August 31, 1996 · 6:33 AM EDT
Biggest lead BAL by 2
| 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 |
RA Roberto Alomar2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BA Brady AndersonCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
RP Rafael Palmeiro1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BB Bobby BonillaRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TZTodd Zeile3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EM Eddie MurrayDH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| PIPete IncavigliaLF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MPMark ParentC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MDMike DevereauxLF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BS B.J. SurhoffPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHChris HoilesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
2B: Alomar
HR: Anderson, Bonilla, Incaviglia
RBI: Anderson, Palmeiro, Bonilla 3, Incaviglia 2
LOB: 16
| AMAlan Mills | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| ACArchie Corbin | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
AB Armando BenítezS | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
JO Jesse Orosco | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| RMRandy Myers | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| SEScott EricksonW | 6.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 104 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 149 |
| RARich Amaral1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
AR Alex RodriguezSS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
KG Ken Griffey Jr.CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EM Edgar MartinezDH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
JB Jay BuhnerRF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MWMark WhitenLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PSPaul Sorrento1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DW Dan WilsonC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DH Dave Hollins3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DSDoug StrangePH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JCJoey Cora2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
2B: Griffey Jr., Buhner
HR: Griffey Jr.
RBI: Griffey Jr. 2, Martinez, Sorrento, Wilson
LOB: 16
| CBChris BosioL | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
JM Jamie Moyer | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 72 |
| MJMike Jackson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
NC Norm Charlton | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| RCRafael Carmona | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TDTim Davis | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 171 |
The Orioles edged the Mariners 7-6 at The Kingdome.
Scott Erickson got the win, Chris Bosio took the loss and Armando Benítez earned the save. Pete Incaviglia went 3-for-4 for the Orioles, while Ken Griffey Jr. went 3-for-5 for the Mariners.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
