Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
April 20, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2004 at Safeco Field. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 1, Seattle Mariners 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 4 0 1 0
Kielty lf 3 0 0 0
Chavez 3b 2 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Durazo dh 3 0 0 0
Crosby ss 2 0 0 0
  German 2b 1 0 0 0
Miller c 4 1 1 1
Scutaro 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 3 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 0 0 0
Spiezio dh 4 0 1 0
Ibanez lf 4 2 2 2
Aurilia ss 2 0 0 0
Winn cf 3 0 0 0
Davis c 2 0 1 0
Bloomquist 3b 2 0 0 0
Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Oakland 010 000 000130
Seattle 000 000 101240
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Harden   7.0 3 1 1 4 9
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mecir  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
4
2
2
4
10
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Franklin   7.0 3 1 1 5 4
  Villone  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Seattle 1.  2B–Oakland Scutaro (6,off Franklin).  HR–Oakland Miller (2,2nd inning off Franklin 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Ibanez 2 (4,7th inning off Harden 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Mecir 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  SB–Suzuki (3,2nd base off Harden/Miller).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:23.  A–28,128.
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