Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
July 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1987 at Comiskey Park I. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Hinzo 2b 5 0 2 0
Tabler dh 4 1 1 0
Carter 1b 4 1 2 0
Snyder rf 4 1 1 3
Hall lf 4 1 1 1
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 0
Bando c 4 0 1 0
Noboa ss 3 0 0 0
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 0 0 0
Redus lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Baines dh 4 0 2 1
  Lyons pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Calderon rf 4 1 0 0
Walker 1b 4 1 2 2
Fisk c 4 0 2 0
Williams cf 3 0 2 0
  Hairston ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Cleveland 300 001 000491
Chicago 001 002 000390
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes  W (3-2) 7.1 9 3 2 0 1
  Stewart  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
0
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (7-6) 9.0 9 4 4 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–Jacoby (13).  2B–Chicago Redus (13,off Bailes).  HR–Cleveland Snyder (20,1st inning off Dotson 2 on, 2 out); Hall (9,6th inning off Dotson 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Walker (18,6th inning off Bailes 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Noboa (1,off Dotson).  SB–Williams (5,2nd base off Bailes/Bando).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:33.  A–14,752.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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