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 Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Oliver lf 3 0 1 1
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 1
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 1 1 1
Mason ss 4 1 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 2 1
Roberts dh 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 1 0
Bochte lf 3 0 1 0
Stein 3b 4 0 0 0
Bernhardt 1b 4 0 0 0
Hale rf 3 0 1 0
  Stanton ph 1 0 0 0
Plummer c 2 0 0 0
  Stinson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Texas 011 020 000490
Seattle 101 000 000260
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (1-1) 7.1 6 2 2 3 5
  Lindblad  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L (2-4) 4.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Burke   3.1 3 0 0 2 0
  Romo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
1

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Seattle 1.  PB–Sundberg (3).  2B–Texas Hargrove (7,off Mitchell); Mason (1,off Mitchell); Oliver (9,off Burke).  HR–Texas Beniquez (1,2nd inning off Mitchell 0 on, 2 out); Wills (3,3rd inning off Mitchell 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Oliver (2,off Mitchell); Reynolds (4,off Medich).  SB–Sundberg (1,2nd base off Burke/Stinson); Cruz (14,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg).  WP–Medich (2).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:20.  A–8,933.
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