California Angels vs Chicago White Sox
August 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1974 at Comiskey Park I. The California Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

California Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 0
Meoli 3b 3 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Bochte lf,1b 5 0 0 0
Robinson dh 5 2 2 0
Lahoud rf,lf 3 0 2 0
  Howard ph,lf 2 1 2 2
Chalk ss 1 0 0 0
  Valentine ss 3 1 1 0
Doherty 1b 3 1 1 0
  Rodriguez c 1 1 1 1
Doyle 2b 2 0 2 0
  Llenas ph,2b 2 0 1 1
  Heise 2b 0 0 0 0
Egan c 2 0 0 0
  Stanton ph,rf 2 0 2 2
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Quintana p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly dh 5 0 3 2
Orta 2b 5 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 1 1 0
  Muser 1b 1 0 0 0
  Santo ph 0 0 0 0
May lf 3 1 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 0
Melton 3b 3 0 1 1
Sharp rf 2 0 0 1
Downing c 3 2 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Pitlock p 0 0 0 0
  Kucek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
California 000 000 2316151
Chicago 010 011 001481
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   6.1 4 3 2 4 3
  Quintana  W (2-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Pina   0.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Hassler  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
5
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.1 7 2 2 0 4
  Forster   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Gossage  L (2-4) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Acosta   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pitlock   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Kucek   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
3
7

  E–Meoli (1), Downing (2).  DP–California 1, Chicago 1.  2B–California Robinson 2 (21,off Forster,off Pitlock), Chicago Downing (9,off Pina).  3B–California Rivers (10,off B Johnson).  SH–Dent (14,off Figueroa).  SF–Sharp (2,off Figueroa); Melton (4,off Figueroa).  HBP–K Henderson (2,by Figueroa).  IBB–Sharp (1,by Figueroa).  SB–Howard (1,2nd base off Pitlock/Downing); K Henderson 2 (10,2nd base off Figueroa/Egan 2); Kelly (15,2nd base off Hassler/Rodriguez).  CS–Kelly (8,2nd base by Figueroa/Egan).  HBP–Figueroa (2,K Henderson).  IBB–Figueroa (1,Sharp).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:03.  A–14,901.
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