Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1998 at Comiskey Park II. The Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 14, Chicago White Sox 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 1 1 1
  McDonald ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Voigt lf 5 1 1 0
Grieve rf 5 3 3 1
Blowers 3b,1b 5 3 4 4
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 1
  Bellhorn ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Abbott dh 5 2 2 0
Spiezio 2b 5 1 2 4
Macfarlane c 5 1 1 2
Bournigal ss 4 1 1 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 14 17 14
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 1 0
Cordero 1b 4 0 2 0
Cameron cf 3 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 1 0
Caruso ss 3 0 1 0
Sirotka p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Oakland 012 022 52014170
Chicago 000 000 000061
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  W (3-1) 9.0 6 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sirotka  L (5-4) 5.2 10 7 7 1 4
  Baldwin   1.1 4 5 4 0 0
  Casian   2.0 3 2 2 0 4
Totals
9.0
17
14
13
1
8

  E–Cordero (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Spiezio (8,off Sirotka); Grieve (17,off Sirotka); Blowers (5,off Sirotka); Abbott (5,off Sirotka); Henderson (6,off Sirotka); Bellhorn (1,off Casian), Chicago Cordero (3,off Haynes).  3B–Oakland Blowers (1,off Casian).  HR–Oakland Blowers (2,2nd inning off Sirotka 0 on, 0 out); Macfarlane (1,3rd inning off Sirotka 0 on, 0 out); Spiezio (5,7th inning off Baldwin 3 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bournigal (1,by Casian).  HBP–Casian (2,Bournigal).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:29.  A–14,387.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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