Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
May 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1988 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Seattle Mariners 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 0
Salazar lf 3 1 1 0
  Sheridan ph 0 0 0 0
  Walewander pr 0 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 2 0 0
Herndon dh 1 0 1 2
  Evans ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Lemon rf 2 1 1 0
Knight 1b 1 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Morrison ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 1 1
Heath c 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Heinkel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Kingery rf 4 1 1 0
Bradley c 4 2 1 0
Cotto cf 4 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 2 3 4
Valle dh 3 0 0 1
Brantley lf 4 1 2 2
Presley 3b 3 0 1 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 0 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Detroit 302 000 001681
Seattle 300 010 30x7101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   6.1 8 5 4 2 1
  Gibson  L (1-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Heinkel   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
2
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   2.0 3 4 2 4 0
  Reed   4.1 3 1 1 3 3
  Powell  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Jackson   1.1 1 1 0 1 2
  Wilkinson  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
9
5

  E–Whitaker (3), Presley (6).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Bradley (2).  2B–Detroit Whitaker (5,off Reed); Pettis (2,off Jackson); Lemon (8,off Wilkinson), Seattle Cotto (7,off Alexander); Davis 2 (7,off Alexander,off Gibson); Bradley (4,off Alexander).  HR–Seattle Davis (5,1st inning off Alexander 2 on, 1 out); Brantley (4,7th inning off Heinkel 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Herndon (1,off Trout); Valle (1,off Alexander).  HBP–Lemon (1,by Reed).  IBB–Lemon (1,by Powell).  SH–Renteria (1,off Alexander).  SB–Trammell 2 (4,2nd base off Trout/Bradley 2); Brantley (1,2nd base off Alexander/Heath).  CS–Herndon (1,3rd base by Reed/Bradley); Brookens (2,2nd base by Reed/Bradley).  BK–Trout (6), Reed 2 (2).  HBP–Reed (1,Lemon).  IBB–Powell (1,Lemon).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:28.  A–27,019.
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