ASSHOLE MARINERS WIN 13TH STRAIGHT

MINNESOTA -- John Olerud slammed 2 homeruns as the seemingly unstoppable Seattle Mariners outscored the Minnesota Twins 4 to 3.  The win was the M's 13th in a row and protected their Wild Card lead at 4 games ahead of New York.

Seattle jumped on top to stay in the top of the 6th inning scoring a single run utilizing 3 base hits.  Minnesota made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across. 

The win was credited to Ismael Valdes (10-9) who went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs. Kazuhiro Sasaki recorded the save, his 42nd.  Joe Mays (2-4) took the loss.

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BOXSCORE: 2002 Seattle Mariners At 2002 Minnesota Twins             8/27/2002

  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Suzuki RF         4  1  1  0 .346     J.Jones LF          5  1  1  0 .304 
  M.McLemore LF       3  0  0  0 .279     C.Guzman SS         5  0  1  1 .269 
  J.Olerud 1B         4  2  2  2 .308     C.Koskie 3B         2  0  0  0 .262 
  E.Martinez DH       4  1  2  1 .230     D.Ortiz DH          3  0  1  0 .328 
  B.Boone 2B          4  0  1  1 .240     T.Hunter CF         4  0  0  0 .302 
  M.Cameron CF        4  0  0  0 .264     D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  1  1  0 .260 
  B.Davis C           3  0  1  0 .268     D.Mohr RF           4  0  0  0 .286 
  C.Guillen SS        4  0  0  0 .267     T.Prince C          4  1  2  0 .246 
  J.Cirillo 3B        4  0  0  0 .215     L.Rivas 2B          2  0  1  1 .284 
                                        A-B.Kielty PH         1  0  1  0 .325 
                                        B-D.Hocking 2B        0  0  0  0 .328 
                                        C-M.Lecroy PH         1  0  1  1 .284 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      34  4  7  4                 Totals      35  3  9  3

A-Pinch Hit For Rivas In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Kielty In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hocking In 9th Inning

Mariners........ 2 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  -  4  7  1
Twins........... 1 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  9  1

Mariners (78-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
I.Valdes WIN(10-9)        6 1/3   5   2   2   2   2   0  84   4.37  A1 C8
A.Rhodes HOLD(21st)       0 2/3   2   0   0   1   2   0  21   3.09  C9 D4
S.Hasegawa HOLD(16th)     1       0   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.17  D5 D6
K.Sasaki SAVE(42nd)       1       2   1   1   0   1   0  18   3.14  D7
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3   5   0

Twins (75-58)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Mays LOSS(2-4)          5       5   3   3   1   3   1  69   6.67  A1 C4
B.Wells                   2 2/3   2   1   1   1   3   1  40   4.22  C5 D7
J.Romero                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   2.27  D8
Totals                    9       7   4   4   2   6   2

ATTENDANCE- 47,751 DATE- Tuesday, August 27th 2002 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 7  Twins: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 2  Twins: 0
ERRORS- C.Guillen, D.Hocking
DOUBLES- E.Martinez(11th), J.Jones(37th), T.Prince(21st), L.Rivas(18th)
HOME RUNS- J.Olerud-2(27th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.McLemore
WALKS- M.McLemore, B.Davis, C.Koskie-2, D.Ortiz
HIT BY PITCH- I.Suzuki
STRIKE OUTS- I.Suzuki, M.McLemore, M.Cameron, B.Davis, C.Guillen-2, J.Jones-2,
             C.Guzman, D.Mohr-2
GIDP- T.Hunter-2
WILD PITCHES- J.Mays
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Torii Hunter robbed Edgar Martinez of a Homerun!