Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 8, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 16, Kansas City Royals 9

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cameron cf 6 1 1 1
Relaford rf,3b 7 3 4 2
Martinez dh 3 2 2 2
  Ugueto pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Olerud 1b 6 1 2 5
Boone 2b 5 1 0 0
Sierra lf 2 1 0 0
  Gipson lf 1 0 0 0
  Podsednik ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Guillen ss 5 1 1 0
Wilson c 2 0 1 0
  Suzuki ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Cirillo 3b 2 0 1 0
  Offerman ph 1 1 1 2
  Davis c 3 2 2 4
Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Sasaki p 0 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Hasegawa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 16 15 16
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Guiel rf 3 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,lf,rf,lf 1 1 0 0
Beltran cf 5 2 3 2
Sweeney 1b 6 1 2 3
Ibanez dh 5 1 1 0
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Berger lf 3 0 0 0
  Tucker ph,rf,lf,rf 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Mayne ph,c 2 1 1 2
Ordaz 2b 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Febles pr,2b 1 2 1 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 12 7
Seattle 000 100 502 0816151
Kansas City 200 001 023 019121
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez   5.2 5 3 2 1 5
  Nelson   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Rhodes   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Sasaki   1.2 3 3 3 0 2
  Creek  W (3-2) 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Hasegawa   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
12
9
8
5
12
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   6.0 3 3 3 3 2
  Grimsley   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Affeldt   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Hill   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stein  L (0-4) 0.2 2 6 6 3 2
  Wilson   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
11.0
15
16
15
7
6

  E–Guillen (17), Perez (19).  DP–Seattle 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Seattle Martinez (23,off Grimsley); Relaford 2 (13,off Roberto Hernandez,off Wilson); Guillen (21,off Hill), Kansas City Beltran 2 (41,off Rhodes,off Hasegawa); Brown (2,off Sasaki).  HR–Seattle Martinez (13,4th inning off Suppan 0 on, 0 out); Olerud (21,11th inning off Stein 2 on, 1 out); Davis (6,11th inning off Wilson 3 on, 2 out); Cameron (22,11th inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Sweeney (21,1st inning off Valdes 1 on, 1 out); Mayne (4,9th inning off Sasaki 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Cameron (3,off Roberto Hernandez); Alicea (3,off Sasaki); Tucker (7,off Creek).  HBP–Martinez (4,by Suppan); Boone (6,by Stein).  IBB–Suzuki 2 (24,by Hill,by Stein); Perez (2,by Creek).  SB–Boone 2 (12,2nd base off Stein/Mayne,3rd base off Stein/Mayne); Beltran (31,2nd base off Valdes/Wilson).  WP–Rhodes (2), Sasaki (6), Suppan (10), Stein (1).  HBP–Suppan (7,Martinez); Stein (3,Boone).  IBB–Creek (2,Perez); Hill (1,Suzuki); Stein (1,Suzuki).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–4:04.  A–11,442.
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