Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 0, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Roberts cf 4 0 1 0
Grieve dh 3 0 0 0
Blowers 3b 4 0 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 3 0 1 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Christenson rf 2 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  McDonald pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 2 0 1 1
Caruso ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 0 1 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Norton 1b 4 0 2 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Cameron cf 4 1 1 0
Machado c 4 1 2 1
Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Oakland 000 000 000020
Chicago 001 001 00x292
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  L (8-5) 6.0 8 2 2 3 3
  Worrell   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
3
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eyre  W (2-7) 5.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Foulke   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Howry   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Simas  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
7

  E–Caruso (27), Machado (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Durham (30,off Haynes).  3B–Chicago Cameron (4,off Haynes).  HR–Chicago Machado (2,3rd inning off Haynes 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Norton (2,2nd base off Haynes/Macfarlane).  WP–Haynes (6), Eyre (6).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–2:28.  A–15,503.
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