Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners
May 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1998 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)
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Chicago White Sox 1, Seattle Mariners 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 4 0 0 0
Ordonez cf 4 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 0 0 0
Belle lf 3 1 1 1
Ventura 3b 3 0 1 0
Cordero 1b 3 0 0 0
Abbott rf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien c 2 0 0 0
Snopek ss 3 0 1 0
Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Fordham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Amaral lf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 5 1 1 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 2 1 1
Segui 1b 4 3 3 2
Martinez dh 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 1 2 2
Davis 3b 2 0 0 0
Perez rf 4 1 1 1
Cora 2b 4 0 0 0
Fassero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 7
Chicago 000 010 000132
Seattle 011 120 21x890
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eyre  L (1-4) 5.0 5 5 4 3 5
  Castillo   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Fordham   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
7
4
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Fassero  W (3-1) 9.0 3 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
5

  E–Ventura (5), Eyre (1).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Wilson (7,off Eyre).  HR–Chicago Belle (7,5th inning off Fassero 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Segui 2 (8,2nd inning off Eyre 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Eyre 0 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (11,3rd inning off Eyre 0 on, 1 out); Griffey (13,5th inning off Eyre 0 on, 1 out); Perez (2,8th inning off Fordham 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Griffey (3,by C Castillo).  HBP–C Castillo (1,Griffey).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:23.  A–22,760.
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