Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1988 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 11, Seattle Mariners 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 6 2 2 1
Espy lf,rf 5 2 2 3
O'Brien 1b 3 1 1 1
  Stanley ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Sierra rf 5 0 0 0
  Reimer lf 0 0 0 0
Petralli dh 3 1 1 1
  Garbey ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Kreuter c 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 1 0 0
Wilkerson ss 5 2 3 1
Browne 2b 5 1 2 1
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 12 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 2 0 0 0
  Cotto ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 1
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Coles lf 4 1 0 0
Davis 1b 2 1 1 1
  Kingery ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Balboni dh 3 0 2 1
  Hengel ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Presley 3b 3 0 1 0
  Martinez 3b 1 0 0 0
Valle c 3 0 1 0
  McGuire c 1 1 1 1
Buhner rf 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 1 2
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Texas 333 100 01011120
Seattle 300 000 030691
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   2.0 6 3 3 2 0
  McMurtry  W (3-3) 5.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Vande Berg   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Wilson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (9-15) 1.1 6 6 6 2 1
  Walter   2.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Swift   2.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Scurry   2.0 2 1 0 1 3
  Trout   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
7
5

  E–Reynolds (17).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas McDowell (18,off Moore); Espy (16,off Moore); Petralli (14,off Moore); Wilkerson 2 (12,off Moore,off Scurry); Browne (9,off Walter), Seattle Davis (24,off Brown); Balboni (17,off Brown); Quinones (30,off Vande Berg).  HR–Seattle Reynolds (4,1st inning off Brown 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Coles (4,by Brown).  SB–Espy (33,Home off Walter/Valle); Brantley (16,2nd base off Brown/Kreuter).  WP–Brown (1), Walter (1).  BK–Walter (6), Scurry 2 (11).  HBP–Brown (1,Coles).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:11.  A–7,870.
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