Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1979 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 6, Seattle Mariners 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 1 2 3
Bell 3b 5 1 2 0
Oliver cf 5 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
Putnam dh 1 0 1 0
  Ellis ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 1 2 1
Sundberg c 3 1 0 0
Wills 2b 2 2 0 0
Blanks ss 3 0 1 2
  Norman ss 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 2 0
Jones cf 2 1 1 0
  Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 5 1 2 1
Horton dh 4 1 1 0
Meyer lf 4 1 0 0
Roberts rf 4 0 1 1
Milbourne 3b,ss 4 0 2 2
Cox c 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Stein 3b 0 0 0 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Texas 000 213 0006102
Seattle 004 000 0004100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (2-2) 5.2 9 4 3 3 4
  Kern  SV (6) 3.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott   4.1 4 3 3 2 2
  Rawley  L (1-4) 1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  McLaughlin   3.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
4

  E–Jorgensen (2), Norman (11).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Seattle R Jones (4,off Alexander).  HR–Texas Grubb (4,4th inning off Parrott 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Grubb (1,off Rawley).  HBP–Putnam (2,by Parrott).  SB–Wills (12,3rd base off Rawley/Cox); Milbourne (1,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg).  CS–Putnam (1,2nd base by Parrott/Cox); Cruz (5,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  HBP–Parrott (2,Putnam).  U-HP–Dave Perez, 1B–Jimmy Marino, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–George Eshelman.  T–2:30.  A–10,054.
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