Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
August 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 8, Baltimore Orioles 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Amaral lf 4 2 2 0
Rodriguez ss 4 3 3 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 2 2
Martinez dh 4 1 1 1
Buhner rf 5 1 2 3
Blowers 1b 4 0 1 0
  Sorrento ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Davis 3b 3 0 0 0
Gates 2b 4 0 1 0
Marzano c 4 0 1 0
Cloude p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 3 0 0 0
Berroa rf 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 2 2 1 0
  Ledesma 3b 1 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 2
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Boskie p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 2
Seattle 201 030 0208130
Baltimore 020 000 100340
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Cloude  W (1-1) 6.0 2 2 2 2 6
  Spoljaric   1.0 1 1 0 0 3
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Slocumb   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
3
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key  L (13-7) 4.1 9 6 6 4 4
  Boskie   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Mathews   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Mills   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1, Baltimore 1.  PB–Marzano (1).  2B–Seattle Rodriguez 2 (35,off Key,off Boskie), Baltimore Palmeiro (17,off Cloude); Hoiles (10,off Cloude).  HR–Seattle Griffey (38,1st inning off Key 1 on, 1 out); Buhner (28,5th inning off Key 2 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (17,8th inning off Mathews 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Amaral (11,2nd base off Key/Hoiles).  CS–Amaral (6,3rd base by Key/Hoiles).  WP–Cloude (1), Spoljaric (6).  BK–Spoljaric (2).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:03.  A–47,734.
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