Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
June 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Seattle Mariners 11

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 2 3 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 0 0 1
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Wagner 2b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 1 1 0 0
  Milbourne 2b 3 1 2 1
Jones cf 3 2 1 3
Bochte 1b 5 1 2 3
Horton dh 2 1 1 1
  Valentine ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 5 1 1 1
Roberts rf 5 0 0 0
  Simpson rf 0 0 0 0
Cox c 4 1 1 1
Hale lf 3 2 2 1
Mendoza ss 4 1 2 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 11
Detroit 000 000 101251
Seattle 301 101 23x11130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (4-3) 4.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Underwood   2.2 6 6 6 2 0
  Arroyo   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
4
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  W (3-5) 9.0 5 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
1

  E–Rodriguez (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Seattle 2.  2B–Detroit Kemp 3 (12,off Honeycutt 3), Seattle Valentine (3,off Arroyo).  3B–Seattle Milbourne (2,off Underwood).  HR–Seattle Bochte (7,1st inning off Wilcox 2 on, 0 out); Horton (11,3rd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Hale (1,4th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Meyer (6,7th inning off Underwood 0 on, 1 out); Cox (3,7th inning off Underwood 0 on, 2 out); R Jones (11,8th inning o.  HBP–Horton (1,by Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore (27,2nd base off Honeycutt/Cox).  HBP–Wilcox (5,Horton).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:11.  A–5,529.
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