Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 13

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 2 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Chalk ph 1 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 0 0
Oliver cf 3 2 1 0
Zisk rf 4 2 3 2
Ellis 1b 4 0 1 2
Sundberg c 4 0 0 1
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Roberts dh,c 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Blanks ss 4 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 2 0 0
Jones cf 5 1 2 2
Bochte 1b 4 2 3 1
  Simpson pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Horton dh 4 3 3 2
Meyer lf,1b 5 2 3 2
Roberts rf 3 1 0 0
  Hale lf 1 0 0 0
Stein 3b 2 1 0 1
Cox c 5 0 2 5
Mendoza ss 4 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 13 13
Texas 301 000 010571
Seattle 210 035 20x13131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (3-4) 4.2 9 6 6 3 2
  Farmer   1.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Medich   1.1 3 4 4 2 0
  Lyle   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
13
13
7
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Montague  W (4-0) 6.2 3 2 2 2 1
  Rawley   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
2

  E–Comer (1), B Stein (4).  2B–Texas J Ellis (2,off Honeycutt); Zisk (4,off Montague), Seattle Bochte (9,off Comer); Meyer (5,off Comer); Cox (1,off Medich).  HR–Texas Zisk (3,3rd inning off Montague 0 on, 2 out), Seattle R Jones (6,1st inning off Comer 0 on, 1 out); Horton (8,7th inning off Medich 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Oliver (5,by Montague); B Stein (1,by Comer).  SF–Bochte (1,off Farmer).  SB–Cruz 2 (17,2nd base off Comer/Sundberg,2nd base off Farmer/Sundberg).  WP–Montague (2).  IBB–Comer (2,B Stein); Montague (4,Oliver).  U-HP–George Eshelman, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Dave Perez, 3B–Jimmy Marino.  T–2:39.  A–5,948.
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