Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
September 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago White Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 3 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 2
  Bartee lf 1 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 5 0 1 0
Clark 1b 5 1 2 0
Easley 2b 4 2 2 0
Wood dh 3 2 1 0
  Catalanotto ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 1
Siddall c 3 1 2 3
Cruz ss 4 1 1 1
Greisinger p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Caruso ss 4 1 1 0
  Norton ph 1 0 1 1
Thomas dh 5 0 3 1
Belle lf 4 0 1 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 2 0
Ordonez rf 3 1 0 0
Cordero 1b 4 1 2 0
Abbott cf 3 1 1 1
Kreuter c 4 1 1 3
Sirotka 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 6 12 6
Detroit 052 010 0008141
Chicago 031 000 0026121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger  W (5-8) 6.0 9 4 4 0 2
  Sager   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Runyan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sirotka  L (12-14) 3.0 9 7 7 1 1
  Navarro   3.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Ward   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Howry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
1
5

  E–Hunter (3), Caruso (34).  DP–Detroit 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Detroit Clark (31,off Navarro); Wood (1,off Navarro), Chicago Thomas (29,off Greisinger).  3B–Detroit Gonzalez (5,off Sirotka).  HR–Chicago Kreuter (2,2nd inning off Greisinger 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Siddall (1,off Navarro).  HBP–Easley (16,by Sirotka).  SF–Jeff Abbott (5,off Jones).  SB–Easley (13,2nd base off Sirotka/Kreuter); Encarnacion (6,2nd base off Navarro/Kreuter); Hunter 2 (38,2nd base off Ward/Kreuter,3rd base off Ward/Kreuter).  WP–Sirotka (3).  HBP–Sirotka (2,Easley).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:05.  A–12,872.
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