Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners
September 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1998 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Seattle Mariners 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Anderson cf 2 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
Baines dh 3 1 1 2
  Mouton ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Becker ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 5 2 2 0
Surhoff lf 5 1 2 1
Webster c 2 0 0 1
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Key p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Monahan lf 4 0 0 0
  Buhner ph 1 0 0 0
  Rossy 2b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 5 2 3 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 1 3
Martinez dh 4 0 2 1
Ducey rf 3 1 1 0
Davis 3b 4 0 1 0
Ibanez 1b 3 0 2 1
  Gipson ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Oliver c 2 0 1 0
Guevara 2b 1 0 0 0
  Bell ph,2b,1b 2 1 1 0
Cloude p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 13 6
Baltimore 000 220 100580
Seattle 010 010 04x6131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   5.1 8 2 2 1 6
  Key   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Mills   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Orosco   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Benitez  L (5-4) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
3
8
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Cloude   5.0 6 4 3 9 3
  Slocumb   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  McCarthy  W (1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Timlin  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
11
5

  E–Griffey (5).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Webster (8).  2B–Baltimore Davis (27,off Cloude); Ripken (25,off Slocumb), Seattle Rodriguez (30,off Erickson).  HR–Baltimore Baines (8,5th inning off Cloude 1 on, 0 out), Seattle Griffey (48,8th inning off Benitez 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Anderson (2,off Slocumb); Oliver (2,off Erickson).  SF–Webster (1,off Cloude).  IBB–Baines (4,by Cloude).  HBP–Guevara (1,by Erickson).  SB–Anderson (18,2nd base off McCarthy/Oliver); Rodriguez (40,2nd base off Erickson/Webster).  CS–Bordick (6,2nd base by Cloude/Oliver).  WP–Erickson (2).  HBP–Erickson (10,Guevara).  IBB–Cloude (4,Baines).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:21.  A–43,831.
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