Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
April 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1988 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."

"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

Seattle Mariners 1, Oakland Athletics 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Kingery cf 3 1 1 0
Brantley lf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Phelps dh 2 0 0 0
  Renteria ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Valle c 3 0 0 0
Presley 3b 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 0 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 2 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0
Canseco rf 4 1 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Parker lf 4 1 2 0
  Javier pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 2 2 2
Baylor dh 4 0 1 1
Steinbach c 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Seattle 100 000 000122
Oakland 010 002 01x490
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  L (0-1) 7.1 9 4 4 2 10
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (1-0) 8.1 2 1 1 4 3
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
4
3

  E–Davis (1), Langston (1).  DP–Seattle 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson (1,off Langston).  HR–Oakland Henderson (1,2nd inning off Langston 0 on, 1 out); Canseco (1,8th inning off Langston 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Kingery (1,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach); Canseco (1,2nd base off Langston/Valle).  CS–Lansford (1,2nd base by Langston/Valle).  WP–Langston (1).  BK–Stewart (1).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:24.  A–45,333.
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