New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners
August 19, 1978 Box Score

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

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New York Yankees 1, Seattle Mariners 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 1
Piniella dh 2 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 2 0 0 0
Johnstone lf 2 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 1
Roberts rf 4 2 2 0
Bochte dh 3 1 1 1
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 1
Stanton lf 4 0 1 1
Milbourne 3b 4 0 0 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 010 000 000130
Seattle 010 110 01x490
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  L (5-9) 6.2 7 3 3 2 4
  Lyle   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  W (4-8) 9.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–New York Randolph (16,off Colborn), Seattle Stanton (10,off Tidrow); Roberts (13,off Lyle).  3B–Seattle Ruppert Jones (1,off Tidrow).  HR–New York Chambliss (7,2nd inning off Colborn 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Bochte (8,2nd inning off Tidrow 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Piniella (2,by Colborn).  SH–Bochte (6,off Lyle).  HBP–Colborn (6,Piniella).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:05.  A–29,915.
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