Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 4, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2002 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 4 1 1 1
Velarde 2b 5 1 2 1
Justice rf 5 0 2 0
Dye dh 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 5 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Long cf 4 0 3 0
Hernandez c 3 0 2 0
  Myers ph,c 0 0 0 0
Pena 1b 2 0 0 0
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 2 0
Durham 2b 3 1 1 1
Thomas dh 3 2 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 2 2 2
Konerko 1b 3 2 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 2 5
Lee lf 3 0 0 1
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
Clayton ss 4 1 1 0
Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Biddle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 10 10 9
Oakland 100 010 0002111
Chicago 000 410 50x10100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  L (3-3) 6.1 9 9 9 3 3
  Bradford   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Koch   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
10
9
5
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  W (3-2) 6.0 9 2 2 3 3
  Marte   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Howry   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Osuna   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Biddle   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
5
5

  E–Velarde (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Oakland Justice 2 (3,off Ritchie,off Biddle); Long 2 (6,off Ritchie,off Howry); Dye (1,off Ritchie).  3B–Chicago Valentin (2,off Hudson).  HR–Oakland Velarde (1,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Giambi (5,5th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Durham (2,5th inning off Hudson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Durham 2 (5,off Hudson 2).  SF–Lee (2,off Hudson).  IBB–Thomas (1,by Hudson).  WP–Ritchie (3).  IBB–Hudson (2,Thomas).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Bill Miller.  T–2:59.  A–27,511.
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