Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins
July 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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 2, Minnesota Twins 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 2 1 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Paciorek rf 3 0 1 1
Meyer 3b 4 0 1 1
Stein 2b 4 0 0 0
Cox c 4 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Valentine ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Dressler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 2 2 2
Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 1
Smalley ss 4 1 2 3
Adams lf 4 0 2 0
  Rivera lf 0 0 0 0
Wynegar c 5 0 1 0
Landreaux cf 5 1 2 0
Cubbage dh 4 1 3 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 1
Castino 3b 4 2 2 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 15 7
Seattle 000 002 000241
Minnesota 001 500 10x7152
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (4-9) 3.2 7 6 2 3 0
  Dressler   4.1 8 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
7
3
4
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (10-6) 9.0 4 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5

  E–Bochte (7), Powell (2), Wilfong (7).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Adams (8,off Abbott).  3B–Minnesota Castino (3,off Dressler).  HR–Minnesota Powell (2,3rd inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out); Smalley (15,4th inning off Abbott 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Mendoza (9,off Koosman); Wilfong 2 (10,off Abbott,off Dressler).  SF–R Jackson (3,off Abbott); Wilfong (4,off Abbott).  IBB–Smalley (4,by Dressler).  IBB–Dressler (2,Smalley).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:11.  A–34,365.
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