Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
May 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 3, Baltimore Orioles 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 3 0 0 0
Bradley c 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 1
Phelps dh 3 1 1 2
Brantley lf 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 3 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 0 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Ripken 2b 4 1 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Tettleton c 4 0 1 0
Gerhart lf 3 1 1 1
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 0 0 0
Gonzales 3b 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0
Orsulak rf 3 0 0 0
Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Seattle 000 000 210350
Baltimore 011 000 000251
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  W (4-3) 7.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Jackson  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Williamson  L (1-3) 9.0 5 3 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
2
3

  E–B Ripken (5).  DP–Seattle 1, Baltimore 1.  PB–Tettleton (3).  2B–Seattle Brantley (8,off Williamson), Baltimore Lynn 2 (7,off Langston 2); B Ripken (8,off Langston).  HR–Seattle Phelps (9,7th inning off Williamson 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Gerhart (2,2nd inning off Langston 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cotto (1,off Williamson).  SB–Lynn (2,2nd base off Jackson/Bradley).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:43.  A–13,142.
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