1 out), Detroit Fryman (10,3rd inning off McCaskill 0 on, 0 out).  SF–F Thomas (4,off Keagle).  HBP–Lewis (1,by Farrell); Mouton (1,by Myers).  IBB–Martinez (1,by Keagle).  CS–Lewis (1,2nd base by Farrell/Flaherty); Curtis (4,2nd base by McCaskill/Karkovice); Pride (1,2nd base by McCaskill/Karkovice).  HBP–Farrell (1,Lewis); Myers (3,Mouton).  IBB–Keagle (1,Martinez).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:05.  A–21,673.
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