Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
May 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Seattle Mariners 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 13, Baltimore Orioles 14

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Bragg lf 5 2 3 0
  Hunter ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Rodriguez ss 6 2 3 6
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 3 0
Martinez dh 5 1 2 2
  Amaral pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Buhner rf 5 2 3 2
Sorrento 1b 6 0 3 0
Wilson c 4 1 2 2
Cora 2b 6 1 1 0
Davis 3b 4 1 1 0
  Strange ph 0 0 0 0
  Sojo ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Wolcott p 0 0 0 0
  Klink p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Davison p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 13 21 12
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 1 1 0
Polonia dh 2 2 2 2
  Devereaux ph,dh 3 1 1 0
Alomar 2b 4 2 3 1
Palmeiro 1b 6 1 5 6
Bonilla rf 6 1 2 0
Surhoff 3b 3 0 1 0
  Huson pr,3b 1 0 0 0
  Ripken ph 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 4 1
Hoiles c 6 2 1 4
Hammonds lf 4 2 1 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 14 21 14
Seattle 002 004 05213210
Baltimore 223 000 21414212
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wolcott   2.1 9 6 6 2 0
  Klink   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wells   2.1 4 1 1 2 1
  Davison   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Jackson   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Charlton  L (1-1) 1.0 2 4 4 3 1
Totals
8.2
21
14
14
7
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   5.0 8 2 2 3 3
  Rhodes   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  McDowell   2.1 7 3 3 0 1
  Orosco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mills  W (1-0) 1.1 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
21
13
13
5
4

  E–Alomar (6), Surhoff (6).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Seattle Griffey (5,off Haynes); Rodriguez (13,off Rhodes); Sorrento (5,off McDowell), Baltimore Anderson (10,off Wolcott); Palmeiro (6,off Wolcott); Hammonds (6,off Wolcott); C Ripken (13,off Wells); Bonilla (5,off Charlton).  HR–Seattle Rodriguez (7,8th inning off Mills 3 on, 2 out); Buhner (12,9th inning off Mills 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Polonia (1,1st inning off Wolcott 1 on, 0 out); Palmeiro (8,7th inning off Davison 1 on, 1 out); C Ripken (2,8th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Hoiles (7,9th inning off Charlton 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wilson (1,by Haynes).  IBB–Surhoff (4,by Wolcott).  CS–Devereaux (2,2nd base by Davison/Wilson).  WP–Wolcott (1).  HBP–Haynes (1,Wilson).  IBB–Wolcott (1,Surhoff).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–4:20.  A–47,259.
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