Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
April 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1996 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Mariners 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis cf 4 2 2 0
  Bartee cf 1 0 0 0
Higginson rf 5 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 3 1 2 2
Fielder 1b 4 0 3 1
Nieves lf 4 0 0 0
Williams E. dh 3 0 0 0
  Hyers ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 4 0 1 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 2 0
Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Williams B. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 0 1 0
Diaz lf 5 2 2 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 0 0
Martinez dh 3 2 3 3
Buhner rf 3 2 1 1
Sorrento 1b 3 1 1 2
Davis 3b 4 1 1 0
Wilson c 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez ss 4 1 2 4
Bosio p 0 0 0 0
  Hurtado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 11
Detroit 101 010 0003121
Seattle 060 010 40x11120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sodowsky  L (1-1) 1.0 4 6 6 2 0
  Christopher   5.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Myers   1.0 3 4 3 0 2
  Williams   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
11
10
4
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bosio  W (2-0) 5.0 8 3 3 0 5
  Hurtado  SV (1) 4.0 4 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
0
10

  E–Fielder (3).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle E Martinez (8,off Christopher).  HR–Detroit Fryman (4,5th inning off Bosio 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Rodriguez (3,2nd inning off Sodowsky 3 on, 0 out); E Martinez (2,7th inning off Myers 2 on, 0 out); Buhner (3,7th inning off Myers 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Fryman (2,off Bosio); Sorrento (2,off Christopher).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:38.  A–17,536.
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