Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 5, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2002 at Comiskey Park II. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Giambi lf 4 0 0 0
Velarde 2b 4 0 2 1
Hatteberg dh 3 0 1 1
Justice rf 4 1 1 1
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Long cf 4 0 1 0
Myers c 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pena 1b 2 1 0 0
Zito p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Graffanino 3b 4 1 1 0
Thomas dh 4 1 2 1
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
Konerko 1b 4 0 1 1
Lee lf 3 0 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 0 0 0
Rowand cf 2 0 1 0
  Lofton ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Clayton ss 3 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Oakland 010 020 000350
Chicago 000 101 000260
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  W (2-2) 6.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Mecir   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Koch  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
9
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (3-3) 4.2 5 3 3 2 2
  Marte   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Howry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Foulke   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Long (7,off Wright); Velarde (1,off Wright).  HR–Oakland Justice (4,2nd inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Thomas (6,6th inning off Zito 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hatteberg (2,by Howry).  CS–Rowand (1,2nd base by Zito/Myers).  HBP–Howry (1,Hatteberg).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:42.  A–27,275.
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