Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1987 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Seattle Mariners 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 0 0
Henderson rf 4 1 2 0
  Polonia rf 0 0 0 0
Canseco lf 3 0 2 1
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 1
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Tettleton c 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 2 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 1 1 0
  Steinbach ph 1 0 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 4 1 1 2
Bradley P. lf 3 1 1 0
Bradley S. c 2 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Phelps dh 3 1 1 1
Kingery rf 4 0 2 0
Quinones ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Trujillo p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Oakland 000 001 200380
Seattle 013 000 00x471
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (5-3) 2.1 4 4 4 1 2
  Eckersley   4.1 3 0 0 2 5
  Cadaret   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  W (13-9) 6.1 7 3 2 5 6
  Trujillo   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson  SV (6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
8

  E–Kingery (2).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Oakland Henderson (4,off Langston), Seattle Davis (28,off G Nelson); Kingery (15,off Eckersley).  HR–Seattle Phelps (18,2nd inning off G Nelson 0 on, 1 out); Brantley (5,3rd inning off G Nelson 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–P Bradley (6,by G Nelson).  IBB–Phelps (5,by Eckersley).  SB–Canseco (12,2nd base off Langston/S Bradley).  CS–Murphy (1,2nd base by Langston/S Bradley).  HBP–G Nelson (4,P Bradley).  IBB–Eckersley (3,Phelps).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:28.  A–13,601.
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