Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1997 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 6, Seattle Mariners 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 0 1 0
  Latham ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Colbrunn 1b 5 0 0 0
Lawton lf 2 2 0 0
Kelly rf 5 1 3 1
Myers c 3 0 1 0
  Steinbach ph,c 1 0 0 0
Coomer dh 3 2 1 3
  Brede ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Walker 3b 4 1 3 2
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
  Hocking ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Aldred p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Amaral lf 3 0 0 0
  Cora ph 0 0 0 0
  Tinsley pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Rodriguez ss 3 1 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 1 3
Martinez dh 3 1 0 1
Buhner rf 4 1 0 0
Blowers 1b 2 0 0 0
  Sorrento ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Davis 3b 4 2 3 1
Marzano c 2 0 1 2
  Gates ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Espinoza 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,c 2 1 2 2
Wolcott p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 10
Minnesota 030 002 1006121
Seattle 000 223 03x10110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Aldred   5.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Ritchie  L (2-2) 0.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Olson   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Guardado   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
6
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Wolcott  W (2-1) 6.0 9 5 5 3 4
  McCarthy   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Ayala   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Charlton  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
7

  E–Colbrunn (3).  DP–Seattle 2.  PB–Steinbach (1).  2B–Minnesota Kelly (2,off McCarthy); Brede (3,off Ayala), Seattle R Davis 2 (6,off Aldred 2); Sorrento (5,off Ritchie); Wilson (5,off Aguilera).  3B–Seattle Wilson (1,off Ritchie).  HR–Minnesota Coomer (2,2nd inning off Wolcott 2 on, 1 out); Walker (1,6th inning off Wolcott 1 on, 2 out), Seattle Griffey (9,5th inning off Aldred 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Knoblauch (2,by Ayala); Cora (1,by Aguilera).  SF–E Martinez (3,off Aguilera).  HBP–Rodriguez (2,by Aguilera).  CS–Knoblauch (2,2nd base by Charlton/Wilson).  SB–Amaral (3,2nd base off Olson/Myers).  HBP–Aguilera (1,Rodriguez).  IBB–Aguilera (2,Cora); Ayala (1,Knoblauch).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:09.  A–34,678.
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