Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox
August 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1997 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 1, Chicago White Sox 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Spiers 1b 2 0 1 0
Bagwell dh 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 2 1
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Carr cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Ausmus ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 0
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Martinez rf 3 2 2 0
Thomas dh 4 1 2 0
Belle lf 4 0 3 2
Ventura 3b 2 0 1 1
Cameron cf 3 0 1 0
Valdez 1b 4 0 0 0
Fabregas c 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Houston 000 000 100170
Chicago 001 020 00x390
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (6-9) 6.1 9 3 3 2 3
  Hudek   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Martin   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
4
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin  W (11-13) 6.2 6 1 1 4 6
  Castillo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Foulke   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Karchner  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Bagwell (34,off Baldwin), Chicago Belle (37,off Reynolds).  HBP–Bagwell (11,by Baldwin); Biggio (25,by Baldwin).  SB–Biggio 3 (35,2nd base off Baldwin/Fabregas,3rd base off Baldwin/Fabregas,2nd base off Karchner/Fabregas); Spiers (8,2nd base off Baldwin/Fabregas); Carr (11,2nd base off Baldwin/Fabregas).  CS–Biggio (9,3rd base by Karchner/Fabregas).  HBP–Baldwin 2 (5,Bagwell,Biggio).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:18.  A–22,916.
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