Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners
August 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1987 at Kingdome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Seattle Mariners 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 5 0 1 0
Ripken 2b 5 0 2 0
Lacy rf 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 2 1 0
Sheets 1b 4 2 2 2
  Lynn cf 0 0 0 0
Young lf 4 1 3 1
  Knight 1b 0 0 0 0
Hart cf,lf 4 1 1 2
Washington 3b 4 0 3 1
Rayford c 4 0 0 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 4 0 0 1
Bradley P. lf 4 0 2 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 0
Phelps dh 3 1 0 0
Valle c 4 1 1 1
Kingery rf 3 1 0 0
Ramos 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bradley S. ph 1 0 1 2
Quinones ss 4 0 2 1
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Baltimore 010 200 0306142
Seattle 000 001 004580
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  W (7-8) 6.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Griffin   2.2 2 2 1 1 1
  Niedenfuer   0.1 3 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
2
1
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Powell  L (0-2) 6.1 9 3 3 1 2
  Wilkinson   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Reed   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
3

  E–Sheets (5), Rayford (3).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore C Ripken (22,off Powell); Young (4,off Powell); Sheets (16,off Powell).  3B–Seattle Reynolds (7,off Dixon).  HR–Baltimore Sheets (25,8th inning off Wilkinson 0 on, 1 out); Hart (1,8th inning off Wilkinson 1 on, 1 out).  CS–B Ripken (1,2nd base by Wilkinson/Valle).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:43.  A–13,595.
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