Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
July 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 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."

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Seattle Mariners 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 1 0
Milbourne ss 5 1 2 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 1
Roberts rf 5 1 3 2
Bochte dh 4 1 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 2 0
Hale lf 4 0 2 0
Bernhardt 3b 4 0 1 1
Stinson c 2 0 1 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Plummer c 1 0 1 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 14 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 2 1 1
Staub dh 4 1 3 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Kemp lf 4 0 2 2
May c 4 0 2 0
Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Seattle 010 101 1004140
Detroit 203 000 00x5120
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (4-8) 2.1 4 5 5 2 0
  House   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Parrott   4.2 5 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
3
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (8-8) 5.1 10 3 3 2 3
  Sykes  SV (2) 3.2 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Seattle Milbourne (4,off Wilcox); Bernhardt (9,off Wilcox), Detroit Rodriguez (14,off House).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (4,off Abbott).  HR–Seattle Roberts (16,2nd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out); Ruppert Jones (4,4th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ruppert Jones (4,off Sykes).  SF–Thompson (5,off Abbott).  CS–Cruz (7,2nd base by Wilcox/May); Kemp (3,2nd base by Abbott/Stinson).  SB–LeFlore 2 (46,2nd base off Abbott/Stinson,2nd base off Parrott/Plummer).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:33.  A–21,575.
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