Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
September 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1998 at Kingdome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 8, Seattle Mariners 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald lf,rf 4 0 2 0
Christenson cf 3 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 4 2 1 0
Stairs dh 4 1 0 0
Grieve rf 4 1 2 2
  Bournigal 2b 1 1 0 0
Spiezio 2b 2 0 0 0
  Henderson pr,lf 0 2 0 1
Tejada ss 4 1 1 1
Chavez 3b 4 0 2 1
  Blowers ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Hinch c 1 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 1
  Macfarlane c 2 0 0 0
Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez dh 3 0 1 0
Ibanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Radmanovich rf 4 0 1 0
Monahan lf 4 1 2 0
Marzano c 3 0 1 1
  Segui ph 1 0 1 0
  Gipson pr 0 0 0 0
Guevara 2b 2 0 0 0
Cloude p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Gajkowski p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Holdridge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
Oakland 010 001 114890
Seattle 000 012 000390
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Oquist   6.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Mathews  W (6-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (33) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
5
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Cloude   6.1 8 3 3 3 7
  Slocumb  L (2-5) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Ayala   0.1 0 3 3 3 0
  Gajkowski   0.1 0 1 0 0 0
  McCarthy   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Holdridge   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
8
8

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 3, Seattle 1.  PB–Marzano (5).  2B–Oakland McDonald (9,off Cloude); Grieve (39,off Cloude); Tejada (20,off Cloude); Roberts (17,off Cloude), Seattle Radmanovich (4,off Oquist); Marzano (7,off Oquist); Segui (36,off Taylor).  HR–Oakland Grieve (18,2nd inning off Cloude 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Rodriguez (42,6th inning off Oquist 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Christenson (9,off Ayala).  HBP–Henderson (5,by Gajkowski); Tejada (7,by Gajkowski).  SB–Henderson (64,2nd base off Slocumb/Marzano); Rodriguez (44,2nd base off Taylor/Macfarlane).  WP–Oquist (4), McCarthy (1).  HBP–Gajkowski 2 (2,Henderson,Tejada).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:10.  A–21,182.
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