August 2, 1988 Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 5
CLE 2 BOS 7
TEX 2 CHW 7
OAK 5 DET 1
@KCR 0 MIL 11
NYY 5 CAL 10
@SEA 2 TOR 11
MIN 1 LAD 2
CIN 0 NYM 3
CHC 1 PIT 3
MON 2
(10) SDP 4
ATL 1 HOU 13
@SFG 10 PHI 2
@STL 0

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park I, Attendance: 13,383

Tuesday, August 2, 1988, 7:37
Time of Game: 3:08

Athletics

65-42

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       0  1  0   0  0  0   4  0  0    5  6  3
White Sox       2  1  1   1  1  1   0  0  X    7 11  2

W: D LaPoint (8-11), L: S Ontiveros (3-4), S: B Thigpen (22)

White Sox

47-59

Won 1

5th, 17½ GB

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Javier LF                   4   0   1   1    1   0  .283  .680   15    2   0   GDP
D Henderson CF                5   0   0   0    0   1  .297  .885   13    1   0   GDP
J Canseco RF                  5   0   1   1    0   3  .292  .945   23    0   0   SB
M McGwire 1B                  3   0   1   0    1   1  .242  .769   23   11   1   
C Lansford 3B                 4   0   0   0    0   0  .298  .729    9    1   4   
D Baylor DH                   3   2   1   1    1   1  .214  .629   18    0   0   HR
T Steinbach C                 3   1   0   0    1   0  .241  .688   19    5   0   
G Hubbard 2B                  2   1   1   0    1   0  .213  .568   12    2   6   
  D Jennings PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .200  .736    5    0   0   
  W Weiss SS                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .236  .598         0   0   
M Gallego SS-2B               2   1   1   2    1   0  .206  .547   10    2   0   
  L Polonia PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .317  .732    2    0   0   

S Ontiveros P                                                            0   2
  R Honeycutt P                                                          0   1
  E Plunk P                                                              0   0
Totals                       33   5   6   5    6   7              149   24  14

BATTING

HR: D Baylor (5, off D LaPoint; 2nd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

TB: D Baylor 4; G Hubbard; M McGwire; J Canseco; S Javier; M Gallego.

GIDP: S Javier (11); D Henderson (8).

RBI: M Gallego 2 (15); J Canseco (87); S Javier (29); D Baylor (24).

2-out RBI: D Baylor; J Canseco.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Lansford-M McGwire.

E: M Gallego (7); C Lansford 2 (7).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Canseco (28, 2nd base off D Pall/C Fisk).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Redus LF                    2   1   1   1    0   0  .266  .749    8    1   0   
  D Boston LF                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .207  .712    6    0   0   2·SH
S Lyons 3B                    4   1   3   2    1   1  .273  .722   27    1   2   3B
H Baines RF                   4   0   0   0    1   0  .274  .769   11    5   0   IW
D Pasqua 1B                   5   1   1   1    0   3  .239  .750   18    7   0   HR
S Randall DH                  4   1   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   22    0   0   
C Fisk C                      3   0   1   2    1   0  .290  .982   12    7   0   IW
D Gallagher CF                3   0   1   1    1   0  .291  .750   11    1   0   
O Guillen SS                  4   2   2   0    0   0  .266  .605   15    1   5   2B,GDP
F Manrique 2B                 2   1   2   0    0   0  .260  .710   12    4   2   2·SH

D LaPoint P                                                              0   0
  D Pall P                                                               0   0
  B Thigpen P                                                            0   1
Totals                       32   7  11   7    4   5              142   27  10

BATTING

2B: O Guillen (13, off S Ontiveros).

3B: S Lyons (3, off R Honeycutt).

HR: D Pasqua (14, off S Ontiveros; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF).

SH: D Boston 2 (2, off E Plunk, off R Honeycutt); F Manrique 2 (9, 2 off S Ontiveros).

IBB: H Baines (11, by E Plunk); C Fisk (3, by R Honeycutt).

TB: S Lyons 5; D Pasqua 4; O Guillen 3; F Manrique 2; D Gallagher; C Fisk; G Redus.

GIDP: O Guillen (11).

RBI: S Lyons 2 (31); C Fisk 2 (21); D Gallagher (11); G Redus (34); D Pasqua (38).

2-out RBI: C Fisk 2; S Lyons.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 17.

FIELDING

DP: 2. O Guillen-F Manrique-D Pasqua 2.

E: S Lyons (19); D Pasqua (2).

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Ontiveros, L (3-4)           3.1   6   5   3    1   1   1   4.61   18   63-45   34· 4· 7   12· 3· 1· 0     32    -     1.04  -0.28
R Honeycutt                    2.2   4   2   1    1   1   0   4.06   13   41-29   17· 7· 5    6· 1· 4· 0          1-1    0.30  -0.06
E Plunk                        2     1   0   0    2   3   0   2.35    9   36-16    6· 7· 3    4· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.41   0.04
Totals                         8    11   7   4    4   5   1          40  140-90   57·18·15   22· 4· 5· 0          1-1

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D LaPoint, W (8-11)            6     5   5   2    4   4   1   3.40   27   98-50   27· 7·16    7·10· 2· 0     48    -     0.77   0.02
D Pall, H (1)                  0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   5.40    4   13-7     5· 0· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          2-2    1.64  -0.02
B Thigpen, S (22)              2.1   0   0   0    1   3   0   2.81    8   36-21    9· 2·10    3· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.47   0.21
Totals                         9     6   5   2    6   7   1          39  147-78   41· 9·28   12·11· 3· 0          4-2

D LaPoint faced 4 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: E Plunk (4).

WP: None.

IBB: E Plunk (3; H Baines); R Honeycutt (2; C Fisk).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Durwood Merrill.

Time of Game: 3:08.

Attendance: 13,383.

Field Condition: Wet.

Weather: 95° F, Wind 14mph out to Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Chicago White Sox                    
1. S Javier             LF    1. G Redus              LF 
2. D Henderson          CF    2. S Lyons              3B 
3. J Canseco            RF    3. H Baines             RF 
4. M McGwire            1B    4. D Pasqua             1B 
5. C Lansford           3B    5. S Randall            DH 
6. D Baylor             DH    6. C Fisk               C  
7. T Steinbach          C     7. D Gallagher          CF 
8. G Hubbard            2B    8. O Guillen            SS 
9. M Gallego            SS    9. F Manrique           2B 

   S Ontiveros          P        D LaPoint            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  0-0  123  3   16%  73% C Fisk          S Ontiveros     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Redus Scores/unER; Lyons Scores/unER; Baines to 2B
   t 7   0  7-4  12-  2   13%  92% D Henderson     D Pall          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Gallego to 3B
   t 2   2  2-0  ---  1   -9%  65% D Baylor        D LaPoint       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   b 3   0  1-3  ---  4    8%  85% D Pasqua        S Ontiveros     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   t 7   0  7-1  123  3   -7%  85% M Gallego       D LaPoint       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Baylor Scores/unER; Steinbach Scores; Hubbard to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave LaPoint facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   52%  S Javier        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   54%  D Henderson     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  6   55%  J Canseco       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Ontiveros facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   58%  G Redus         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
          1--  7   64%  S Lyons         Walk; Redus to 2B
          12-  1   71%  H Baines        Fielder's Choice 1B; Redus to 3B; Lyons to 2B/Safe on E6 (catch); Baines to 1B
   O      123  4   64%  D Pasqua        Strikeout Looking
   O      123  3   57%  S Randall       Flyball: LF
   RR     123  3   73%  C Fisk          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Redus Scores/unER; Lyons Scores/unER; Baines to 2B
   O      12-  1   70%  D Gallagher     Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 2.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-2, Dave LaPoint facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   73%  M McGwire       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   74%  C Lansford      Flyball: CF
   R      ---  1   65%  D Baylor        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  5   66%  T Steinbach     Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Steve Ontiveros facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   71%  O Guillen       Ground-rule Double (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  2   70%  F Manrique      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Guillen to 3B
   RO     --3  5   73%  G Redus         Groundout: 2B-1B; Guillen Scores
          ---  8   73%  S Lyons         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2   72%  H Baines        Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 3.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-3, Dave LaPoint facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   68%  G Hubbard       Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep 1B)
   O      1--  2   72%  M Gallego       Flyball: LF
          1--  4   67%  S Javier        Single to 3B (Bunt to Weak 3B); Hubbard to 2B
   O      12-  3   72%  D Henderson     Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  6   77%  J Canseco       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Steve Ontiveros facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  4   85%  D Pasqua        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      ---  9   84%  S Randall       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   83%  C Fisk          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   82%  D Gallagher     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-4, Dave LaPoint facing 4-5-6
                  Daryl Boston replaces Gary Redus playing LF batting 1st
   O      ---  6   84%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   86%  C Lansford      Flyball: SS
          ---  6   85%  D Baylor        Walk
   O      1--  5   87%  T Steinbach     Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 4.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 4-1, Steve Ontiveros facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   88%  O Guillen       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   88%  F Manrique      Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Guillen to 2B
                  Rick Honeycutt replaces Steve Ontiveros pitching
   O      -2-  3   86%  D Boston        Lineout: SS
   R      -2-  4   91%  S Lyons         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Guillen Scores; Lyons to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
   O      -2-  3   90%  H Baines        Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave LaPoint facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   92%  G Hubbard       Flyball: RF
          ---  5   90%  M Gallego       Walk
   OO     1--  1   94%  S Javier        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-1, Rick Honeycutt facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   93%  D Pasqua        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   94%  S Randall       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Randall to 2B/Adv on E5 (throw to 1B)
          -2-  4   94%  C Fisk          Intentional Walk
   R      12-  3   97%  D Gallagher     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Randall Scores/unER; Fisk to 2B
   OO     12-  2   96%  O Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 6.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-6, Dave LaPoint facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   97%  D Henderson     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   97%  J Canseco       Lineout: 3B
          ---  5   97%  M McGwire       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   98%  C Lansford      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 6.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 6-1, Rick Honeycutt facing 9-1-2
          ---  7   98%  F Manrique      Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  1   98%  D Boston        Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Manrique to 2B
   R      -2-  4   99%  S Lyons         Triple to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Manrique Scores
   O      --3  1   99%  H Baines        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      --3  1   98%  D Pasqua        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 7.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-7, Dave LaPoint facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   97%  D Baylor        Reached on E5 (Pop Fly); Baylor to 2B
          -2-  5   96%  T Steinbach     Walk
          12-  6   93%  G Hubbard       Walk; Baylor to 3B; Steinbach to 2B
   RR     123  3   85%  M Gallego       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Baylor Scores/unER; Steinbach Scores; Hubbard to 3B
                  Donn Pall replaces Dave LaPoint pitching
   R      1-3  2   79%  S Javier        Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Hubbard Scores/unER; Gallego to 2B; Javier to 1B
   OO     12-  2   92%  D Henderson     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Gallego to 3B
   R      --3  4   86%  J Canseco       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Gallego Scores/unER
          1--      85%  M McGwire       Canseco Steals 2B
          -2-  5   83%  " "             Walk
                  Bobby Thigpen replaces Donn Pall pitching
   O      12-  4   89%  C Lansford      Flyball: RF
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Eric Plunk facing 5-6-7
                  Eric Plunk replaces Rick Honeycutt pitching
   O      ---  6   88%  S Randall       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   87%  C Fisk          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   88%  D Gallagher     Walk
          1--      89%  O Guillen       Balk; Gallagher to 2B
   O      -2-  5   87%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 7.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 5-7, Bobby Thigpen facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   91%  D Baylor        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   93%  T Steinbach     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Doug Jennings pinch hits for Glenn Hubbard batting 8th
   O      ---  5   94%  D Jennings      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 7.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-5, Eric Plunk facing 9-1-2
                  Mike Gallego moves to 2B; Walt Weiss replaces Doug Jennings playing SS batting 8th
          ---  2   95%  F Manrique      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  2   95%  D Boston        Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Manrique to 2B
   O      -2-  4   94%  S Lyons         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  4   94%  H Baines        Intentional Walk
   O      12-  5   93%  D Pasqua        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 7.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 5-7, Bobby Thigpen facing 9-1-2
                  Luis Polonia pinch hits for Mike Gallego batting 9th
   O      ---  2   97%  L Polonia       Bunt Popfly: 1B
          ---  7   92%  S Javier        Walk
   O      1--  2   96%  D Henderson     Bunt Groundout: P-1B; Javier to 2B
   O      -2-  5  100%  J Canseco       Strikeout Looking
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 7.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CHA198808020

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation