Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
July 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 2008 at U.S. Cellular Field. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Chicago White Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 2 1 2 1
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Cust lf 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0
Bankston dh 3 0 2 0
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
Murphy ss 2 0 0 0
Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 2
Anderson cf 4 1 1 2
Quentin lf 4 0 1 0
Dye rf 3 0 1 0
Thome dh 3 0 0 0
Crede 3b 4 0 0 0
Swisher 1b 3 2 1 1
Ramirez 2b 3 2 3 1
Hall c 3 0 0 0
Floyd p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Oakland 000 000 001141
Chicago 010 022 01x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L(5-7) 5.0 5 4 4 6 2
  Gaudin   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Blevins   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Brown   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Floyd  W(10-4) 7.1 3 0 0 3 6
  Thornton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
1

  E–Murphy (2).  DP–Oakland 1. Hannahan-Ellis-Barton, Chicago 1. Floyd-Swisher.  2B–Chicago Quentin (14,off Smith); Cabrera (17,off Gaudin).  HR–Oakland R. Sweeney (3,9th inning off Linebrink 0 on 0 out), Chicago Swisher (12,2nd inning off Smith 0 on 2 out); Anderson (5,5th inning off Smith 1 on 0 out); A. Ramirez (7,8th inning off A. Brown 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Anderson (2,off Smith).  IBB–Dye (3,by Smith).  Team–8.  SB–R. Sweeney (7,2nd base off Floyd/Hall).  CS–Murphy (1,2nd base by Floyd/Hall); A. Ramirez (3,2nd base by Smith/Suzuki).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–James Hoye.  T–2:44.  A–35,586.
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