Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
May 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 12, Kansas City Royals 11

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 7 3 3 1
Jones R. cf 5 2 3 1
Bochte 1b 4 1 4 6
  Simpson pr,rf 1 1 1 0
  Paciorek ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Horton dh 5 1 1 1
Meyer lf,1b 6 0 2 0
Roberts rf 4 1 1 1
  Hale lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Milbourne 3b 4 1 1 1
  Stein 3b 2 0 1 0
Cox c 6 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 6 2 3 1
Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 12 21 12
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 1 1 0
  Cruz ss 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 2 3 1
Otis cf 5 1 1 0
Porter c 6 3 3 2
LaCock 1b 3 1 1 0
  Wathan ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Hurdle rf 6 1 1 2
McRae dh 6 1 3 2
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Braun ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Terrell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington 2b 2 0 1 2
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 11 16 10
Seattle 220 200 500 00112211
Kansas City 500 010 005 00011160
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   0.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Montague   7.2 8 4 4 2 3
  Rawley  W (2-4) 4.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
12.0
16
11
11
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby   1.2 6 4 4 1 1
  Pattin   4.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Martin   0.2 4 3 3 0 2
  Rodriguez   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Hrabosky  L (3-2) 4.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
12.0
21
12
12
3
6

  E–Simpson (2).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Seattle Mendoza (5,off Busby); R Jones (6,off Pattin); Roberts (8,off Martin); Milbourne (2,off Martin); Paciorek (5,off Hrabosky), Kansas City McRae 2 (14,off O Jones,off Montague); Brett (12,off Montague).  3B–Seattle Bochte (1,off Pattin); Cruz (1,off Hrabosky), Kansas City Brett (6,off O Jones); Hurdle (1,off O Jones).  HR–Seattle Bochte (5,1st inning off Busby 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Horton (1,by Hrabosky); Brett (4,by Montague).  SH–Wilson (4,off Montague).  SB–Mendoza (1,2nd base off Pattin/Porter); Cruz (18,2nd base off Pattin/Porter); Wilson (15,2nd base off Montague/Cox).  CS–Otis (2,2nd base by O Jones/Cox).  WP–Martin (1).  IBB–Montague (5,Brett); Hrabosky (2,Horton).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:46.  A–18,967.
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