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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 8, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 8, 1997 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 8, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Mohler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | James Baldwin |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 16,627 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Terry Craft 2B: Chuck Meriwether 3B: Jim Evans |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Damon Mashore | Center Fielder |
| Jason Giambi | DH |
| Jose Canseco | Left Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Geronimo Berroa | Right Fielder |
| Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
| Scott Brosius | Third Baseman |
| George Williams | Catcher |
| Tony Batista | Shortstop |
| Art Howe | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Phillips | Right Fielder |
| Ray Durham | Second Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | First Baseman |
| Albert Belle | Left Fielder |
| Lyle Mouton | DH |
| Chris Snopek | Third Baseman |
| Norberto Martin | Shortstop |
| Chad Kreuter | Catcher |
| Darren Lewis | Center Fielder |
| Terry Bevington | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 8, 1997
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mashore vs. Baldwin
Mashore hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Baldwin
Giambi strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Baldwin
Canseco strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Mohler
Phillips strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Durham vs. Mohler
Durham strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mohler
Thomas hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Mohler
Belle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mouton vs. Mohler
Mouton hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snopek vs. Mohler
Snopek hits a fly ball into right field. Berroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Baldwin
McGwire takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berroa vs. Baldwin
Berroa hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Baldwin
Spiezio hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Brosius vs. Baldwin
Brosius hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Mohler
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kreuter vs. Mohler
Kreuter strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Mohler
Lewis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Mohler
There goes Lewis. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Lewis steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Phillips vs. Mohler
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lewis scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Durham vs. Mohler
Durham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baldwin
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Batista vs. Baldwin
Batista hits a line drive into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mashore vs. Baldwin
Mashore hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Baldwin
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mohler
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belle vs. Mohler
Belle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Mouton vs. Mohler
Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Belle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Snopek vs. Mohler
Snopek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Belle trying to get to home. Mashore throws the ball in to Williams who tags Belle who's trying to score from second, for the out. Mouton moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Mohler
Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kreuter vs. Mohler
Kreuter strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Baldwin
Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Baldwin
McGwire strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Baldwin
Berroa hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Mohler
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mohler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Mohler
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista throws to second for one, and Spiezio throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Durham vs. Mohler
Durham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Mohler
There's a wild pitch. Phillips moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Mohler
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Baldwin
Spiezio strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Baldwin
Brosius strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baldwin
Williams hits a line drive towards the mound. Baldwin can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Batista vs. Baldwin
Batista hits a line drive towards right. Phillips chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Phillips. Williams goes all the way around to score. Batista moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Mashore vs. Baldwin
Mashore hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Batista scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Baldwin
Giambi strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Mohler
Belle hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Mohler
Mouton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mashore. Mouton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Snopek vs. Mohler
Snopek hits a fly ball into center field. Mashore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Wengert
Don Wengert now pitching.
Martin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mouton scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kreuter vs. Wengert
Kreuter takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Lewis vs. Wengert
Lewis strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Darwin
Danny Darwin now pitching.
Canseco hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Darwin
McGwire hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berroa vs. Darwin
Berroa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Darwin
Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Wengert
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Durham vs. Wengert
Durham hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields the ball and throws to Wengert covering. Safe. Phillips moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Wengert
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brosius fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips scores. Durham moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Belle vs. Wengert
Belle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Durham scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mouton vs. Wengert
Mouton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Snopek vs. Wengert
Snopek strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Darwin
Brosius hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Darwin
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Magadan vs. Darwin
Dave Magadan pinch hits for Tony Batista.
Magadan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Mashore vs. Darwin
Mashore takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Magadan moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Giambi vs. Bertotti
Mike Bertotti now pitching.
Giambi hits a fly ball towards left. Belle settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Belle. Williams tags and scores. Magadan scores. Mashore tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Canseco vs. Simas
Bill Simas now pitching.
Canseco takes first base on ball four. Mashore moves to third. Giambi moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
McGwire vs. Simas
McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mashore tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Berroa vs. Simas
Berroa hits a line drive towards third. Snopek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Wengert
Dave Magadan now playing third base. Scott Brosius now playing shortstop.
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kreuter vs. Wengert
Kreuter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Wengert
Lewis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Wengert
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kreuter moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Durham vs. Wengert
Durham hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Wengert covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Simas
Spiezio strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brosius vs. Simas
Brosius hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Simas
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Acre
Mark Acre now pitching.
Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Berroa. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Belle vs. Acre
Belle strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mouton vs. Acre
Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Snopek vs. Acre
Snopek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez now pitching.
Magadan hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mashore vs. Hernandez
Mashore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Hernandez
Giambi takes first base on ball four. Mashore moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Canseco vs. Hernandez
Canseco hits a line drive towards third. Snopek catches it and throws to second to double up Mashore. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Hernandez
McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/8/1997 -- Oakland at Chicago (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Mashore D, cf 3 1 1 1 Phillips T, rf 5 1 3 1
Giambi J, dh 3 0 0 1 Durham R, 2b 5 1 1 0
Canseco J, lf 4 0 0 0 Thomas F, 1b 4 1 2 2
McGwire M, 1b 3 0 0 1 Belle A, lf 4 1 2 1
Berroa G, rf 4 0 1 0 Mouton L, dh 5 3 2 2
Spiezio S, 2b 4 0 0 0 Snopek C, 3b 5 1 1 0
Brosius S, 3b-ss 4 0 0 0 Martin N, ss 4 1 2 4
Williams G, c 2 2 1 0 Kreuter C, c 3 0 1 0
Batista T, ss 2 1 0 0 Lewis D, cf 4 1 2 0
Magadan D, ph-3b 2 2 2 1
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31 6 5 4 39 10 16 10
Oakland 000 020 301 -- 6
Chicago 313 012 00x -- 10
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Mohler M (L) 4.2 9 8 8 2 4
Wengert D 2.1 6 2 2 1 5
Acre M 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Baldwin J (W) 5.0 2 2 0 2 6
Darwin D 1.1 2 3 1 2 0
Bertotti M* 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Simas B 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Hernandez R 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Spiezio S, Phillips T, Belle A
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Oakland 7, Chicago 8
2B -- Mouton L, Thomas F
HR -- Thomas F, Mouton L, Martin N, Magadan D
SB -- Lewis D
SF -- Giambi J, McGwire M
WP -- Mohler M
T -- 3:02
A -- 16627
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