Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
September 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1998 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Seattle Mariners 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Christenson cf 4 0 1 1
Blowers 1b 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 1 0
Grieve dh 4 1 1 0
Spiezio 2b 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 1 2 1
McDonald rf 4 0 0 0
Hinch c 2 0 0 0
Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Bell 2b,3b 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez dh 3 0 1 0
Ibanez 1b 4 1 2 0
Davis 3b 3 1 1 0
  Rossy 3b 0 0 0 0
  Ducey ph 1 0 1 1
  Guevara pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Radmanovich rf 3 0 0 0
  Gipson ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Oliver c 1 0 0 0
  Marzano c 1 0 0 0
Monahan lf 4 0 1 2
Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Paniagua p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Oakland 001 000 100260
Seattle 001 100 03x5100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  L (3-3) 7.1 8 4 4 0 5
  Groom   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
0
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Fassero   7.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Paniagua  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Timlin  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
10

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Christenson (21,off Fassero); Tejada (19,off Fassero), Seattle Rodriguez (35,off Heredia); Bell (25,off Heredia); Davis (30,off Heredia); Ibanez (6,off Heredia); Ducey (18,off Heredia); Monahan (7,off Groom).  HBP–Martinez (3,by Heredia); Marzano 2 (9,by Heredia 2).  WP–Groom (1).  HBP–Heredia 3 (3,Martinez,Marzano 2).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:54.  A–30,076.
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