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Oakland Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1968-05-19 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 2:29

Chicago White Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 6–2. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 4th. Tommy John earned the win. Tommy John went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy John L: Catfish Hunter SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Al Salerno · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Jerry Neudecker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	2	0	0	0
Danny Cater	3	1	1	0	1	0
Sal Bando	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Pagliaroni	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Gosger	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Green	3	0	1	0	1	1
Reggie Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Catfish Hunter	2	0	1	0	0	0
Rene Lachemann	2	0	0	1	0	0
Ted Kubiak	2	0	0	0	0	0
Floyd Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Aparicio	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bill Voss	2	0	1	0	2	0
Pete Ward	4	0	1	1	0	1
Tommy McCraw	4	1	1	1	0	0
Duane Josephson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Berry	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Melton	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Cullen	3	2	1	0	1	1
Tommy John	3	1	1	3	0	0
Jerry McNertney	1	0	0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	5.0	5	4	3
Ed Sprague	2.0	2	1	0
Diego Segui	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy John	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: 143
Danny Cater: 43
Sal Bando: 53

Bot 1

Luis Aparicio: K
Bill Voss: W
Pete Ward: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 2

Jim Pagliaroni: 9
Joe Rudi: 9
Jim Gosger: S
Dick Green: SB2
Dick Green: W
Reggie Jackson: K

Bot 2

Tommy McCraw: E4
Duane Josephson: 9
Ken Berry: K
Bill Melton: 5

Top 3

Catfish Hunter: 53
Bert Campaneris: S
Danny Cater: S.B-3;1-H(E4)(UR)
Sal Bando: IW
Rene Lachemann: 43.1-2;3-H(UR)
Joe Rudi: K

Bot 3

Tim Cullen: 4
Tommy John: 63
Luis Aparicio: S
Bill Voss: S.1-3
Pete Ward: S.1-3;3-H
Tommy McCraw: 9

Top 4

Jim Gosger: 3/G
Dick Green: S5
Reggie Jackson: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 4

Duane Josephson: W
Ken Berry: 23/SH.1-2
Bill Melton: 5
Tim Cullen: IW
Tommy John: HR.2-H;1-H
Luis Aparicio: 43

Top 5

Catfish Hunter: S
Bert Campaneris: 53.1-2
Danny Cater: W
Sal Bando: K/C
Rene Lachemann: HP.2-3;1-2
Joe Rudi: 3/FL

Bot 5

Bill Voss: 6
Pete Ward: 9
Tommy McCraw: HR
Jerry McNertney: W
Ken Berry: 5/FL

Top 6

Jim Gosger: 9
Dick Green: 13
Reggie Jackson: K

Bot 6

Bill Melton: 3/G
Tim Cullen: S
Tommy John: WP.1-2
Tommy John: 23.2-3
Luis Aparicio: S.3-H
Bill Voss: CS2(26)

Top 7

Ted Kubiak: 13
Bert Campaneris: S
Danny Cater: 53.1-2
Sal Bando: 13

Bot 7

Bill Voss: W
Pete Ward: 43.1-2
Tommy McCraw: 43.2-3
Jerry McNertney: 53

Top 8

Rene Lachemann: 63
Floyd Robinson: 3/G
Jim Gosger: 31

Bot 8

Ken Berry: 63
Bill Melton: K
Tim Cullen: K

Top 9

Dick Green: K/C
Reggie Jackson: 1
Ted Kubiak: 8