Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
September 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 9, Oakland Athletics 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 2 2 0
  Guevara 2b 0 0 0 0
Kelly lf 5 0 3 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 1 2
Martinez dh 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 0 0
Buhner rf 5 2 2 3
Sorrento 1b 5 0 0 0
Wilson c 5 3 4 1
Sheets 3b 4 1 1 0
Cloude p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald cf 5 0 1 0
Magadan dh 2 0 1 1
Grieve rf 5 0 1 0
Stairs lf 5 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 3 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 1 0
Mayne c 2 1 1 1
  Bellhorn ph 1 0 0 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 3 0 1 0
Tejada ss 2 0 0 0
  Bournigal ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Rigby p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Lorraine p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Seattle 012 300 0129140
Oakland 020 000 000291
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Cloude  W (4-2) 6.0 5 2 2 5 5
  Spoljaric   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Timlin   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wells   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rigby  L (1-6) 3.1 7 6 6 2 3
  Mohler   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Wengert   1.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Lorraine   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Witasick   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
2
10

  E–Stairs (4).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Oakland Giambi (39,off Cloude).  HR–Seattle Buhner 2 (39,2nd inning off Rigby 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Witasick 1 on, 1 out); Wilson (15,8th inning off Wengert 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Griffey (12,off Rigby).  HBP–Cora (5,by Rigby); Brosius (4,by Cloude); Tejada (3,by Cloude).  IBB–E Martinez (11,by Rigby).  SB–Kelly (9,3rd base off Mohler/Mayne); Griffey (15,2nd base off Mohler/Mayne).  CS–McDonald (6,2nd base by Cloude/Wilson).  HBP–Cloude 2 (3,Brosius,Tejada); Rigby (2,Cora).  IBB–Rigby (2,E Martinez).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–3:21.  A–20,737.
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