Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
August 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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)
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Seattle Mariners 1, Baltimore Orioles 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 0 0 0
  Manto ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Martinez dh 1 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
Whiten rf 2 1 1 1
Amaral lf 4 0 1 0
Sheets 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson cf 3 1 2 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 3 1 2 1
  Devereaux rf 0 0 0 0
Surhoff 3b 4 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 2 1
Murray dh 2 0 1 0
Hoiles c 3 0 0 1
Bowers lf 4 0 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Seattle 001 000 000130
Baltimore 000 300 10x490
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wagner  L (3-4) 5.0 7 3 3 4 3
  Ayala   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Wells   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina  W (16-8) 7.0 2 1 1 4 8
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Mills   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Myers  SV (24) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
7
11

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Baltimore Bonilla (23,off Wagner); Surhoff (21,off Wagner); Anderson (29,off Wagner).  HR–Seattle Whiten (2,3rd inning off Mussina 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Amaral (6,2nd base by Mussina/Hoiles).  SB–Anderson (17,2nd base off Ayala/Wilson).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:01.  A–47,679.
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