Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
June 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1979 at Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Mariners 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 1 0
  Morales cf 2 1 1 1
Summers rf 5 1 2 0
Kemp lf 5 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Wagner 2b 4 1 3 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 1
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 5 1 1 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 1
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 2 0 1 0
Cox c 3 0 1 0
Hale lf 3 0 0 0
  Stinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Simpson pr 0 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Valentine ss 1 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Detroit 100 100 0013111
Seattle 100 000 000140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (6-3) 6.1 3 1 1 4 3
  Hiller  SV (5) 2.2 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
6
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (2-7) 6.0 10 2 2 2 1
  Rawley   3.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
2

  E–Trammell (11).  DP–Detroit 1, Seattle 1.  2B–Detroit Summers (1,off Abbott); Trammell (3,off Abbott), Seattle Roberts (10,off Billingham).  HR–Detroit Morales (5,9th inning off Rawley 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Bochte (3,off Billingham).  CS–LeFlore (6,2nd base by Abbott/Cox).  SB–Milbourne (2,2nd base off Billingham/Parrish); R Jones (14,2nd base off Billingham/Parrish).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:07.  A–6,156.
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