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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 16, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, played on May 16, 1978 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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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 16, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Holtzman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Wood |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 21,837 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Jim McKean 2B: Greg Kosc 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Reggie Jackson | DH |
| Lou Piniella | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
| Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Junior Moore | DH |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Nordhagen | Left Fielder |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 16, 1978
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Wood
Randolph hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Randolph reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Wood
There goes Randolph. The throw from Nahorodny and he is safe. Randolph steals third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Wood
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Munson vs. Wood
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Wood
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. Wood
Piniella hits a line drive into left field. Nordhagen picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nordhagen. Munson scores. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chambliss vs. Wood
Chambliss hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Orta reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Holtzman
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Holtzman
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Holtzman
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Holtzman
Holtzman fires to first and has Bonds trapped. There's the throw to Randolph who tags Bonds for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Wood
Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Wood
Blair hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dent vs. Wood
Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Wood
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randolph for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Holtzman
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Holtzman
Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Holtzman
Orta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Soderholm vs. Holtzman
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wood
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Wood
Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Wood
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White scores. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Torrealba
Pablo Torrealba now pitching.
Piniella takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chambliss vs. Torrealba
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. Jackson moves to third. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nettles vs. Torrealba
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson tags and scores. Piniella tags and moves to third. Chambliss tags and moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blair vs. Torrealba
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dent vs. Torrealba
Dent takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Randolph vs. Torrealba
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Holtzman
Nahorodny hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Holtzman
Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Holtzman
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Torrealba
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Torrealba
Munson takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Torrealba
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to third. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Piniella vs. Torrealba
Piniella is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chambliss vs. Torrealba
Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon throws the ball in to Kessinger who relays the ball to Orta who tags Chambliss trying to catch an extra base, for the out. White scores. Munson scores. Piniella moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Torrealba
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Holtzman
Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Holtzman
Nordhagen hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Holtzman
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Torrealba
Blair hits a fly ball into left field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Torrealba
Dent hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Torrealba
Randolph takes first base on ball four. Dent moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Torrealba
White takes first base on ball four. Dent moves to third. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Munson vs. Schueler
Ron Schueler now pitching.
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out. Dent scores. Randolph moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Schueler
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Holtzman
Orta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Holtzman
Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orta moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nahorodny vs. Holtzman
Nahorodny takes first base on ball four. Orta moves to third. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moore vs. Holtzman
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Orta scores. Soderholm moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kessinger vs. Holtzman
Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Soderholm scores. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Holtzman
Bonds takes first base on ball four. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nordhagen vs. Holtzman
Nordhagen hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Schueler
Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Schueler
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Schueler
Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Chambliss trying to get to third. Bonds throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Chambliss for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Schueler
Blair takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dent vs. Schueler
Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Holtzman
Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. Holtzman
Orta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Gossage
Rich Gossage now pitching.
Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nahorodny vs. Gossage
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Schueler
Randolph hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Schueler
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Schueler
Munson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Schueler
There's a wild pitch. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Schueler
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Gossage
Ralph Garr pinch hits for Junior Moore.
Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Gossage
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Gossage
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. LaGrow
Lerrin LaGrow now pitching.
Piniella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. LaGrow
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. LaGrow
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Gossage
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gossage
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gossage
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. LaGrow
Blair strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. LaGrow
Dent hits a line drive towards third. Soderholm reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. LaGrow
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Gossage
Orta hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Gossage
Bob Molinaro pinch hits for Eric Soderholm.
Molinaro hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Gossage
Henry Cruz pinch hits for Bill Nahorodny.
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. White 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 5/16/1978 -- New York at Chicago (N)
New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Randolph W, 2b 5 1 1 0 Moore J, dh 3 0 0 0
White R, lf 4 2 3 0 Garr R, ph 1 0 0 0
Munson T, c 4 3 2 2 Kessinger D, ss 3 0 1 1
Jackson R, dh 5 1 1 1 Bonds B, rf 3 1 1 1
Piniella L, rf 2 0 2 1 Nordhagen W, lf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss C, 1b 5 0 2 3 Johnson L, 1b 4 0 1 0
Nettles G, 3b 4 0 2 1 Lemon C, cf 4 0 2 0
Blair P, cf 4 0 0 0 Orta J, 2b 4 1 2 0
Dent B, ss 4 1 1 0 Soderholm E, 3b 3 1 1 0
Molinaro B, ph 1 0 0 0
Nahorodny B, c 2 0 0 0
Cruz H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 8 14 8 33 3 8 2
New York 203 210 000 -- 8
Chicago 000 120 000 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman K (W) 5.1 8 3 3 3 1
Gossage R (S) 3.2 0 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wood W (L)* 2.0 7 5 5 0 0
Torrealba P 2.1 4 3 3 6 0
Schueler R 2.2 3 0 0 1 2
LaGrow L 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd
E -- Nordhagen W
DP -- New York 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- New York 11, Chicago 6
2B -- Randolph W
HR -- Bonds B
SB -- Randolph W
CS -- Bonds B
SF -- Nettles G
WP -- Schueler R
T -- 2:28
A -- 21837
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