Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
August 16, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 5 0 2 2
Reed lf 5 1 2 0
Ibanez dh 3 1 0 0
Beltre 3b 3 1 1 1
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Clement c 2 1 2 2
  Cairo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Balentien cf 4 0 0 0
LaHair 1b 3 1 2 0
  Burke c 0 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 1 1 1
Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span rf,cf 5 1 1 0
Punto 2b 5 1 2 0
Mauer c 4 3 3 2
Morneau 1b 4 1 2 1
Young lf 4 0 2 1
Ruiz dh 4 0 1 1
  Lamb ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Harris 3b 2 0 1 0
  Buscher ph,3b 0 1 0 1
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Gomez cf 3 0 0 0
  Kubel ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 7
Seattle 000 006 0006100
Minnesota 230 000 0117130
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rowland-Smith   5.0 10 5 5 2 1
  Corcoran   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Green   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Jimenez  L(0-2) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Batista   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
0
0
0
1
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   5.1 8 4 4 2 1
  Crain   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Breslow   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Reyes  W(3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 3. Punto-Everett-Morneau, Everett-Punto-Morneau, Baker-Punto-Everett-Morneau.  2B–Seattle Reed (13,off Baker); Beltre (21,off Baker); Betancourt (27,off Crain), Minnesota Morneau (30,off Rowland-Smith); Harris (24,off Rowland-Smith).  HR–Minnesota Mauer (8,1st inning off Rowland-Smith 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Clement (4,by Baker).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Everett (6,off Green); Young (1,off Batista).  SF–Buscher (6,off Batista).  IBB–Lamb (4,by Batista).  Team–10.  SB–Span (9,2nd base off Rowland-Smith/Clement).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Chad Fairchild.  T–3:06.  A–36,316.
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