August 23, 1996 · 7:05 PM EDT
Biggest lead SEA by 2 · BOS by 4 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1CL Guardians | 99 | 62 | .615 | — |
2NY Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | 7.5 |
3TE Rangers | 90 | 72 | .555 | 9.5 |
4BA Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 11.5 |
5SE Mariners | 85 | 76 | .528 | 14.0 |
6BO Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
7CW White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 14.5 |
8MI Brewers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19.5 |
9MI Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
10OA Athletics | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21.5 |
11KC Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24.0 |
12TO Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25.5 |
13LA Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 29.0 |
14DE Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 46.5 |
| JCJoey Cora2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
AR Alex RodriguezSS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
KG Ken Griffey Jr.CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
EM Edgar MartinezDH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
JB Jay BuhnerRF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PSPaul Sorrento1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MWMark WhitenLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
DW Dan WilsonC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
AS Andy Sheets2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| JMJeff Manto3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DSDoug StrangePH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BRBrian R. Hunter1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
2B: Buhner, Sorrento, Whiten
HR: Griffey Jr.
RBI: Griffey Jr. 3, Sorrento, Wilson 2
LOB: 15
| BABobby AyalaS | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| CBChris BosioW | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
TM Terry Mulholland | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 116 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 167 |
| DBDarren BraggRF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| JFJeff Frye2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TNTim Naehring3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MV Mo Vaughn1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JVJohn ValentinSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MS Mike StanleyDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTroy O'LearyLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BHBill HaselmanC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LTLee TinsleyCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
2B: Frye
HR: Vaughn
RBI: Vaughn, Valentin, Stanley, O'Leary
SB: Bragg
LOB: 12
| EGEric Gunderson | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| MBMark BrandenburgL | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| RGRich Garces | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
TG Tom Gordon | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 114 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 168 |
The Mariners beat the Red Sox 6-4 at Fenway Park.
Chris Bosio got the win, Mark Brandenburg took the loss and Bobby Ayala earned the save. Ken Griffey Jr. went 1-for-4 for the Mariners, while Mo Vaughn went 1-for-3 for the Red Sox.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
