Seattle Mariners vs California Angels
April 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. 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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Seattle Mariners 7, California Angels 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 0 0 0
  Moses cf 1 1 1 0
Kingery rf 4 1 1 0
Bradley lf 3 1 1 1
Phelps dh 3 0 0 0
  Brantley ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Davis 1b 5 1 2 2
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Valle c 3 2 2 3
Quinones ss 4 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 0 0
Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 3 0 2 0
White rf 4 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 0
Howell lf 4 1 1 1
Miller c 2 0 0 0
  Ryal ph 1 0 1 0
  Wynegar c 1 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 0 0 1
Pettis cf 4 0 1 0
McLemore 2b 3 0 1 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Finley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Seattle 001 000 231790
California 000 000 101270
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bankhead  W (1-0) 6.2 5 1 1 1 5
  Shields  SV (1) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (0-1) 6.1 5 3 3 1 3
  Cook   1.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Lucas   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Finley   1.2 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
5

  E–None.  2B–Seattle Quinones (1,off Sutton); Davis 2 (2,off Sutton,off Lucas); Moses (1,off Finley), California McLemore (1,off Bankhead).  HR–Seattle Valle 2 (2,3rd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Sutton 1 on, 1 out), California Howell (1,9th inning off Shields 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Nixon (1,by Sutton).  SF–Schofield (1,off Bankhead).  SB–Nixon (2,2nd base off Sutton/Miller); P Bradley (1,2nd base off Sutton/Miller); White 2 (2,2nd base off Bankhead/Valle,2nd base off Shields/Valle).  CS–Kingery (1,2nd base by Sutton/Miller).  WP–Cook (1).  HBP–Sutton (1,Nixon).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:55.  A–24,244.
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