Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
May 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1988 at Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Seattle Mariners 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 2
Trammell ss 4 1 1 2
Nokes c 5 0 0 0
Sheridan lf 2 0 0 0
  Brookens ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 2 2 1
Bergman dh 1 2 1 1
  Knight ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Salazar 3b,lf 4 2 3 3
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 5 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Cotto cf 4 1 2 0
Davis 1b 5 1 2 2
Brantley lf 5 1 2 0
Valle c 3 0 1 0
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Hengel dh 3 0 2 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 2
Detroit 220 311 0009112
Seattle 000 001 0203101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (6-1) 7.2 8 3 2 3 1
  Hernandez   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
4
1
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Campbell  L (2-4) 3.0 8 7 7 2 2
  Powell   3.0 2 2 1 2 2
  Swift   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Solano   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
5
4

  E–Trammell 2 (2), Presley (7).  DP–Detroit 2, Seattle 2.  2B–Detroit Trammell (6,off Campbell); Lemon (9,off Campbell), Seattle Brantley (6,off Tanana).  3B–Detroit Lemon (2,off Campbell).  HR–Detroit Salazar (2,4th inning off Campbell 2 on, 0 out), Seattle Davis (6,8th inning off Tanana 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Trammell (2,by Powell).  SB–Pettis (16,2nd base off Campbell/Valle).  WP–Tanana (3).  IBB–Powell (2,Trammell).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:50.  A–12,695.
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