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Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals

1996-09-11 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 13078 · 77°F, night, dry · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:31

Kansas City Royals defeated Seattle Mariners 4–2. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 4th. Doug Linton earned the win and Jaime Bluma picked up the save. Dave Hollins went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7
KCA	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		4	8

W: Doug Linton L: Jamie Moyer SV: Jaime Bluma

Umpires — HP: Chuck Meriwether · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Larry McCoy · 3B: Dale Ford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Cora	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Griffey	3	0	1	0	2	0
Edgar Martinez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jay Buhner	4	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Sorrento	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Whiten	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Hollins	4	1	2	2	0	1
John Marzano	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Diaz	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Goodwin	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bip Roberts	4	1	1	0	0	1
Craig Paquette	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Macfarlane	3	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Vitiello	4	0	1	2	0	2
Johnny Damon	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Young	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Stynes	3	0	2	0	0	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jamie Moyer	7.0	8	1	1
Bobby Ayala	1.0	0	0	3

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Linton	6.0	5	3	4
Bob Scanlan	1.1	1	1	0
Jeff Granger	0.2	0	0	1
Jaime Bluma	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joey Cora: HP
Alex Rodriguez: W.1-2
Ken Griffey: 4/P4
Edgar Martinez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Jose Offerman: 9/F9LM
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4
Bip Roberts: 9/F89S

Top 2

Jay Buhner: K
Paul Sorrento: S9/L34D
Mark Whiten: 8/F78S
Dave Hollins: 43/G4

Bot 2

Craig Paquette: 8/F8RD
Mike Macfarlane: 7/L7M
Joe Vitiello: K

Top 3

John Marzano: 9/L9S
Joey Cora: 43/G4
Alex Rodriguez: S5/G5S
Ken Griffey: W.1-2
Edgar Martinez: 46(1)/FO/G4MD

Bot 3

Johnny Damon: W
Kevin Young: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M
Chris Stynes: S7/G56
Jose Offerman: 9/F9M

Top 4

Jay Buhner: 8/F8LM
Paul Sorrento: 2/P25F
Mark Whiten: K

Bot 4

Tom Goodwin: S4/G34D
Bip Roberts: S7/L7S.1-2
Craig Paquette: S7/G56.2-3;1-2
Mike Macfarlane: 8/SF/F78S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Vitiello: D7/L5D.3-H;2-H
Johnny Damon: 4/P3D
Kevin Young: 9/F9M

Top 5

Dave Hollins: S4/G3L
John Marzano: 53/G5S.1-2
Joey Cora: 3/G3.2-3
Alex Rodriguez: 9/F9S

Bot 5

Chris Stynes: 9/F9M
Jose Offerman: 8/F89D
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4

Top 6

Ken Griffey: S8/L8RS
Edgar Martinez: 5/P5F
Jay Buhner: K
Paul Sorrento: K

Bot 6

Bip Roberts: 5/L5
Craig Paquette: 4/P4MD
Mike Macfarlane: S5/G5S
Joe Vitiello: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Mark Whiten: W
Dave Hollins: HR/F9D.1-H
Alex Diaz: S6/G56D
Joey Cora: 36(1)/FO/G3S.B-2(E1)
Alex Rodriguez: 43/G4.2-3
Ken Griffey: 43/G4

Bot 7

Johnny Damon: 63/G6M
Kevin Young: 9/F9D
Chris Stynes: S9/L9M
Jose Offerman: 4/P3D

Top 8

Edgar Martinez: W
Jay Buhner: 9/F9M
Brian Hunter: E5/G56.1-2
Mark Whiten: 9/F9D
Dave Hollins: K

Bot 8

Tom Goodwin: S8/G6M
Bip Roberts: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Bip Roberts: K
Craig Paquette: K
Mike Macfarlane: E6/G6.3-H(NR)(UR)
Joe Vitiello: K

Top 9

Dan Wilson: 9/F9LM
Joey Cora: D9/G3L
Alex Rodriguez: 53/G5.2-2
Ken Griffey: I
Doug Strange: K