Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
July 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 0, Minnesota Twins 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 3 0 0 0
Jones R. cf 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 2 0
Paciorek rf 3 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Stein 2b 4 0 1 0
Cox c 4 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Valentine ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Decker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 1 2 2
Smalley ss 4 2 1 0
Landreaux cf 3 0 1 1
Adams lf 4 1 3 2
  Rivera pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cubbage dh 4 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 0 2 2
Jackson R. 1b 3 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 3 2 1 0
Castino 3b 3 1 0 0
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 12 7
Seattle 000 000 000064
Minnesota 005 000 11x7121
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (2-8) 2.2 6 5 2 2 1
  Decker   5.1 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
4
5
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (1-0) 8.0 5 0 0 3 2
  Marshall   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
2

  E–Roberts (4), Bochte (6), Meyer (7), Decker (1), Wilfong (6).  DP–Seattle 2, Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Wynegar (8,off O Jones).  SH–Castino (11,off O Jones).  SF–Landreaux (5,off O Jones).  SB–Powell (4,2nd base off Decker/Cox).  CS–Cubbage 2 (8,2nd base by O Jones/Cox,2nd base by Decker/Cox).  WP–Decker (2), D Jackson (1).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–(none), 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:16.  A–6,629.
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