Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
May 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Amaral rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
  Ducey cf 0 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 1 1 2
Martinez dh 3 0 1 1
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Davis 3b 3 0 0 0
Hill lf 3 0 0 0
  Radmanovich rf 0 0 0 0
Cora 2b 3 0 0 0
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 1 0 0
Higginson rf 3 1 2 2
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Roberts dh 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 3 0 1 0
  Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 3 0 1 0
  Catalanotto ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Seattle 000 000 103450
Detroit 000 000 020260
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer   7.0 4 0 0 3 3
  Spoljaric  W (2-0) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Ayala  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (2-5) 8.2 4 4 4 1 4
  Jones   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Segui (13,off Thompson); Martinez (11,off Jones), Detroit Oliver (5,off Moyer).  HR–Seattle Rodriguez (13,7th inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Higginson (7,8th inning off Spoljaric 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wilson (5,off Thompson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:14.  A–11,659.
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