Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
May 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. The Baltimore Orioles 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

Baltimore Orioles 7, Chicago White Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 1 2 1
Lacy rf,lf 4 0 0 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 2 2 3
Lynn cf 4 1 2 1
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Sheets lf 3 1 1 0
  Simmons ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Dwyer dh 3 1 0 0
  Burleson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf 4 0 1 0
Redus lf 4 1 2 1
Baines dh 4 1 1 1
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Walker 1b 4 0 0 0
Calderon rf 3 2 3 1
Hulett 3b 4 1 1 1
Guillen ss 4 1 1 1
Manrique 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Baltimore 011 100 202781
Chicago 000 200 310691
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker   5.0 4 2 2 3 3
  Arnold   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Dixon  W (2-2) 3.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   6.1 6 5 4 3 2
  Winn   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Searage  L (0-1) 2.1 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
6
4

  E–Boddicker (1), Hulett (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Fisk (2).  2B–Chicago Redus (5,off Boddicker); Baines (2,off Boddicker); Calderon (10,off Arnold); Hulett (3,off Arnold).  3B–Baltimore Wiggins (1,off DeLeon).  HR–Baltimore Lynn (2,2nd inning off DeLeon 0 on, 1 out); Murray 2 (5,4th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Searage 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Calderon (4,8th inning off Dixon 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Wiggins 2 (7,2nd base off DeLeon/Fisk 2); Calderon (4,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy); Boston (4,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy); Guillen (1,2nd base off Dixon/Kennedy).  CS–Fisk (2,2nd base by Boddicker/Kennedy).  WP–Boddicker (1), DeLeon (1), Winn (1).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:18.  A–16,767.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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