New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
April 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1997 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 7, Chicago White Sox 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 1 0
Williams cf 4 2 3 0
Martinez 1b 6 2 3 1
Fielder dh 2 1 1 2
  Whiten pr,dh 2 1 0 0
O'Neill rf 5 0 2 2
Jeter ss 5 0 1 1
Posada c 4 0 0 1
Sojo 2b 6 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 12 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 1 2 0
Lewis cf 3 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Thomas 1b 5 1 2 1
Belle lf 6 0 3 2
Mouton rf 3 0 1 0
  Martinez ph,rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Snopek 3b 5 1 1 1
Baines dh 3 1 1 0
  Martin ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Kreuter c 4 1 1 2
  Karkovice c 1 1 1 0
Guillen ss 4 2 3 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo T. p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo C. p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 16 7
New York 000 003 400 007120
Chicago 001 310 020 018160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   4.0 10 5 5 1 2
  Weathers   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nelson   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Stanton   0.1 0 2 2 3 0
  Boehringer  L (0-1) 3.2 5 1 1 4 4
Totals
10.2
16
8
8
10
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin   6.1 7 5 5 4 3
  Castillo T.   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Simas   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Castillo C.   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Levine  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
12
7
7
8
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–Chicago F Thomas (3,off Wells); Belle (4,off Wells); Karkovice (2,off Boehringer).  3B–Chicago Guillen (1,off Wells).  HR–Chicago Snopek (3,4th inning off Wells 0 on, 2 out); Kreuter (1,4th inning off Wells 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Posada (1,off C Castillo).  HBP–Fielder (1,by Simas).  IBB–Posada (1,by Levine); Guillen (1,by Boehringer).  SH–Lewis 2 (3,off Wells,off Boehringer).  SB–Jeter (3,2nd base off Hernandez/Kreuter); Mouton (1,3rd base off Wells/Posada); Belle (1,2nd base off Nelson/Posada).  CS–F Thomas (1,2nd base by Boehringer/Posada).  BK–Stanton (1).  HBP–Simas (1,Fielder).  IBB–Boehringer (1,Guillen); Levine (1,Posada).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–4:20.  A–23,601.
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