Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
July 17, 1997 Box Score

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

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Minnesota Twins 9, Seattle Mariners 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 3 2 1
Becker cf 4 1 1 4
  Hocking ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 5 0 1 0
Myers dh 4 1 1 0
  Kelly ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Steinbach c 5 0 1 0
Stahoviak 1b 4 1 1 2
  Colbrunn ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cordova lf 4 1 1 1
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Meares ss 4 1 1 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 11 8
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 7 2 3 1
Rodriguez ss 5 1 3 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 6 1 3 2
Martinez dh 5 0 2 1
Buhner rf 4 1 0 0
Sorrento 1b 6 1 1 1
Wilson c 5 0 3 1
  Amaral pr 0 1 0 0
  Marzano c 0 0 0 0
Davis 3b 6 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. lf 6 0 2 0
Hurtado p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 7 17 7
Minnesota 100 230 000 1029110
Seattle 100 310 100 1007171
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   4.1 9 5 5 1 3
  Swindell   2.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Rodriguez   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Aguilera  W (4-2) 2.0 3 1 1 1 5
  Guardado  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
17
7
7
4
13
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hurtado   4.1 6 6 6 2 3
  Wells   5.2 2 1 1 1 5
  Charlton  L (2-7) 2.0 3 2 1 0 3
Totals
12.0
11
9
8
3
11

  E–Charlton (2).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Seattle Cora (31,off Tewksbury); Cruz (11,off Tewksbury); Griffey 2 (20,off Tewksbury 2); Sorrento (12,off Tewksbury); E Martinez (22,off Swindell); Wilson (24,off Aguilera).  3B–Minnesota Knoblauch (6,off Hurtado).  HR–Minnesota Stahoviak (7,4th inning off Hurtado 1 on, 2 out); Becker (7,5th inning off Hurtado 2 on, 1 out); Knoblauch (6,10th inning off Wells 0 on, 1 out); Cordova (7,12th inning off Charlton 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Rodriguez (13,7th inning off Swindell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Meares (3,off Charlton); Rodriguez (1,off Tewksbury).  SF–Becker (2,off Hurtado).  IBB–E Martinez (9,by Rodriguez).  CS–Meares 2 (7,2nd base by Wells/Wilson,Home by Charlton/Marzano); Kelly (4,2nd base by Charlton/Marzano).  IBB–Rodriguez (7,E Martinez).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:58.  A–32,325.
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