Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 3, Texas Rangers 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 5 0 1 0
Jones R. cf 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 4 0 2 0
Stanton dh 3 2 1 0
  Beamon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Meyer 1b 3 1 2 0
  Paciorek ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hale lf 4 0 1 1
Milbourne 3b 4 0 2 1
Pasley c 3 0 1 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Jones R. p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 2 1 0
Alomar 1b,2b 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 2 1 1
Ellis c 3 0 1 1
  Mahlberg c 1 0 0 0
Sample lf 3 0 2 2
  Thompson lf 1 0 0 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 0 0
Gray dh 4 0 2 0
Washington 2b 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0
Norman ss 3 0 2 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Seattle 010 200 0003120
Texas 202 000 00x492
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (0-1) 5.1 9 4 4 2 5
  Romo   2.2 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (1-0) 6.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Umbarger  SV (1) 3.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
1
9

  E–J Ellis 2 (3).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Seattle Pasley (3,off Darwin); Reynolds (15,off Umbarger), Texas Sample (1,off Rick Jones); Gray (1,off Rick Jones).  3B–Texas Beniquez (3,off Rick Jones).  SB–Cruz (55,2nd base off Darwin/J Ellis); Meyer (7,Home off Darwin/J Ellis); Milbourne (5,2nd base off Darwin/J Ellis); Roberts (5,2nd base off Darwin/J Ellis).  CS–Milbourne (6,2nd base by Umbarger/Mahlberg).  WP–Romo (4).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:33.  A–6,955.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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