Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
July 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 13, Minnesota Twins 11

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 2 3 1
Stinson c 5 0 1 0
Braun lf 3 2 0 1
Jones cf 5 2 2 0
Stanton dh 4 3 3 5
Meyer 1b 5 2 2 1
Stein 3b 5 2 2 4
Lopez rf 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 15 13
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Bostock lf 4 1 0 0
Smalley ss 5 1 1 0
Carew 1b 4 2 2 0
Wynegar c 5 2 4 3
Hisle cf 5 2 3 1
Chiles rf 3 2 1 2
Adams dh 1 0 0 1
  Kusick ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 1 0 0 1
  Gomez ph,2b 3 1 1 1
Wilfong 2b 1 0 0 0
  Terrell ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
  Butler p 0 0 0 0
  Holly p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 12 9
Seattle 016 123 00013153
Minnesota 021 004 00411122
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   2.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Laxton  W (3-2) 3.1 3 4 2 2 0
  Montague   2.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Romo  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
11
9
4
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard  L (6-5) 2.1 9 7 7 0 0
  Butler   2.2 3 3 3 2 2
  Holly   3.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
13
13
3
3

  E–Cruz (1), Ruppert Jones (8), Lopez (4), Wilfong 2 (12).  DP–Seattle 2, Minnesota 2.  2B–Seattle Stanton (12,off Thormodsgard); Lopez (13,off Butler), Minnesota Carew (19,off Abbott); Hisle (21,off Abbott); Gomez (4,off Laxton).  3B–Minnesota Wynegar (3,off Montague).  HR–Seattle Stein 2 (8,3rd inning off Thormodsgard 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Butler 1 on, 1 out); Cruz (1,4th inning off Butler 0 on, 0 out); Stanton (9,6th inning off Holly 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Hisle (19,6th inning off Laxton 0 on, 0 out); Chiles (2,9th inning off Montague 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Chiles (1,by Abbott).  WP–Butler (1).  HBP–Abbott (7,Chiles).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:50.  A–11,966.
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