California Angels vs Seattle Mariners
April 8, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1986 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

California Angels 4, Seattle Mariners 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 4 1 1 1
Jones rf,lf 3 2 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 0 1 0
Jackson dh 4 1 2 2
DeCinces 3b 5 0 1 0
Downing lf 2 0 0 1
  Miller rf 1 0 0 0
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 2 0
Pettis cf 4 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull 2b 5 0 0 0
Bradley lf 4 1 0 0
Calderon rf 4 1 2 0
Thomas dh 4 2 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
  Bonnell pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Presley 3b 4 2 3 6
Henderson cf 4 1 1 0
Yeager c 2 0 1 0
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 0
  Kearney pr,c 1 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Ladd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 7
California 300 000 100 0481
Seattle 000 110 002 48101
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   7.1 5 2 2 2 8
  Moore   1.2 3 2 2 0 2
  Forsch  L (0-1) 0.2 2 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.2
10
8
8
4
11
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   7.2 8 4 4 5 3
  Mirabella   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Ladd  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
6
5

  E–Witt (1), Kearney (1).  DP–California 3.  2B–California Jackson (1,off Moore); Joyner (1,off Moore), Seattle Henderson (1,off Witt); Davis (1,off Moore).  3B–Seattle Owen (1,off Witt).  HR–California Grich (1,1st inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (1,1st inning off Moore 1 on, 1 out), Seattle Thomas (1,4th inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out); Presley 2 (2,9th inning off Moore 1 on, 0 out,10th inning off Forsch 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Grich (1,by Moore); Downing (1,by Moore); Presley (1,by Witt).  IBB–Jackson (1,by Moore).  SB–Pettis (1,2nd base off Mirabella/Kearney).  CS–Presley (1,2nd base by Witt/Boone).  WP–Witt (1).  HBP–Witt (1,Presley); Moore 2 (2,Grich,Downing).  IBB–Moore (1,Jackson).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:22.  A–42,121.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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