Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
May 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 8, Baltimore Orioles 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 3 5 1
Rodriguez ss 3 2 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 2 4
Martinez dh 5 1 2 1
Buhner rf 4 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis 3b 5 1 2 0
Ducey lf 5 0 1 1
Marzano c 5 0 1 1
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 1 0
Reboulet 2b 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 2 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 2 1
Hoiles c 2 0 0 0
Hammonds rf 3 0 1 1
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
Coppinger p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Boskie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Seattle 210 301 0018140
Baltimore 000 010 100270
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  W (2-0) 6.1 6 2 2 0 8
  Sanders   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Ayala   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Coppinger  L (1-1) 3.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Rhodes   2.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Johnson   3.1 3 1 1 1 3
  Boskie   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 3, Baltimore 1.  2B–Seattle Rodriguez (11,off Coppinger); E Martinez (10,off Coppinger); Cora (7,off Johnson), Baltimore Hammonds (3,off Moyer).  HR–Seattle Griffey (15,4th inning off Rhodes 2 on, 0 out); Cora (2,6th inning off Rhodes 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Surhoff (2,5th inning off Moyer 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Griffey (2,off Coppinger).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,by Johnson); Hoiles (5,by Sanders).  IBB–Griffey (6,by Coppinger).  SB–R Davis (4,2nd base off Coppinger/Hoiles); Cora (2,2nd base off Coppinger/Hoiles); Ducey (1,2nd base off Coppinger/Hoiles).  CS–Anderson (4,2nd base by Moyer/Marzano).  HBP–Sanders (2,Hoiles); Johnson (1,Rodriguez).  IBB–Coppinger (1,Griffey).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:11.  A–47,257.
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