Seattle Mariners vs California Angels
April 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Seattle Mariners 1, California Angels 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Nixon dh 2 0 0 0
  Bradley S. ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Moses cf 4 0 0 1
Bradley P. lf 4 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Brantley rf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Valle c 2 0 2 0
Quinones ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 2 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 5 1 2 2
White rf 4 1 2 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 2 1 1 2
  Polidor 3b 0 0 0 0
Howell lf 4 1 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 2 0
Schofield ss 2 1 1 1
Pettis cf 4 1 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 2 2
Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
  Fraser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 13 7
Seattle 001 000 000150
California 000 221 11x7130
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (0-1) 6.0 9 5 5 4 2
  Reed   2.0 4 2 2 0 4
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (1-0) 6.2 4 1 1 1 4
  Fraser   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2, California 1.  2B–Seattle Valle (1,off Candelaria), California White (1,off Moore).  3B–California White (1,off Moore).  HR–California Downing (1,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 1 out); DeCinces (1,7th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Nixon (1,off Candelaria); Schofield (1,off Moore).  SF–DeCinces (1,off Moore).  SB–Reynolds (1,2nd base off Candelaria/Wynegar); Pettis (1,3rd base off Reed/Valle).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:23.  A–24,703.
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