Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
August 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 3, Oakland Athletics 9

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 1 1
Bradley lf 5 1 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 2 1
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
  Ramos 3b 0 0 0 0
Matthews dh 4 0 1 0
Kingery rf 3 0 0 0
Valle c 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 4 1 3 0
Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Polonia rf 5 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 4 2 2 0
  Gallego 3b 1 0 0 0
Canseco lf 5 2 3 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 2
Henderson dh 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 1 0 1
Steinbach c 4 0 2 2
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 1 0 0
Griffin ss 4 1 0 0
Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 10 7
Seattle 000 010 200393
Oakland 000 252 00x9101
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Guetterman  L (9-3) 4.2 5 6 1 1 0
  Shields   1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  Thomas   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
9
4
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ontiveros  W (6-5) 7.0 8 3 2 2 3
  Rodriguez   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
3
5

  E–Presley 2 (13), Reynolds (11), Murphy (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Seattle Reynolds (21,off Ontiveros); Davis (26,off Ontiveros), Oakland McGwire (13,off Guetterman).  SH–Nixon (3,off Ontiveros).  SF–McGwire (4,off Guetterman); M Davis (6,off Shields).  IBB–M Davis (2,by Shields).  SB–Nixon (16,2nd base off Ontiveros/Steinbach); Canseco (11,3rd base off Guetterman/Valle).  WP–Shields (2), Thomas 2 (2).  IBB–Shields (1,M Davis).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:40.  A–10,335.
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