Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
May 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 2 1 0 0
Jones R. cf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 1
Horton dh 4 1 1 2
Meyer lf,3b 4 1 1 0
Roberts rf 4 0 2 0
Milbourne 3b,ss 3 0 1 0
Cox c 4 0 1 1
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Simpson ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 2 3
Otis cf 3 0 1 1
Porter c 5 0 1 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Wathan 1b 3 0 0 0
Zdeb rf 3 1 1 0
  Poquette ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Washington 2b 4 2 1 1
Cruz ss 3 0 2 0
  Braun ph 1 0 1 0
  Patek pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Seattle 000 010 030471
Kansas City 020 200 01x5110
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   4.0 6 4 2 2 1
  Jones  L (0-5) 3.1 5 1 1 2 3
  Rawley   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
3
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (4-4) 9.0 7 4 4 3 4
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
4

  E–Mendoza (5).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Seattle Bochte (11,off Leonard), Kansas City Washington (7,off Bannister); Brett (13,off Bannister).  3B–Kansas City Zdeb (1,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle Horton (10,8th inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Mendoza (1,by Leonard); McRae (3,by O Jones).  SH–Wathan (2,off O Jones); Wilson (5,off O Jones).  IBB–Otis (1,by Bannister); Brett 2 (6,by O Jones 2).  CS–Cruz (6,2nd base by Leonard/Porter); Cruz (1,2nd base by O Jones/Cox).  SB–Brett (8,2nd base off Bannister/Cox); Wilson (16,2nd base off O Jones/Cox).  HBP–O Jones (1,McRae); Leonard (1,Mendoza).  IBB–Bannister (1,Otis); O Jones 2 (5,Brett 2).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:27.  A–19,428.
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