Seattle Mariners vs Baltimore Orioles
August 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 2, Baltimore Orioles 9

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 0
Paciorek dh 4 0 2 2
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Stanton lf 4 0 0 0
Stein 3b 4 0 3 0
Plummer c 3 0 0 0
  Bochte ph 1 0 0 0
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 1 2 3
Kelly lf 3 1 1 0
  Anderson ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 1
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
May dh 4 1 2 0
Dempsey c 2 2 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 3
Belanger ss 4 2 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 8
Seattle 000 001 010292
Baltimore 230 000 04x9100
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  L (4-9) 1.0 5 5 3 1 0
  Rawley   6.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Parrott   1.0 4 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
7
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (17-11) 7.1 8 2 2 1 4
  Kerrigan  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5

  E–Cruz (11), Roberts (6).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Seattle Stein (20,off Flanagan); Paciorek (12,off Flanagan), Baltimore Dauer (18,off Colborn); Harlow (19,off Parrott).  IBB–Dempsey (2,by Parrott).  SB–Cruz (44,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey); Belanger (5,3rd base off Colborn/Plummer); May (5,2nd base off Parrott/Plummer).  WP–Colborn (2).  IBB–Parrott (2,Dempsey).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:15.  A–16,484.
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