Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
May 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1996 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Seattle Mariners 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Meares ss 4 1 1 1
  Hale ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b,ss 6 0 1 0
Molitor dh 5 0 1 1
Cordova lf 4 1 0 0
Hollins 3b 3 2 2 0
Kelly cf 4 1 2 2
  Becker ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Coomer 1b 3 0 2 1
  Stahoviak ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hocking rf 5 1 1 0
Durant c 3 1 1 0
  Myers ph,c 2 0 2 1
Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 13 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Bragg lf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 5 0 1 1
Martinez dh 4 0 0 0
Buhner rf 3 0 1 0
Hunter 1b 3 0 0 0
  Griffey, Jr. cf 1 0 0 0
Sojo 2b 3 1 2 0
  Strange ph 0 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 1 2 1
Davis 3b 2 1 0 0
Amaral cf 2 1 1 1
  Sorrento ph,1b 2 1 1 2
Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Carmona p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Minnesota 020 100 200 27130
Seattle 003 002 000 0591
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   3.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Bennett   2.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Naulty   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Guardado  W (1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stevens  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
9
5
5
6
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock   6.0 9 5 5 1 5
  Carmona   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Klink   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wells  L (2-1) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
7
7
4
6

  E–Wells (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Seattle 2.  2B–Minnesota Kelly (4,off Hitchcock); Hollins 2 (6,off Hitchcock,off Wells); Meares (6,off Hitchcock); Molitor (8,off Carmona); Myers (12,off Wells), Seattle Amaral (3,off Robertson); Rodriguez (10,off Robertson).  HR–Seattle Wilson (8,3rd inning off Robertson 0 on, 0 out); Sorrento (9,6th inning off Bennett 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Becker (1,off Wells); R Davis (3,off Bennett); Wilson (5,off Bennett); Sojo (1,off Naulty).  HBP–Hollins (4,by Hitchcock).  IBB–Hollins (4,by Carmona); Hale (1,by Wells).  SB–Cordova (3,2nd base off Hitchcock/Wilson).  CS–Bragg (2,2nd base by Naulty/Durant).  WP–Robertson (2).  HBP–Hitchcock (3,Hollins).  IBB–Carmona (4,Hollins); Wells (2,Hale).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:33.  A–22,175.
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