Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners
April 8, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1997 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Seattle Mariners 14

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 1 2 1
  Giles cf 1 0 0 0
Seitzer dh 6 1 1 0
Thome 1b 2 1 2 0
Williams 3b 5 1 1 1
Justice lf 3 0 1 0
  Curtis lf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez rf 5 2 3 1
Franco 2b 5 1 3 1
Alomar, Jr. c 5 1 4 4
  Borders pr 0 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
  Fernandez ss 1 0 1 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 18 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 2 0 1
Rodriguez ss 3 2 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 3 3 4
Martinez E. dh 4 2 3 2
Buhner rf 4 1 3 4
Sorrento 1b 5 0 1 0
Wilson c 4 1 0 0
Gates 3b 5 1 3 0
Tinsley lf 5 2 2 1
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Hurtado p 0 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 17 13
Cleveland 410 030 0008180
Seattle 400 440 20x14172
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   3.2 10 8 8 1 5
  Lopez  L (0-1) 2.2 6 6 6 5 2
  Shuey   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
14
14
6
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   4.0 11 7 7 4 1
  Hurtado  W (1-0) 2.1 3 1 1 1 2
  Manzanillo   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Ayala   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
8
8
5
3

  E–Cora (2), D Martinez (1).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Cleveland Williams (4,off D Martinez); Grissom (1,off D Martinez); Justice (1,off Manzanillo), Seattle Rodriguez (4,off Hershiser); Gates (1,off Hershiser); Griffey (3,off Lopez).  HR–Cleveland Grissom (1,2nd inning off D Martinez 0 on, 0 out); Alomar (5,5th inning off Hurtado 2 on, 0 out), Seattle Buhner (1,1st inning off Hershiser 2 on, 1 out); E Martinez (3,4th inning off Hershiser 1 on, 2 out); Griffey (6,7th inning off Lopez 1 on, 1 out).  WP–Lopez (1), Manzanillo (1).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:37.  A–24,348.
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