Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
July 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1997 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 1
Greer lf 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Simms dh 3 0 1 1
  Newson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ripken ss,1b 2 0 0 0
  Stevens ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 1 2 1
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0
Martinez dh 4 0 0 0
Buhner rf 4 1 1 1
Sorrento 1b 4 1 1 1
Wilson c 4 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. lf 4 0 1 0
Davis 3b 4 0 0 0
Ducey cf 4 0 2 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Texas 000 200 002470
Seattle 000 101 000280
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   6.2 8 2 2 1 9
  Patterson  W (6-3) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Wetteland  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
13
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.0 5 2 2 5 14
  Ayala  L (6-3) 2.0 2 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
6
18

  E–None.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (12,off Johnson); Simms (7,off Johnson); Buford (16,off Johnson), Seattle Ducey 2 (10,off Witt 2); Wilson (22,off Witt).  3B–Texas McLemore (2,off Ayala).  HR–Texas Buford (6,9th inning off Ayala 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Sorrento (18,4th inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out); Buhner (23,6th inning off Witt 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Rodriguez (3,off Ayala).  HBP–W Clark (3,by Johnson).  IBB–Gonzalez (3,by Johnson).  SB–McLemore (3,2nd base off Johnson/Wilson); Greer (7,2nd base off Ayala/Wilson); Rodriguez (18,2nd base off Patterson/Rodriguez).  WP–Ayala (5).  HBP–Johnson (7,W Clark).  IBB–Johnson (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:57.  A–47,467.
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