New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners
August 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 4, Seattle Mariners 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 0
Munson c 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 1
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
  Johnstone pr 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 1 1 2
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Beattie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 5 1 1 1
Paciorek dh 3 1 1 0
Roberts rf 3 0 2 1
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 1
Stanton lf 2 1 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 2 1
Stein 3b 4 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 1 1 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
New York 010 200 100471
Seattle 000 021 20x590
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   5.0 3 2 1 1 3
  Gossage  L (8-10) 2.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Lyle   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Beattie   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt   6.1 6 4 4 1 3
  Romo  W (10-4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
5

  E–Randolph (12).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–New York Chambliss (20,off Honeycutt); Munson (22,off Honeycutt); Piniella (25,off Romo), Seattle Roberts (14,off Guidry); Ruppert Jones (16,off Guidry); Stinson (11,off Gossage).  3B–Seattle Roberts (5,off Gossage).  HR–New York Nettles (19,7th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Nettles (7,off Honeycutt).  SH–Stinson (4,off Guidry); Cruz (10,off Gossage).  WP–Gossage (4).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:37.  A–21,834.
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