Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 2, Kansas City Royals 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 3 1 3 0
Betancourt ss 3 1 1 0
Ibanez dh 4 0 1 0
Lopez 1b 4 0 2 2
Reed cf 4 0 1 0
Balentien lf 3 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
Tuiasosopo 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hulett ph 1 0 0 0
Johjima c 1 0 0 0
Valbuena 2b 3 0 0 0
Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Aviles ss 4 0 0 1
Guillen rf 3 0 1 2
  Maier cf 0 0 0 0
Shealy 1b 4 1 1 1
Butler dh 3 0 0 0
Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0
Buck c 3 2 2 0
Callaspo 2b 4 1 1 1
German lf 1 0 1 0
  Gathright ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Seattle 200 000 000281
Kansas City 000 100 31x570
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rowland-Smith   6.0 3 1 1 4 1
  Corcoran  L(5-2) 0.2 1 3 0 1 0
  Batista   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Thomas   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
1
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  W(12-11) 7.0 6 2 2 3 7
  Mahay   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Soria  SV(40) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Betancourt (19).  DP–Seattle 1. Valbuena-Betancourt-Lopez, Kansas City 3. Aviles-Callaspo-Shealy, Teahen-Callaspo, Aviles-Callaspo-Shealy.  2B–Seattle Suzuki (17,off Meche), Kansas City DeJesus (24,off Rowland-Smith); Buck (22,off Batista).  HR–Kansas City Shealy (6,4th inning off Rowland-Smith 0 on 2 out).  SH–Betancourt (6,off Meche); German (4,off Corcoran).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–DeJesus (3,by Corcoran).  Team–8.  SB–Suzuki (43,3rd base off Meche/Buck); Betancourt (3,2nd base off Meche/Buck).  CS–Lopez (2,2nd base by Meche/Buck).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Brian Knight, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:39.  A–13,382.
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