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Kansas City Royals @ Seattle Mariners

1998-04-22 · Night game · Kingdome · Att: 22698 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:00

Seattle Mariners defeated Kansas City Royals 11–5. Seattle Mariners put up 4 in the 2nd. Jeff Fassero earned the win. Rob Ducey went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
SEA	2	4	0	1	0	0	4	0		11	17

W: Jeff Fassero L: Hipolito Pichardo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Reilly · 1B: Tim McClelland · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Offerman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Morris	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dean Palmer	4	1	1	2	0	1
Jeff King	4	0	1	0	0	1
Shane Mack	4	1	2	1	0	1
Ernie Young	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Sweeney	2	1	1	0	1	1
Shane Halter	3	1	1	2	1	1
Chris Turner	1	0	0	0	0	1

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Cora	4	3	4	1	1	0
Rob Ducey	5	2	4	4	0	0
Ken Griffey	5	0	1	1	0	2
Alex Rodriguez	5	0	1	0	0	0
Edgar Martinez	4	1	2	1	1	0
Glenallen Hill	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Wilkins	4	0	0	0	0	2
Russ Davis	4	2	2	1	0	1
Dan Wilson	4	2	2	3	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hipolito Pichardo	3.1	10	0	1
Jose Rosado	2.2	2	1	3
Danny Rios	1.0	4	1	1
Matt Whisenant	1.0	1	0	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Fassero	7.0	7	3	6
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	1
Bobby Ayala	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: S7/L7S
Jose Offerman: CS2(136)
Jose Offerman: 53/G56S
Hal Morris: S8/L8LS
Dean Palmer: HR/F9D.1-H
Jeff King: K

Bot 1

Joey Cora: S9/L89S
Rob Ducey: S9/L89S.1-2
Ken Griffey: S7/L7S.2-H;1-2
Alex Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Edgar Martinez: SB2
Edgar Martinez: 63/G6.3-H;2-3
Glenallen Hill: 53/G56S

Top 2

Shane Mack: K
Ernie Young: K
Mike Sweeney: S8/L8LM
Shane Halter: W.1-2
Johnny Damon: K

Bot 2

Rick Wilkins: 3/G34
Russ Davis: S7/L7S
Dan Wilson: S8/L8LS.1-3
Joey Cora: S9/L89S.3-H;1-2
Rob Ducey: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Ken Griffey: 3/G34
Alex Rodriguez: 63/G6

Top 3

Jose Offerman: W
Hal Morris: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Dean Palmer: 63/G56

Bot 3

Edgar Martinez: S9/L89S
Glenallen Hill: 3/P34S
Rick Wilkins: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Russ Davis: K

Top 4

Jeff King: 8/F8LD
Shane Mack: HR/F9D
Ernie Young: K
Mike Sweeney: W
Shane Halter: HR/F9D.1-H
Johnny Damon: 43/G4

Bot 4

Dan Wilson: 9/F9LSF
Joey Cora: D9/L9S
Rob Ducey: S7/L7S.2-H
Ken Griffey: K
Alex Rodriguez: 3/P3

Top 5

Jose Offerman: 63/G56
Hal Morris: 3/G34
Dean Palmer: 3/G34

Bot 5

Edgar Martinez: S8/L8LS
Glenallen Hill: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Rick Wilkins: K

Top 6

Jeff King: S7/L78S
Shane Mack: 54(1)/FO/G5
Ernie Young: 53/G5.1-2
Mike Sweeney: K

Bot 6

Russ Davis: 63/G56
Dan Wilson: 4/P3F
Joey Cora: W
Rob Ducey: S9/L4D.1-2
Ken Griffey: K

Top 7

Shane Halter: 9/F9S
Johnny Damon: 6/P56
Jose Offerman: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Alex Rodriguez: 63/G56
Edgar Martinez: W
Glenallen Hill: S8/L8LS.1-2
Rick Wilkins: K
Russ Davis: S8/L8LS.2-H;1-3
Dan Wilson: FLE2
Dan Wilson: HR/F7D.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Joey Cora: S9/L89S
Rob Ducey: 31/G34S

Top 8

Hal Morris: 3/G34
Dean Palmer: K
Jeff King: 53/G56S

Bot 8

Ken Griffey: 7/F7LSF
Alex Rodriguez: D9/L9S.BX3(845)
Edgar Martinez: 9/F9M

Top 9

Shane Mack: S9/L89S
Ernie Young: 9/F9M
Chris Turner: K
Shane Halter: K