Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
August 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1998 at Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Seattle Mariners 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 1 0
Randa 2b 4 1 2 0
Higginson rf 4 2 1 4
Clark 1b 5 0 1 0
Berroa dh 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 3 1 1 1
Alvarez 3b 3 1 1 2
Cruz ss 4 1 2 0
Bako c 4 0 1 0
Greisinger p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez ss 5 2 5 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 0 1 2
Martinez dh 1 0 0 2
Segui 1b 5 0 2 0
Buhner rf 3 0 0 0
Davis 3b 5 0 1 0
Marzano c 2 1 0 0
  Ibanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Oliver c 1 0 1 0
Monahan lf 5 2 2 0
Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Detroit 200 005 0007101
Seattle 002 012 0106130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger  W (2-7) 5.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Runyan   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Anderson   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Jones  SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
5
8
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Spoljaric   5.0 4 2 2 4 6
  Ayala  L (1-9) 0.2 3 4 4 1 2
  McCarthy   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Wells   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
10

  E–Alvarez (15).  2B–Detroit Randa (15,off Spoljaric); Hunter (23,off Spoljaric); Alvarez (11,off Ayala); Cruz (16,off Wells), Seattle Rodriguez 2 (24,off Greisinger,off Anderson).  HR–Detroit Higginson (21,6th inning off McCarthy 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Randa (3,off Spoljaric).  SF–Martinez 2 (5,off Greisinger,off Anderson).  HBP–Marzano (6,by Greisinger).  SB–Encarnacion (1,2nd base off Ayala/Marzano); Rodriguez (37,2nd base off Greisinger/Bako).  WP–Spoljaric 2 (6).  HBP–Greisinger (3,Marzano).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:11.  A–24,136.
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