Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners
August 8, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1997 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 0, Seattle Mariners 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 3 0 1 0
Cameron rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 3 0 0 0
Belle dh 4 0 0 0
Mouton lf 4 0 0 0
Snopek 3b 4 0 0 0
Karkovice c 4 0 2 0
Lewis cf 3 0 1 0
Guillen ss 3 0 1 0
Clemons p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 2 1
Martinez dh 2 1 2 1
Buhner rf 4 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 4 1 1 0
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Davis 3b 4 0 2 0
Tinsley lf 3 1 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Chicago 000 000 000051
Seattle 031 000 10x5100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemons  L (0-2) 4.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Cruz   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Simas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (16-3) 9.0 5 0 0 3 19
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
19

  E–Snopek (16).  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Seattle Rodriguez (31,off Clemons).  HR–Seattle E Martinez (19,3rd inning off Clemons 0 on, 0 out); Griffey (35,7th inning off Cruz 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Lewis (10,2nd base off Johnson/Wilson).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Ray DiMuro, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:27.  A–42,170.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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