Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 12

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson cf 2 1 0 0
  Becker pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 2
Davis rf 4 0 1 1
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 1 2 1
Surhoff lf 4 0 0 0
Webster c 3 1 1 1
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
  Otanez ph 1 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 2 1 0
Caruso ss 5 2 4 2
Thomas dh 3 1 2 4
  Snopek pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Belle lf 3 1 1 1
  Cameron cf 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 2 1 0
Norton 1b 5 0 1 2
Abbott cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Ordonez rf 4 1 2 0
Kreuter c 5 2 2 1
Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 15 11
Baltimore 100 000 220562
Chicago 060 102 03x12151
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (8-13) 5.0 9 7 7 3 5
  Smith   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Johns   1.2 0 1 1 1 1
  Benitez   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Orosco   0.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
12
12
6
7
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin  W (8-5) 7.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Ward   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Bradford   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Simas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
4
4

  E–Palmeiro (7), Guzman (3), Ventura (13).  DP–Baltimore 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Baltimore Davis (26,off Baldwin), Chicago Kreuter 2 (9,off Guzman 2); Belle (37,off Benitez).  3B–Chicago Thomas (2,off Smith).  HR–Baltimore Ripken (12,7th inning off Baldwin 0 on, 0 out); Webster (10,7th inning off Baldwin 0 on, 1 out); Palmeiro (39,8th inning off Ward 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Thomas (25,2nd inning off Guzman 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Belle (10,off Guzman).  WP–Guzman 2 (8).  U-HP–Ray DiMuro, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:10.  A–13,511.
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