Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
April 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1996 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 3, Seattle Mariners 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis cf 3 0 1 1
Lewis M. 2b 5 1 2 0
Fryman 3b 5 1 1 0
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 1
  Bartee pr 0 0 0 0
  Parent c 1 0 0 0
Nieves lf 2 0 0 1
Williams dh 4 0 2 0
Bautista rf 3 1 2 0
  Higginson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 1 0
  Hyers ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Lira p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 12 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 2 3 1
Amaral lf 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez dh 2 1 1 1
Buhner rf 3 1 1 2
Sorrento 1b 3 1 1 2
Davis 3b 2 0 0 0
  Strange ph,3b 2 0 1 2
Wilson c 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 3 2 2 0
Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Carmona p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Detroit 210 000 0003121
Seattle 000 001 25x8100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lira   6.0 7 3 3 2 8
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Lewis   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Veres  L (0-1) 1.0 3 5 5 3 2
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
8
10
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock   7.0 10 3 3 0 7
  Ayala   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Jackson  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Carmona   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Detroit Fielder (3,off Hitchcock), Seattle Rodriguez 2 (9,off Lira,off Veres); Cora (3,off Veres).  HR–Seattle Sorrento (4,6th inning off Lira 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Nieves (1,off Hitchcock); Curtis (3,off Hitchcock); Buhner (1,off R Lewis).  HBP–Nieves (1,by Hitchcock); Fielder (1,by Ayala); Sorrento (1,by Veres).  IBB–Griffey (1,by Veres); E Martinez (1,by Veres).  SB–Curtis 2 (4,2nd base off Hitchcock/Wilson,3rd base off Hitchcock/Wilson); Bartee (1,2nd base off Ayala/Wilson).  WP–Veres (1).  HBP–Veres (1,Sorrento); Hitchcock (2,Nieves); Ayala (1,Fielder).  IBB–Veres 2 (2,Griffey,E Martinez).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:24.  A–18,008.
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