Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners
August 21, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2008 at Safeco Field. 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 2, Seattle Mariners 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0
Crosby ss 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 1 1 1
Thomas dh 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 2 0
Cust lf 2 0 1 0
  Patterson pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 1
Barton 1b 4 0 0 0
Pennington 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hannahan 3b 0 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 4 0 3 0
Cairo 1b 3 0 0 0
  Reed ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0
Beltre 3b 3 0 1 0
Lopez 2b 3 0 1 0
Balentien cf 2 0 0 0
  LaHair ph 1 0 0 0
Johjima c 3 0 0 0
  Hulett ph 1 0 1 0
Clement dh 3 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 1 0
Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
Oakland 000 001 001250
Seattle 000 000 000071
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(6-12) 6.0 4 0 0 3 1
  Devine   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ziegler  SV(4) 2.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
1
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rowland-Smith  L(2-2) 7.0 4 1 1 3 6
  Green   1.1 0 1 0 2 1
  Jimenez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Reed (4).  DP–Oakland 2. Pennington-Barton, Hannahan-Barton, Seattle 1. Beltre-Lopez-Cairo.  2B–Oakland Suzuki (20,off Rowland-Smith), Seattle Beltre (23,off Smith); Suzuki (14,off Smith); Hulett (1,off Ziegler).  HR–Oakland E. Brown (12,6th inning off Rowland-Smith 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Beltre (10,by Smith).  Team–9.  SB–Davis (17,2nd base off Rowland-Smith/Johjima); Patterson 2 (4,2nd base off Rowland-Smith/Johjima,2nd base off Jimenez/Johjima).  CS–C. Gonzalez (1,2nd base by Jimenez/Johjima).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Delfin Colon.  T–2:40.  A–25,611.
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