Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago White Sox
May 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1997 at Comiskey Park II. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 4, Chicago White Sox 1

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Cirillo 3b 4 0 1 0
Nilsson dh 4 0 0 0
Jaha 1b 4 1 1 0
Newfield lf 3 0 0 0
  Burnitz cf 0 1 0 0
Mieske rf 3 0 0 0
Loretta 2b 4 1 2 3
Valentin ss 4 0 1 0
Matheny c 4 0 1 0
Karl p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Martin ss 3 1 0 0
Thomas 1b 3 0 1 0
Belle lf 3 0 1 1
Cameron rf 3 0 0 0
Snopek 3b 3 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Karkovice c 3 0 0 0
Lewis cf 3 0 1 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Milwaukee 100 100 002480
Chicago 100 000 000130
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Karl  W (2-5) 8.0 3 1 1 1 5
  Jones  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  L (3-5) 7.0 7 2 2 1 6
  Karchner   2.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Milwaukee Jaha (7,off Alvarez).  HR–Milwaukee Williams (5,1st inning off Alvarez 0 on, 0 out); Loretta (1,9th inning off Karchner 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Lewis (2,2nd base by Karl/Matheny).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:27.  A–28,160.
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