Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
September 22, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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."

"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

Seattle Mariners 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 1 2 2
Kelly lf 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 2 2 2
Martinez dh 2 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 2 0
Buhner rf 2 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 1 0 0
Sheets 3b 2 0 1 0
Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Bournigal ss 3 0 0 0
  Tejada pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 0 0 0 0
  Bellhorn pr 0 0 0 0
Lennon dh 3 1 2 0
  Stairs ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Lesher rf 3 0 2 2
  Grieve ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 2 0
Brito 2b 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b,lf 4 0 1 0
Young cf 3 0 1 0
  Magadan ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Molina c 3 0 1 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
Ludwick p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Lorraine p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Seattle 000 130 000490
Oakland 100 001 0002100
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Fassero  W (16-9) 6.1 9 2 2 1 6
  Ayala   1.2 1 0 0 0 4
  Slocumb  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Ludwick  L (1-4) 4.2 5 4 4 5 3
  Groom   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Small   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Lorraine   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 5.  2B–Seattle E Martinez (35,off Ludwick), Oakland Young (7,off Fassero); Lennon 2 (6,off Fassero 2); Molina (3,off Fassero).  HR–Seattle Griffey 2 (55,4th inning off Ludwick 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Ludwick 0 on, 2 out); Cora (11,5th inning off Ludwick 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Sheets (5,off Ludwick); Brito (1,off Fassero).  IBB–Sorrento (9,by Taylor).  CS–Rodriguez (6,3rd base by Taylor/Molina).  WP–Fassero (13).  IBB–Taylor (9,Sorrento).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:11.  A–11,275.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook