California Angels vs Seattle Mariners
April 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1979 at Kingdome. The California Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 5, Seattle Mariners 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 1 1 0
Ford rf 4 1 1 2
Carew 1b 4 1 2 1
Baylor dh 4 0 1 1
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 2 1
Downing c 4 0 1 0
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Mulliniks ss 4 1 1 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 0 0
Meyer lf 5 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 5 0 3 1
Roberts rf 3 1 2 0
Horton dh 3 1 0 0
Jones R. cf 3 1 0 0
Stein 3b 4 0 1 2
Stinson c 4 0 2 1
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph 1 0 1 0
Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
California 002 020 0105100
Seattle 100 102 0004100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp   5.1 7 4 4 2 2
  Clear  W (1-0) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
  LaRoche  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Honeycutt  L (0-1) 5.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
3

  E–None.  2B–California Carew (1,off O Jones); R Miller (2,off O Jones); Downing (2,off Honeycutt), Seattle Bochte 2 (2,off Knapp,off Clear); Roberts (2,off Knapp); B Stein (1,off Knapp).  3B–California Rudi (1,off Honeycutt).  HR–California Ford (1,5th inning off O Jones 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Roberts (1,by Clear).  SB–Lansford 2 (2,2nd base off O Jones/Stinson 2); R Jones (1,2nd base off Knapp/Downing).  CS–Lansford (1,2nd base by Honeycutt/Stinson).  IBB–Clear (1,Roberts).  U-HP–Gale Miller, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jay Levet, 3B–Dave Perez.  T–2:57.  A–18,010.
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