Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 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 3, Seattle Mariners 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 0 2 0
Oliver lf 2 0 1 0
  Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 3 1 2 1
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 1
Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 2 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 0 2 1
Mason ss 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 1
Bochte lf 4 0 1 1
Jones cf 4 1 2 0
Roberts rf 4 1 3 0
  Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0
  Hale rf 0 0 0 0
Braun dh 4 2 2 2
Stein 3b 4 0 2 0
Bernhardt 1b 3 0 2 1
Stinson c 4 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 5
Texas 010 002 000392
Seattle 010 012 12x7140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (4-2) 7.0 13 7 7 0 7
  Cleveland   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
0
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott   5.2 8 3 3 1 0
  Rawley  W (1-4) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Romo  SV (4) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
2

  E–Lowenstein (1), Mason (1).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Stein (12,off Jenkins); Bochte (9,off Jenkins); Braun (4,off Jenkins).  HR–Texas Bonds (4,6th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out); Sundberg (2,6th inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Braun (2,6th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Bernhardt (1,off Cleveland).  SB–Beniquez (5,2nd base off Abbott/Stinson); Harrah (6,3rd base off Rawley/Stinson); Wills (10,2nd base off Rawley/Stinson); Bonds (7,2nd base off Romo/Stinson); Ruppert Jones (7,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg); Cruz (15,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg); Reynolds (6,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  CS–Harrah (2,2nd base by Abbott/Stinson).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:38.  A–34,835.
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