Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
August 26, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf,rf 4 2 2 3
Kelly rf 3 0 1 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
McKinney 2b 3 0 1 1
Melton 3b 3 0 0 1
May 1b 2 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 4 0 1 0
Huntz ss 4 1 0 0
Herrmann c 2 1 1 0
  Alvarado pr 0 1 0 0
  Egan c 1 0 1 0
Horlen p 1 0 0 0
  Hershberger ph 1 1 1 1
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Reichardt ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 30 7 9 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 0 1 1
Rettenmund rf 3 0 2 2
Robinson F. 1b 5 1 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 0
Etchebarren c 1 1 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 2 0
Belanger ss 3 3 3 1
Palmer p 2 1 2 3
  Jackson p 1 0 1 1
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 13 8
Chicago 000 040 30790
Baltimore 020 401 018130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen   4.0 9 6 6 1 4
  Romo   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Johnson  L (7-8) 2.0 2 1 1 4 3
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
5
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   5.1 5 4 4 3 4
  Jackson   0.2 1 2 2 0 0
  Hall  W (6-6) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (16,off Horlen).  3B–Baltimore Belanger (2,off Romo).  HR–Chicago Williams (7,5th inning off Palmer 2 on, 2 out).  SF–McKinney (3,off Hall); Melton (4,off Hall).  HBP–Herrmann (1,by Jackson); Etchebarren (1,by Horlen).  SH–Etchebarren (3,off Horlen); Shopay (1,off Johnson).  SB–Rettenmund (13,2nd base off Johnson/Egan); Blair (13,2nd base off Johnson/Egan).  CS–Rettenmund (3,2nd base by Horlen/Herrmann).  HBP–Horlen (5,Etchebarren); Jackson (2,Herrmann).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:40.  A–13,600.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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