Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners
May 3, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1996 at Kingdome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 0 1 0
Franco 1b 5 2 2 1
Baerga 2b 5 0 0 0
Belle lf 5 1 2 1
Murray dh 5 0 1 0
Ramirez rf 3 0 1 1
Thome 3b 3 1 1 0
  Espinoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 2
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Amaral lf 4 0 0 1
Cora 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 1 0
Martinez dh 3 0 0 0
Buhner rf 4 0 1 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 2 0
Sojo ss 4 0 0 0
Davis 3b 4 1 1 0
Marzano c 3 1 2 0
Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Cleveland 010 012 0015102
Seattle 002 000 000273
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (4-1) 7.1 7 2 2 0 4
  Poole   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Mesa  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  L (3-1) 7.0 8 4 3 2 5
  Jackson   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
6

  E–Franco (5), T Pena (1), Cora (3), Sojo (1), Marzano (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Franco (7,off Hitchcock); Thome (6,off Hitchcock); Belle (7,off Jackson), Seattle Sorrento (2,off Nagy); Marzano (1,off Nagy).  HR–Cleveland Franco (4,5th inning off Hitchcock 0 on, 0 out); T Pena (1,6th inning off Hitchcock 1 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:59.  A–38,086.
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