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BOS vs SEA - 2 September 1996 Trivia Quiz

The Red Sox played the Mariners at the Kingdome and would later have one of their star players set a record.

A multiple-choice quiz by GoodVibe. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
GoodVibe

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
256,595

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
460

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the winning pitcher in that game? Hint

Heathcliff Slocum

Vaughn Eshelman

Mark Vandenberg

Roger Clemens

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Question 2 of 10

2. What position did Mike Greenwell bat? Hint

7th

9th

6th

8th

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Question 3 of 10

3. Greenwell drove in all nine runs in the Red Sox victory. How many were due to home runs? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. What Mariner hit a home run? Hint

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Alex Rodriguez

Joey Cora

Edgar Martinez

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Question 5 of 10

5. How many Red Sox doubles were hit in the game? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mo Vaughn scored a run.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who scored on Mike Greenwell's ninth RBI? Hint

John Valentin

Reggie Jefferson

Tim Naehring

Wil Cordero

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many innings did the game last? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Jay Buhner got a hit in this game.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many players ground into double plays? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the winning pitcher in that game?

Answer: Heathcliff Slocum

Heathcliff Slocum beat Rafael Carmona as the Red Sox won 9-8.

2. What position did Mike Greenwell bat?

Answer: 8th

Greenwell was a left fielder who played his entire career at the Red Sox from 1985 to 1996. He played his final game later that month.

3. Greenwell drove in all nine runs in the Red Sox victory. How many were due to home runs?

Answer: 6

Greenwell hit two home runs. His first was a two-run homer that occurred in the fifth inning and the other was a grand slam in the seventh inning. The nine RBIs set a MLB record (one player drives in all of a team's runs). The previous best was eight RBIs; the first by George Kelly (NY Giants) in June 1924, when the Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-6; and the second was by Bob Johnson (Philadelphia Athletics) in June 1938, when the A's beat the St Louis Browns 8-3.

4. What Mariner hit a home run?

Answer: Alex Rodriguez

Rodriguez hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning.

5. How many Red Sox doubles were hit in the game?

Answer: 2

Reggie Jefferson and Mike Greenwell hit doubles for the Red Sox.

6. Mo Vaughn scored a run.

Answer: True

In the eighth inning, Mike Greenwell's double scored Mo Vaughn and Lee Tinsley. They were Greenwell's seventh and eighth runs batted in.

7. Who scored on Mike Greenwell's ninth RBI?

Answer: Wil Cordero

Greenwell's game-winning hit occurred with two outs in the tenth inning.

8. How many innings did the game last?

Answer: 10

The game lasted three hours and fifty-seven minutes, with an attendance of 24,470.

9. Jay Buhner got a hit in this game.

Answer: False

Buhner did not get a hit, but he walked in the fourth inning and would eventually score on a Roger Clemens error.

10. How many players ground into double plays?

Answer: 3

Troy O'Leary of the Red Sox, and Alex Rodriguez and Mark Whiten of the Mariners.

Source: Author GoodVibe

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