Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox
August 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 2 1 0 0
Kelly cf,rf 4 2 2 2
Greer lf 5 1 1 3
Gonzalez dh 5 0 2 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Zeile 3b 5 0 1 1
Simms rf 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin cf 0 1 0 0
Haselman c 3 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 1 2 1
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 5 1 1 2
Caruso ss 4 3 2 1
Thomas dh 3 0 2 0
Belle lf 4 0 1 2
Ventura 3b 3 1 1 1
Cordero 1b 5 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 3 0
Cameron cf 4 2 2 2
Machado c 4 0 1 0
Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Heathcott p 0 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Texas 104 001 010790
Chicago 012 000 14x8130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett   5.0 8 3 3 0 2
  Crabtree   1.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Cadaret   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Gunderson  L (0-2) 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Levine   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eyre   2.1 5 5 5 3 1
  Heathcott   3.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Navarro   2.0 2 1 1 3 0
  Ward  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Howry  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Texas Clark (31,off Heathcott), Chicago Belle (38,off Burkett); Thomas (25,off Burkett); Ordonez (24,off Patterson).  HR–Texas Kelly (13,1st inning off Eyre 0 on, 1 out); Clayton (2,3rd inning off Eyre 0 on, 0 out); Greer (13,3rd inning off Eyre 2 on, 0 out), Chicago Ventura (16,2nd inning off Burkett 0 on, 1 out); Cameron (7,8th inning off Patterson 1 on, 0 out); Durham (16,8th inning off Gunderson 0 on, 1 out); Caruso (5,8th inning off Gunderson 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kelly (2,by Navarro).  SF–Belle (11,off Crabtree).  IBB–Ventura (12,by Levine).  SB–Cameron (22,2nd base off Burkett/Haselman).  WP–Crabtree (5), Heathcott 2 (2).  HBP–Navarro (7,Kelly).  IBB–Levine (1,Ventura).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:21.  A–14,280.
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