Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1978 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 1 1 1
Sample dh 5 1 2 0
Harrah ss 3 0 0 0
Zisk lf 5 0 2 1
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 1
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Norman 3b 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 5 1 2 1
Alomar 1b 3 1 1 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
  Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0
Jorgensen cf 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Paciorek dh 4 0 1 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
  Robertson 1b 1 0 1 1
Stanton lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Meyer 1b,lf 4 0 1 0
Jones R. cf 4 0 1 0
Milbourne 3b 4 0 0 0
Pasley c 3 0 1 0
Jones R. p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Texas 110 001 1004101
Seattle 000 000 010160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (15-13) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (0-2) 6.0 7 4 4 5 6
  Todd   3.0 3 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
8
8

  E–Bevacqua (18).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Texas Zisk 2 (19,off Rick Jones 2); Wills (16,off Rick Jones); Sample (2,off Rick Jones), Seattle Pasley (4,off Matlack).  HR–Texas Wills (9,6th inning off Rick Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Bonds 2 (43,2nd base off Rick Jones/Pasley,3rd base off Rick Jones/Pasley).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–(none), 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:19.  A–12,132.
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