New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
May 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1998 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 9, Chicago White Sox 12

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 2 3 0 0
Jeter ss 4 2 0 0
O'Neill rf 5 2 1 1
Williams cf 5 1 3 5
Raines dh 3 0 1 0
Curtis lf 4 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 0 0
Sojo 3b 4 0 1 0
Sveum 1b 3 1 0 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 6 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 3 2 1
Caruso ss 5 2 4 1
Thomas dh 4 1 2 0
Belle lf 5 2 3 4
Ventura 3b 4 1 2 1
Norton 1b 4 1 2 2
Ordonez rf 5 0 0 0
Cameron cf 4 1 1 0
Kreuter c 4 1 1 0
Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 17 9
New York 005 013 000960
Chicago 023 301 30x12173
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza   3.0 9 5 5 0 1
  Banks   2.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Nelson  L (2-2) 1.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Holmes   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
17
12
12
5
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eyre   5.0 3 6 0 6 4
  Baldwin   0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Castillo   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Simas  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Karchner  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
9
3
9
7

  E–Caruso (11), Ventura 2 (8).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Posada (2).  2B–Chicago Norton (7,off Mendoza); Belle (17,off Mendoza); Durham (11,off Nelson).  3B–New York Williams (5,off Baldwin), Chicago Durham (5,off Nelson); Cameron (3,off Nelson).  HR–New York Williams (7,3rd inning off Eyre 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Belle (10,4th inning off Banks 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Norton (1,off Mendoza).  IBB–Ventura (7,by Nelson).  CS–Curtis (2,2nd base by Eyre/Kreuter).  SB–Norton (1,2nd base off Banks/Posada); Caruso (4,2nd base off Nelson/Posada); Cameron (7,2nd base off Holmes/Posada).  WP–Mendoza (3), Nelson (2).  IBB–Nelson (3,Ventura).  U-HP–Martin Foster, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:44.  A–15,232.
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