Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1997 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 10, Seattle Mariners 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 1 0 0
Becker cf 4 2 1 2
Steinbach c 5 1 2 1
Lawton lf 4 2 1 1
Colbrunn 1b 5 2 2 3
Walker 3b 4 1 0 0
Kelly dh 3 0 1 3
Brede rf 5 0 1 0
Hocking ss 5 1 2 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 10 10
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez dh 4 0 1 0
Buhner rf 4 1 1 1
Sorrento 1b 4 1 1 1
Wilson c 2 0 1 0
  Marzano c 1 0 0 0
  Gates ph 1 0 0 0
Davis R. 3b 4 0 1 0
Tinsley lf 1 0 0 0
Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Davis T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Minnesota 100 054 00010100
Seattle 100 000 200381
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W (1-2) 6.1 8 3 3 1 3
  Naulty   2.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  L (0-4) 4.2 7 6 6 2 4
  Davis   4.1 3 4 4 4 6
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
6
10

  E–Rodriguez (4).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Lawton (6,off Sanders); Brede (1,off Sanders); Colbrunn (7,off Sanders); Kelly (1,off Sanders); Hocking (4,off T Davis), Seattle Cora (2,off Rodriguez); R Davis (4,off Rodriguez).  HR–Minnesota Becker (1,5th inning off Sanders 1 on, 1 out); Colbrunn (2,6th inning off T Davis 2 on, 2 out), Seattle Buhner (3,7th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out); Sorrento (2,7th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Kelly (1,by Sanders).  IBB–Walker (1,by Sanders).  SB–Steinbach (1,2nd base off Sanders/Wilson); Knoblauch (8,2nd base off T Davis/Wilson).  HBP–Sanders (1,Kelly).  IBB–Sanders (1,Walker).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:53.  A–33,574.
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