Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1988 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 4, Seattle Mariners 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Canseco rf 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 1
Parker lf 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 1 2
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Kingery cf 4 0 0 0
Brantley lf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 2 1 1 1
Phelps dh 3 1 1 1
Wilson rf 4 1 1 0
Presley 3b 4 1 2 1
Valle c 4 0 1 1
Quinones ss 4 1 2 0
Reynolds 2b 4 1 1 2
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Oakland 200 001 010490
Seattle 022 002 00x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (0-2) 3.2 6 4 4 1 1
  Cadaret   3.0 2 2 2 2 3
  Plunk   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (1-0) 5.1 8 3 3 0 1
  Reed  SV (1) 3.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
1

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Phillips (1,off Trout), Seattle Presley (1,off Nelson); Valle (1,off Nelson); Quinones (2,off Cadaret).  HR–Oakland Lansford (2,8th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Davis (1,3rd inning off Nelson 0 on, 1 out); Phelps (1,3rd inning off Nelson 0 on, 1 out); Reynolds (1,6th inning off Cadaret 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Henderson (1,off Reed).  SB–Reynolds (2,2nd base off Cadaret/Steinbach); Davis (1,3rd base off Cadaret/Steinbach); Phelps (1,2nd base off Cadaret/Steinbach).  WP–Cadaret (1).  BK–Plunk (1), Trout (1).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:28.  A–35,321.
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