Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
September 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1996 at Kingdome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Seattle Mariners 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 6 0 0 0
Frye 2b 5 1 3 1
Valentin 3b 5 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 0
Cordero dh 4 3 1 1
Pemberton rf 5 1 3 2
Greenwell lf 2 1 0 0
  Tinsley lf 0 0 0 0
Haselman c 4 0 1 2
Bragg cf 3 0 0 1
Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Eshelman p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 1 1 0
  Amaral ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Strange ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 1 4
Martinez dh 4 0 0 0
Buhner rf 3 1 1 1
Sorrento 1b 3 0 0 0
Whiten lf 4 0 2 0
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Hollins 3b 3 2 2 0
Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Milacki p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Meacham p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Carmona p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Boston 023 000 1107100
Seattle 010 030 100581
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   4.1 6 4 4 2 4
  Mahomes  W (2-4) 1.2 0 1 1 1 1
  Eshelman   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Slocumb  SV (25) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  L (12-8) 2.2 4 5 3 2 1
  Milacki   2.2 3 0 0 3 2
  McCarthy   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Meacham   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Ayala   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Davis   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Carmona   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
7
9

  E–Sorrento (10).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Haselman (8,off Hitchcock); Pemberton 2 (2,off Hitchcock,off Milacki); Vaughn (26,off McCarthy), Seattle Whiten 2 (4,off Maddux 2).  HR–Seattle Buhner (39,2nd inning off Maddux 0 on, 1 out); Griffey (43,5th inning off Maddux 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Vaughn (11,by Hitchcock); Greenwell (2,by McCarthy); Bragg (3,by McCarthy); Cordero (2,by Ayala); E Martinez (6,by Maddux).  IBB–Greenwell 2 (3,by Hitchcock,by Milacki); Vaughn (16,by Milacki).  SB–Frye (10,2nd base off Milacki/Wilson).  CS–E Martinez (2,2nd base by Mahomes/Haselman).  HBP–Maddux (5,E Martinez); Hitchcock (6,Vaughn); McCarthy 2 (3,Greenwell,Bragg); Ayala (2,Cordero).  IBB–Hitchcock (4,Greenwell); Milacki 2 (3,Vaughn,Greenwell).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:43.  A–22,642.
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