Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners
May 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 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 8, Seattle Mariners 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 1 0
Reboulet 2b 1 1 0 0
  Alomar ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 1 2 0
  Tarasco pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Hoiles 1b,c 3 1 2 4
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 1 1 1
Incaviglia rf 3 0 0 0
  Surhoff ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Hammonds lf,rf 5 1 1 1
Webster c 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,1b 2 0 1 2
Bordick ss 4 1 0 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 8 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 1 2 1
Rodriguez ss 4 3 3 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 2 2
Martinez dh 5 0 2 1
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 3 1 2 1
  Blowers ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Buhner rf 4 0 0 0
Gates 3b 4 1 1 0
Amaral lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Baltimore 100 031 102881
Seattle 201 121 0007120
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   5.0 8 6 6 2 3
  Rhodes   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Benitez  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.0 2 4 4 8 8
  Ayala   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Manzanillo   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Charlton  L (2-3) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
11
10

  E–Reboulet (2).  2B–Baltimore Davis (10,off Ayala); Hoiles (5,off Ayala), Seattle Gates (4,off Rhodes).  3B–Seattle Rodriguez (1,off Mussina); Cora (2,off Rhodes).  HR–Baltimore Hoiles (7,5th inning off Johnson 2 on, 2 out); Hammonds (3,6th inning off Ayala 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Rodriguez (7,1st inning off Mussina 1 on, 0 out); Sorrento (4,4th inning off Mussina 0 on, 0 out); Griffey (19,5th inning off Mussina 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Surhoff (4,by Manzanillo).  SB–Anderson 2 (6,2nd base off Johnson/Wilson,3rd base off Johnson/Wilson); Reboulet (1,2nd base off Johnson/Wilson).  CS–Webster (1,2nd base by Johnson/Wilson); E Martinez (1,2nd base by Mussina/Webster).  IBB–Manzanillo (1,Surhoff).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:35.  A–57,432.
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