Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1989 at Memorial Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 11, Baltimore Orioles 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 5 0 2 1
Fletcher 2b 6 2 1 1
Calderon dh 3 3 3 3
  Boston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 2 2 2
  Karkovice c 0 0 0 0
Lyons rf,ss 4 1 2 2
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 1 1
Sosa cf 3 1 1 0
Guillen ss 4 1 2 1
  Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0
King p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards p 0 0 0 0
  Segura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Finley lf 4 0 1 0
Devereaux cf 2 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 2 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Tettleton dh 3 0 0 0
Orsulak rf 4 1 1 0
Milligan 1b 2 0 1 0
  Melendez 1b 1 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gonzales ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Quirk c 2 0 0 1
Ripken 2b 3 0 0 0
Harnisch p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
  Weston p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Chicago 022 402 01011150
Baltimore 000 010 000130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
King  W (8-9) 7.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Edwards   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Segura   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  L (4-9) 2.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Thurmond   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  McDonald   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Schilling   2.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Weston   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Schmidt   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
8
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 3.  PB–Quirk 2 (4).  2B–Chicago Fisk (20,off Harnisch); Lyons (21,off Thurmond), Baltimore Milligan (21,off King).  HR–Chicago Calderon (14,4th inning off McDonald 2 on, 1 out); Fisk (11,6th inning off Schilling 1 on, 0 out); Fletcher (1,8th inning off Weston 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Sosa (2,by Weston).  SB–Guillen (33,2nd base off Thurmond/Quirk).  WP–McDonald (1).  HBP–Weston (1,Sosa).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:23.  A–19,629.
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