Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
July 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 1, Detroit Tigers 9

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
  Milbourne ss 1 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Roberts rf 1 0 0 1
  Hale rf 2 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 2 0 0 0
  Stanton lf 2 0 0 0
Bochte dh 4 0 1 0
Meyer 1b 2 0 0 0
  Robertson 1b 1 0 0 0
Bernhardt 3b 3 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 1 0
Whitaker 2b 1 1 0 1
Staub dh 3 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 1 1 1
Kemp lf 4 1 2 2
Parrish c 5 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 3
Wockenfuss rf 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 9 7
Seattle 100 000 000143
Detroit 422 000 01x990
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (4-6) 1.0 4 5 5 2 0
  Todd   1.2 2 3 2 1 1
  Rawley   5.1 3 1 1 6 3
Totals
8.0
9
9
8
9
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
3

  E–Cruz (10), Reynolds (21), Todd (2).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Detroit Kemp (12,off Honeycutt); Rodriguez (13,off Todd).  3B–Detroit Trammell (2,off Honeycutt).  SH–Whitaker (9,off Honeycutt).  SF–Whitaker (5,off Todd).  SB–Cruz (32,2nd base off Young/Parrish); LeFlore (44,3rd base off Todd/Stinson).  WP–Rawley (4).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:14.  A–22,984.
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