Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
May 31, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1986 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Seattle Mariners 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
Coles 3b 4 1 1 4
Parrish dh 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Brookens 2b 3 0 2 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 1 0
Harper 1b 2 1 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Lowry c 2 1 0 0
  Evans ph 0 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 5 1 4 0
Moses cf 3 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 1 0
Phelps dh 1 1 0 0
  Thomas ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Tartabull lf 5 2 2 2
Henderson rf 4 1 2 2
Presley 3b 4 2 3 1
Owen ss 3 0 2 2
Yeager c 4 0 0 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 15 7
Detroit 000 000 0404100
Seattle 011 001 40x7151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  L (6-2) 6.2 13 7 7 4 2
  Scherrer   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
6
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  W (4-4) 7.1 8 4 3 2 5
  Huismann   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Young  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
5

  E–Presley (4).  DP–Detroit 2, Seattle 4.  2B–Detroit Lemon (8,off Langston); Brookens (2,off Langston), Seattle Owen (11,off Terrell); Reynolds 2 (6,off Terrell,off Scherrer).  3B–Seattle Henderson (1,off Terrell); Owen (4,off Terrell); Tartabull (3,off Terrell).  HR–Detroit Coles (8,8th inning off Langston 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lowry (1,by Langston).  SH–Moses (1,off Scherrer).  IBB–Phelps (2,by Terrell); Thomas (3,by Scherrer).  SB–Collins (8,2nd base off Langston/Yeager).  CS–Trammell (3,2nd base by Langston/Yeager); Reynolds (3,2nd base by Terrell/Lowry); Owen (3,Home by Terrell/Lowry).  WP–Langston (3).  HBP–Langston (2,Lowry).  IBB–Terrell (2,Phelps); Scherrer (3,Thomas).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:47.  A–27,841.
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