Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners
August 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1979 at Kingdome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Seattle Mariners 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 2 1 1 0
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 1 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 2 0 0
Johnson dh 4 2 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 3
Hassey c 4 0 2 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 3 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 0 2 1
Jones R. cf 5 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 5 1 1 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
  Simpson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 5 1 1 1
Stein B. 3b 3 0 1 0
  Stinson c 1 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 0 1 1
Cox c 2 1 1 0
  Meyer ph,3b 2 1 2 1
Mendoza ss 2 0 2 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Stein R. p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Cleveland 400 001 020790
Seattle 000 012 0014122
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (12-10) 5.2 9 3 3 1 2
  Cruz   2.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Monge  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
4
7
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (3-11) 5.2 7 5 5 4 3
  Stein   2.1 2 2 2 3 3
  Hinton   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
8
6

  E–Cruz (8), Stinson (5).  DP–Cleveland 1, Seattle 2.  2B–Cleveland Johnson (12,off O Jones); Kuiper (6,off R Stein), Seattle Paciorek (18,off Waits); Milbourne (11,off Cruz).  3B–Cleveland Harrah (1,off O Jones), Seattle Bochte (3,off Waits).  HR–Seattle Meyer (18,9th inning off Cruz 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Harrah (3,off R Stein).  HBP–Hargrove (4,by Hinton).  SB–Thornton (4,3rd base off R Stein/Stinson); Johnson (1,2nd base off R Stein/Stinson); R Jones (23,2nd base off Waits/Hassey); Cruz (29,2nd base off Cruz/Hassey).  WP–O Jones (6).  HBP–Hinton (4,Hargrove).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:11.  A–7,302.
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