Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1978 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1
Oliver lf 5 0 1 1
Bonds dh 5 2 3 1
Zisk rf 5 1 2 1
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 1 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Campaneris ss 0 0 0 0
  Mason ph,ss 4 0 2 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 1
Braun rf 4 0 0 0
  Hale rf 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 1
Jones cf 2 1 0 0
Bochte lf 4 1 3 1
Stanton dh 3 1 0 0
Stein 3b 3 1 1 0
Bernhardt 1b 4 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0
Stinson c 3 1 2 3
  Baez ph 0 0 0 0
Pole p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Texas 112 000 0015120
Seattle 000 023 001691
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   5.0 6 5 5 3 2
  Comer  L (0-1) 3.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Barker   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
9
6
6
5
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Pole   2.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Todd   3.0 3 0 0 2 2
  House  W (2-2) 4.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
3

  E–Cruz (4).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Texas Hargrove (6,off Pole); Oliver (8,off Pole); Bonds 2 (6,off Pole,off Todd); Zisk (7,off Pole); Sundberg (5,off Pole), Seattle Stein (11,off D Ellis); Stinson (6,off D Ellis); Bochte (8,off D Ellis); Bernhardt (3,off Comer).  HR–Texas Bonds (3,9th inning off House 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Stein (1,off Comer); Cruz (4,off Lindblad).  IBB–Baez (1,by Lindblad); Reynolds (1,by Lindblad).  SB–Beniquez (4,2nd base off Pole/Stinson); Harrah (5,2nd base off Todd/Stinson); Bochte (3,2nd base off D Ellis/Sundberg).  IBB–Lindblad 2 (2,Baez,Reynolds).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:49.
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