California Angels vs Seattle Mariners
August 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1987 at Kingdome. The California Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 5

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing dh 2 1 1 2
Joyner 1b 4 0 1 1
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 2 0 0 0
White cf,rf 4 1 2 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Miller lf 1 1 0 0
  Howell ph,lf,rf,2b 1 1 0 0
Polidor ss 2 1 1 1
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 1
  Pettis pr,cf 0 1 0 0
McLemore 2b,ss 3 1 1 2
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 7 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 5 0 2 1
Bradley lf 4 1 1 1
Valle c 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 1 2 2
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Phelps dh 4 0 0 0
Kingery rf 3 2 2 1
Quinones ss 3 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 4 1 1 0
Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
  Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
California 110 100 040771
Seattle 003 000 101590
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   6.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Buice  W (5-3) 3.0 3 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Guetterman   3.2 4 3 3 4 1
  Trujillo   3.2 1 1 1 2 4
  Powell  L (0-1) 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Nunez   1.2 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
8
6

  E–Hendrick (3).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Joyner (23,off Guetterman); White (27,off Trujillo), Seattle P Bradley (26,off Sutton); Moses (13,off Buice).  3B–California McLemore (3,off Nunez).  HR–California Downing (21,1st inning off Guetterman 0 on, 0 out); Polidor (2,4th inning off Guetterman 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Davis (17,3rd inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out); Kingery (8,9th inning off Buice 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Downing (3,off Guetterman); Joyner (9,off Nunez).  HBP–Polidor (1,by Guetterman).  SH–Quinones (5,off Buice).  CS–White (8,2nd base by Trujillo/Valle).  SB–Reynolds (38,2nd base off Sutton/Boone).  HBP–Guetterman (2,Polidor).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:03.  A–16,191.
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