Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 11, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1985 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 1 0
Murphy cf 5 1 3 1
Bochte 1b 4 1 0 0
Kingman dh 5 0 2 1
Davis rf 3 0 1 0
Collins lf 4 1 1 1
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Heath c 4 1 1 1
Hill 2b 4 1 1 1
Kiefer 3b 4 0 1 1
Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Perconte 2b 4 2 0 0
Bradley lf 4 2 4 1
Cowens rf 5 1 2 2
Thomas dh 5 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 2
Presley 3b 5 0 2 0
Henderson cf 4 1 1 2
Kearney c 4 1 1 1
Owen ss 4 1 1 0
Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 8
Oakland 600 000 0006113
Seattle 108 000 00x9131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krueger   2.2 5 6 0 0 1
  Langford  L (1-5) 4.2 8 3 3 2 1
  McCatty   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
3
3
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  W (4-6) 8.0 9 6 6 3 4
  Vande Berg   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Nunez  SV (13) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–Griffin (20), Hill (13), Kiefer (1), Perconte (5).  2B–Oakland Murphy 2 (17,off Swift 2); Collins (13,off Swift), Seattle Bradley (20,off Krueger); Henderson (14,off Krueger); Presley (21,off Langford).  IBB–Davis (5,by McCatty).  SB–Collins (26,3rd base off Swift/Kearney).  CS–Bradley (7,2nd base by Langford/Heath).  WP–Krueger (4), Langford (2), McCatty (1), Swift (1).  IBB–McCatty (3,Davis).  T–3:10.  A–7,711.
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