Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
September 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2009 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 6, Oakland Athletics 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Suzuki rf 5 0 2 1
Gutierrez cf 5 0 1 1
Lopez 2b 5 1 1 1
Sweeney dh 5 0 1 0
  Saunders pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 2 2 0
Carp 1b 3 1 1 0
  Hannahan 1b 0 0 0 0
Johjima c 1 1 0 1
Wilson ss 4 1 1 2
Rowland-Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 3 0 1 1
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Hairston lf 4 1 1 0
Garciaparra dh 4 1 2 2
Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0
Crosby 1b 3 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 3 1 1 0
Pennington ss 3 0 0 0
Mortensen p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Seattle 040 000 011690
Oakland 001 000 200351
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rowland-Smith  W(3-2) 8.0 4 3 3 1 4
  Lowe  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mortensen  L(0-2) 7.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Wuertz   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Gray   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
2

  E–Pennington (1), Pennington (1).  2B–Seattle Hall (5,off Mortenson), Oakland Sweeney (22,off Rowland-Smith); Kennedy (21,off Rowland-Smith).  HR–Seattle Lopez (21,9th inning off Gray 0 on 2 out), Oakland Garciaparra (3,7th inning off Rowland-Smith 1 on 0 out).  SF–Johjima (1,off Wuertz).  HBP–Beltre (5,by Mortenson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  U-HP–James Hoye, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:25.  A–11,738.
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