Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics
August 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1988 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 12, Oakland Athletics 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 3 1 0 0
Reynolds 2b 5 2 2 0
Coles lf 3 0 2 1
  Brantley lf 0 1 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 1
Balboni dh 5 1 2 0
Buhner rf 4 1 1 1
Quinones ss 4 4 4 2
Presley 3b 4 1 2 4
McGuire c 2 0 1 1
Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Schooler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 15 10
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Javier lf 4 1 1 0
Henderson cf 5 2 1 0
Canseco rf 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 2
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 0 0 0
Gallego 2b,ss 1 1 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 0 0 0 0
Weiss ss 1 0 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 2
Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Seattle 210 301 02312150
Oakland 000 330 100790
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Powell   4.0 6 5 5 2 3
  Reed   2.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Schooler  W (4-4) 2.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Corsi   5.0 7 6 6 2 1
  Plunk  L (5-2) 3.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Cadaret   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
12
12
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Seattle Quinones 3 (22,off Corsi 2,off Plunk), Oakland Henderson (26,off Powell); Lansford (16,off Powell).  3B–Seattle Reynolds (9,off Plunk).  HR–Seattle Presley (13,8th inning off Plunk 1 on, 2 out), Oakland Hubbard (1,5th inning off Powell 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McGuire (1,off Corsi).  SF–Coles (1,off Corsi); Davis (4,off Corsi); Presley (3,off Corsi); Buhner (2,off Cadaret); Quinones (2,off Cadaret).  SB–Reynolds (23,2nd base off Corsi/Steinbach); Cotto (23,3rd base off Corsi/Steinbach); Presley (3,2nd base off Corsi/Steinbach); Javier (18,2nd base off Schooler/McGuire).  CS–Cotto (3,2nd base by Corsi/Steinbach); Coles (2,2nd base by Plunk/Steinbach).  WP–Corsi (1).  BK–Plunk 3 (7).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:05.  A–24,351.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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