Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1986 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, Seattle Mariners 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 2 1 1
Murphy cf 5 1 1 2
Canseco lf 5 1 3 2
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 3
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Willard c 3 0 0 0
  Tillman pr 0 0 0 0
  Tettleton c 0 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 2 3 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Mooneyham p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 5 1 1 2
Bradley P. lf 4 1 3 1
Presley 3b 5 0 2 0
Phelps 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 0
Tartabull rf 5 3 4 4
Bradley S. c 3 0 1 0
  Kearney pr,c 2 2 1 2
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Best p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 9
Oakland 000 030 5008110
Seattle 010 201 23x9161
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   6.2 11 6 6 2 7
  Mooneyham  L (3-4) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Andujar   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
3
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   6.1 8 4 4 1 5
  Young   0.2 2 4 4 2 1
  Best  W (2-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Moore  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
6

  E–S Bradley (2).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Tettleton (4).  2B–Oakland Canseco 2 (21,off Morgan,off Young); Davis (19,off Morgan), Seattle P Bradley 2 (17,off Rijo,off Mooneyham); Moses (9,off Mooneyham).  HR–Oakland Murphy (4,5th inning off Morgan 1 on, 1 out); Kingman (24,7th inning off Young 2 on, 2 out), Seattle Tartabull 2 (18,2nd inning off Rijo 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Rijo 1 on, 0 out); Kearney (4,7th inning off Rijo 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Reynolds (4,off Rijo).  HBP–P Bradley (4,by Rijo).  SB–Griffin 2 (23,2nd base off Morgan/S Bradley 2).  CS–Griffin (12,Home by Morgan/S Bradley).  HBP–Rijo (3,P Bradley).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:22.  A–17,229.
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