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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 18, 1998
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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 18, 1998 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1998 |
|---|---|
| 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 18, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jimmy Haynes |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Sirotka |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 14,387 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chuck Meriwether 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Marty Foster |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Center Fielder |
| Jack Voigt | Left Fielder |
| Ben Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Mike Blowers | Third Baseman |
| Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
| Kurt Abbott | DH |
| Scott Spiezio | Second Baseman |
| Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
| Rafael Bournigal | Shortstop |
| Art Howe | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ray Durham | Second Baseman |
| Magglio Ordonez | Right Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | DH |
| Albert Belle | Left Fielder |
| Robin Ventura | Third Baseman |
| Wil Cordero | First Baseman |
| Mike Cameron | Center Fielder |
| Charlie O'Brien | Catcher |
| Mike Caruso | Shortstop |
| Jerry Manuel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 18, 1998
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Sirotka
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Voigt vs. Sirotka
Voigt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Sirotka
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sirotka fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Durham vs. Haynes
Durham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Haynes
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Haynes
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Blowers vs. Sirotka
Blowers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Sirotka
Giambi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Abbott vs. Sirotka
Abbott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Sirotka
Spiezio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Haynes
Belle hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ventura vs. Haynes
Ventura takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cordero vs. Haynes
Cordero hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cameron vs. Haynes
Cameron hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Sirotka
Macfarlane hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Sirotka
Bournigal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Sirotka
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ventura fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Voigt vs. Sirotka
There goes Henderson. The throw from O'Brien and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Voigt vs. Sirotka
Voigt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Sirotka
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Grieve vs. Sirotka
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores. Voigt moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Blowers vs. Sirotka
Blowers hits a fly ball into right field. Ordonez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Haynes
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spiezio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Caruso vs. Haynes
Caruso hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Durham vs. Haynes
Durham strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Haynes
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Sirotka
Giambi hits a fly ball into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Abbott vs. Sirotka
Abbott strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Sirotka
Spiezio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Spiezio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Macfarlane vs. Sirotka
Macfarlane hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Haynes
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Haynes
Belle hits a popup towards third. Blowers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ventura vs. Haynes
Ventura hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cordero vs. Haynes
Cordero hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ventura moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cameron vs. Haynes
Cameron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Ventura trying to get to home. Voigt throws the ball in to Macfarlane who tags Ventura, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Cordero moves to second. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Sirotka
Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Sirotka
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Voigt vs. Sirotka
Voigt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Sirotka
Grieve hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Ordonez. Grieve reaches second base with a double. Voigt moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Blowers vs. Sirotka
Blowers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cameron. Blowers reaches second base with a double. Voigt scores. Grieve scores. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Giambi vs. Sirotka
Giambi strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Haynes
O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Caruso vs. Haynes
Caruso hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Durham vs. Haynes
Durham hits a popup into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Haynes
Ordonez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Blowers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Abbott vs. Sirotka
Abbott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Abbott reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spiezio vs. Sirotka
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sirotka, and towards Caruso, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Abbott moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Macfarlane vs. Sirotka
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Abbott scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bournigal vs. Sirotka
Bournigal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Sirotka
There goes Bournigal. The throw from O'Brien and he is safe. Bournigal steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Sirotka
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Ordonez. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Bournigal scores. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Voigt vs. Baldwin
James Baldwin now pitching.
Voigt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Durham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Haynes
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Giambi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Haynes
Belle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bournigal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ventura vs. Haynes
Ventura strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Baldwin
Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Blowers vs. Baldwin
Blowers hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Grieve moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Giambi vs. Baldwin
Giambi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cordero juggles the ball. That's an error on Cordero. Grieve scores. Blowers moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Abbott vs. Baldwin
Abbott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blowers moves to third. Giambi moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Spiezio vs. Baldwin
Spiezio hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Baldwin
Macfarlane hits a fly ball into center field. Cameron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Baldwin
Bournigal hits a line drive into left field. Belle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Baldwin
Jason McDonald pinch hits for Rickey Henderson.
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cordero scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDonald for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Haynes
Jason McDonald now playing center field.
Cordero hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Cordero reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cameron vs. Haynes
Cameron hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Haynes
O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Voigt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caruso vs. Haynes
Caruso hits a fly ball into center field. McDonald settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Voigt vs. Casian
Larry Casian now pitching.
Voigt strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Casian
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casian fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 12 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Blowers vs. Casian
Blowers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ordonez who is chasing the ball. Blowers reaches third base with a triple. Grieve goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 13 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Bellhorn vs. Casian
Mark Bellhorn pinch hits for Jason Giambi.
Bellhorn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Belle. Bellhorn reaches second base with a double. Blowers scores. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Abbott vs. Casian
Abbott strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spiezio vs. Casian
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caruso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Durham vs. Haynes
Mike Blowers now playing first base. Mark Bellhorn now playing third base.
Durham bunts towards first. Blowers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Durham for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Haynes
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haynes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Haynes
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bellhorn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Casian
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bournigal vs. Casian
Bournigal is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Casian
McDonald strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Voigt vs. Casian
Voigt hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ventura settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Belle vs. Haynes
Belle hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ventura vs. Haynes
Ventura strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 14 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Haynes
Cordero hits a line drive into center field. McDonald 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 5/18/1998 -- Oakland at Chicago (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Henderson R, cf 4 1 1 1 Durham R, 2b 4 0 0 0
McDonald J, ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Ordonez M, rf 4 0 0 0
Voigt J, lf 5 1 1 0 Thomas F, dh 4 0 0 0
Grieve B, rf 5 3 3 1 Belle A, lf 4 0 0 0
Blowers M, 3b-1b 5 3 4 4 Ventura R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Giambi J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Cordero W, 1b 4 0 2 0
Bellhorn M, ph-3b 1 0 1 1 Cameron M, cf 3 0 1 0
Abbott K, dh 5 2 2 0 O'Brien C, c 3 0 1 0
Spiezio S, 2b 5 1 2 4 Caruso M, ss 3 0 1 0
Macfarlane M, c 5 1 1 2
Bournigal R, ss 4 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
45 14 17 14 32 0 6 0
Oakland 012 022 520 -- 14
Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes J (W) 9.0 6 0 0 1 4
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Sirotka M (L) 5.2 10 7 7 1 4
Baldwin J 1.1 4 5 4 0 0
Casian L 2.0 3 2 2 0 4
E -- Cordero W
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Oakland 6, Chicago 6
2B -- Spiezio S, Grieve B, Blowers M, Abbott K, Henderson R, Cordero W, Bellhorn M
3B -- Blowers M
HR -- Blowers M, Macfarlane M, Spiezio S
SB -- Henderson R 2, Voigt J, Bournigal R
HBP -- by Casian L (Bournigal R)
T -- 2:29
A -- 14387
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