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Chicago White Sox @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-06-23 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 20310 · 89°F, night, dry · Wind 7 mph R to L · 2:35

Chicago White Sox defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 1st. Mike Sirotka earned the win and Matt Karchner picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
PIT	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	7

W: Mike Sirotka L: Jason Schmidt SV: Matt Karchner

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Ed Montague · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Durham	4	2	2	0	1	0
Mike Caruso	5	1	3	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	1	2	2	1	1
Albert Belle	4	0	0	1	1	1
Robin Ventura	2	1	0	0	3	1
Magglio Ordonez	5	0	2	1	0	0
Mike Cameron	4	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie O'Brien	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Sirotka	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jermaine Allensworth	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Martin	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jason Kendall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Young	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	1	0	0	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	3	1	2	1	1	0
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Collier	3	0	1	2	0	0
Jason Schmidt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Womack	2	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Strange	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Sirotka	8.0	7	2	6
Matt Karchner	1.0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	6.0	8	5	3
Mike Williams	3.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Durham: S5/G56
Mike Caruso: S1/L13.1-2
Frank Thomas: S8/L78S.2-H;1-3
Albert Belle: 43/G4S.3-H;1-2
Robin Ventura: W
Magglio Ordonez: S8/L8LS.2-H;1-2
Mike Cameron: K
Charlie O'Brien: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Jermaine Allensworth: S6/G56
Al Martin: 43/G4S.1-2
Jason Kendall: 53/G5
Kevin Young: S3/L34D.2-H
Jose Guillen: BK.1-2
Jose Guillen: K

Top 2

Mike Sirotka: 13/G15
Ray Durham: W
Mike Caruso: WP.1-2
Mike Caruso: 9/F89D.2-3
Frank Thomas: S7/L7M.3-H
Albert Belle: 63/G6

Bot 2

Aramis Ramirez: W
Kevin Polcovich: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M
Lou Collier: 43/G4

Top 3

Robin Ventura: W
Magglio Ordonez: S3/G34S.1-3
Mike Cameron: 64(1)3/GDP/G6.3-H(NR)
Charlie O'Brien: K

Bot 3

Jason Schmidt: 63/G6
Jermaine Allensworth: 43/G4M
Al Martin: D7/F7LS
Jason Kendall: 53/G56

Top 4

Mike Sirotka: 53/G56S
Ray Durham: D7/F78S
Mike Caruso: 1/BG13
Frank Thomas: W
Albert Belle: W.2-3;1-2
Robin Ventura: 43/G4

Bot 4

Kevin Young: S8/L6MD
Jose Guillen: E3/G3S.1-2
Aramis Ramirez: S7/L7LS.2-H;1-3(E7);B-2
Kevin Polcovich: 3/P3F
Lou Collier: S8/L78S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Jason Schmidt: 13/SH/BG15S.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: W
Al Martin: K

Top 5

Magglio Ordonez: 8/F78M
Mike Cameron: 6/P4MS
Charlie O'Brien: 8/F78M

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: 63/G56
Kevin Young: 53/G5
Jose Guillen: 63/G56

Top 6

Mike Sirotka: 63/G6
Ray Durham: 8/F8RD
Mike Caruso: S4/L4MD
Frank Thomas: K

Bot 6

Aramis Ramirez: 63/G6S
Kevin Polcovich: 13/BG23
Lou Collier: 1/G4MS

Top 7

Albert Belle: 4/L4
Robin Ventura: K
Magglio Ordonez: 7/L7M

Bot 7

Tony Womack: K
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: K

Top 8

Mike Cameron: 7/F7S
Charlie O'Brien: D5/L5D
Mike Sirotka: 43/G4S.2-3
Ray Durham: 3/G3

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: K
Kevin Young: 13/G15
Jose Guillen: 53/G5

Top 9

Mike Caruso: S4/G4M
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO/G6
Albert Belle: SB2
Albert Belle: K
Robin Ventura: IW
Magglio Ordonez: 8/F8LD

Bot 9

Aramis Ramirez: S6/L6MD
Doug Strange: 1/SH/BG2L.1-2
Turner Ward: K
Tony Womack: 7/F7S