Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1983 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 2, Seattle Mariners 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell cf 4 0 2 0
  Hatcher ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Castino 2b 5 2 3 0
Ward lf 5 0 2 1
Hrbek 1b 5 0 1 1
Brunansky rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Bush dh 3 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Faedo ss 2 0 1 0
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Henderson S. lf 4 0 1 1
Edler 3b 3 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 1 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 1 1
Putnam 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz T. ss 2 0 1 0
Mercado c 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 1 1
  Bulling c 0 0 0 0
Cruz J. 2b 2 1 1 0
Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Minnesota 000 000 1012100
Seattle 000 001 11x370
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Oelkers  L (0-1) 6.2 3 2 2 2 3
  Williams   0.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Davis   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Nunez   6.0 7 1 1 3 6
  Thomas  W (1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 4
  Vande Berg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Caudill  SV (2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
11

  E–None.  PB–Smith (1).  2B–Minnesota Castino 2 (2,off Nunez,off Caudill); Ward (1,off Thomas), Seattle J Cruz (3,off Oelkers); S Henderson (2,off Oelkers).  SH–Smith (2,off Thomas).  HBP–Bush (1,by Nunez).  IBB–J Cruz (1,by Williams).  SB–Cowens (1,2nd base off Davis/Smith).  CS–T Cruz (1,3rd base by Oelkers/Smith).  WP–Thomas (1).  HBP–Nunez (1,Bush).  IBB–Williams (1,J Cruz).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:40.  A–21,100.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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