Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
June 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 12, Chicago White Sox 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 5 3 3 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 3 3 2
Vaughn 1b 4 3 3 3
Leyritz dh 3 1 0 1
O'Leary lf 5 1 2 3
Buford cf 4 1 1 3
Merloni 2b 5 0 1 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 13 12
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Snopek ss 3 0 0 0
  O'Brien c 0 0 0 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
Belle lf 3 1 1 0
Ventura 3b 3 1 0 0
Ordonez rf 3 1 1 1
Norton 1b 3 1 0 0
Cameron cf 4 1 1 2
Kreuter c 3 0 1 1
  Caruso pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 4 4
Boston 102 030 00612131
Chicago 030 002 000540
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  W (8-3) 6.0 3 5 4 4 7
  Garces   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Gordon  SV (20) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
5
4
5
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eyre  L (1-7) 4.2 8 6 6 2 3
  Foulke   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Simas   1.2 2 4 4 2 2
  Castillo   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Baldwin   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
12
12
4
7

  E–Wakefield (1).  PB–Varitek (6).  2B–Chicago Cameron (5,off Wakefield); Ordonez (10,off Wakefield); Kreuter (4,off Garces).  HR–Boston Vaughn (20,3rd inning off Eyre 1 on, 2 out); Buford (4,9th inning off Baldwin 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Valentin (1,off Eyre).  SF–Leyritz (4,off Eyre).  IBB–Vaughn (6,by Simas).  HBP–Ordonez (3,by Wakefield).  SB–Thomas (4,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Cameron (13,3rd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Snopek (3,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek).  WP–Eyre (2), Simas (1).  HBP–Wakefield (7,Ordonez).  IBB–Simas (2,Vaughn).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:05.  A–13,563.
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