Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
April 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1998 at Kauffman Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Kansas City Royals 1

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 5 1 2 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 0 0
Martinez dh 4 0 1 0
  Amaral pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Wilkins ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Marzano ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Segui 1b 4 0 0 1
Hill lf 1 1 0 0
  Perez lf 1 0 1 2
Ducey rf 5 0 0 0
Davis 3b 3 0 2 2
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Halter rf 5 0 1 1
Offerman 2b 1 0 0 0
Mack lf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 2 0 0 0
King 1b 3 0 1 0
Young cf 3 0 2 0
  Damon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Pendleton dh 4 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 1 1 0
  Morris ph 1 0 1 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Bevil p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Seattle 000 100 013570
Kansas City 000 000 100161
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (1-1) 7.0 5 1 1 4 9
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ayala   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher   7.0 3 1 0 5 4
  Service  L (1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Bevil   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Whisenant   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
7
6

  E–Mack (1).  DP–Seattle 2.  PB–Wilson (2); Sweeney (3).  2B–Seattle Martinez (7,off Service); Cora (7,off Bevil); Perez (1,off Whisenant), Kansas City Halter (4,off Johnson); Morris (9,off Ayala).  SH–Wilson (4,off Belcher).  SF–Segui (1,off Whisenant).  HBP–Rodriguez (1,by Belcher); Hill (2,by Service); Offerman (2,by Johnson).  IBB–Griffey (3,by Bevil).  SB–Rodriguez (4,2nd base off Belcher/Sweeney).  CS–Offerman (1,3rd base by Johnson/Wilson).  WP–Belcher (2).  BK–Service (1).  HBP–Johnson (5,Offerman); Belcher (3,Rodriguez); Service (4,Hill).  IBB–Bevil (1,Griffey).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:04.  A–11,630.
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