Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
August 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1996 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
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Seattle Mariners 2, Detroit Tigers 8

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 0 0
Buhner rf 2 1 0 0
Sorrento 1b 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Strange dh 4 0 1 1
Manto 3b 2 0 1 0
  Ibanez ph 1 0 0 0
Amaral lf 2 0 0 0
Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Carmona p 0 0 0 0
  Bosio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 3 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pride lf 4 1 1 1
Lewis M. 2b 3 1 2 1
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 4
Higginson dh,rf 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
  Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 2 2 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 1 1
Bartee cf 3 2 2 1
Totals 33 8 10 8
Seattle 000 200 000230
Detroit 002 000 60x8100
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wagner  L (3-3) 6.2 7 5 5 1 3
  Ayala   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Carmona   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Bosio   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares  W (6-7) 7.0 3 2 2 8 5
  Lewis   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
8
5

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1, Detroit 3.  2B–Seattle Manto (6,off Olivares), Detroit Bartee (3,off Wagner); Ausmus (6,off Wagner); Higginson (24,off Carmona).  HR–Detroit Fryman (15,7th inning off Carmona 3 on, 2 out).  SB–Rodriguez (8,2nd base off R Lewis/Ausmus).  WP–Olivares (4).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:35.  A–23,405.
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