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

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

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New York Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Fielder dh 3 1 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 1 2
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Strawberry lf 4 0 1 0
Duncan 2b 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 1 1 1 0
Durham 2b 4 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 5 1 1 1
Ventura 3b 4 0 1 0
Martinez rf 2 1 0 0
Lewis cf 4 0 1 0
Karkovice c 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 1 1
Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
New York 020 000 000 0250
Chicago 010 010 000 1360
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   6.2 4 2 2 7 4
  Nelson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rivera   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Wetteland  L (1-3) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
6
3
3
8
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   9.0 4 2 2 3 7
  Hernandez  W (4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  3B–Chicago Guillen (6,off Gooden).  HR–New York Martinez (17,2nd inning off Fernandez 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Baines (19,10th inning off Wetteland 0 on, 1 out).  SB–B Williams (12,2nd base off Fernandez/Karkovice); Phillips 2 (11,2nd base off Gooden/Girardi,3rd base off Nelson/Girardi); Durham (21,2nd base off Nelson/Girardi).  CS–Jeter (5,3rd base by Fernandez/Karkovice); Strawberry (2,2nd base by Hernandez/Karkovice); Martinez (7,2nd base by Gooden/Girardi).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:02.  A–32,492.
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