Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners
May 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1997 at Kingdome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Seattle Mariners 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 3 0 1 2
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 5 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 2 3 2
Hoiles c 3 1 1 0
Tarasco rf 2 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Amaral lf 5 0 2 0
Rodriguez ss 5 1 2 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 0 2 1
Martinez dh 3 0 1 0
Buhner rf 3 0 0 0
Blowers 1b 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 3 1 0 0
Davis 3b 4 0 0 0
Espinoza 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cora ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Holzemer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Baltimore 010 200 100481
Seattle 000 010 002390
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (8-0) 5.2 6 1 1 3 3
  Mathews   2.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Myers   0.2 3 2 0 0 0
  Benitez  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
4
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  L (0-5) 5.1 6 3 3 5 6
  McCarthy   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Ayala   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Holzemer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
8
7

  E–Ripken (8).  DP–Baltimore 1, Seattle 1.  2B–Baltimore Palmeiro (9,off Sanders).  3B–Baltimore Anderson (3,off Sanders).  HR–Baltimore Surhoff (5,2nd inning off Sanders 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Rodriguez (6,5th inning off Key 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bordick (5,off Sanders).  IBB–Surhoff (3,by Sanders).  SB–Amaral 2 (9,3rd base off Key/Hoiles,2nd base off Key/Hoiles); Griffey (5,2nd base off Key/Hoiles).  IBB–Sanders (2,Surhoff).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:30.  A–57,304.
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