Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
August 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 9, Seattle Mariners 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 0 0
Brookens 2b 3 1 1 0
Morales rf 5 2 3 1
Wockenfuss dh 5 2 2 3
Jones lf 5 1 0 1
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1
Putman c 4 1 1 2
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 1
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 8 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 1 1 0
Jones R. cf 5 0 2 0
Bochte 1b 5 0 3 1
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 3 1 2 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
  Valentine ph,c 1 0 0 0
Simpson rf 2 0 1 1
  Roberts ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 1 0 1 0
  Stein ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 11 2
Detroit 103 003 020980
Seattle 100 001 0002113
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (10-6) 6.0 9 2 2 3 4
  Hiller  SV (9) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (8-9) 5.0 6 6 6 2 5
  Montague   2.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Jones   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Abbott   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
9
9
3
5

  E–Meyer 2 (16), Stinson (6).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Seattle Bochte (29,off Wilcox); Paciorek (19,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss (15,3rd inning off Honeycutt 2 on, 2 out); Thompson (14,8th inning off O Jones 0 on, 0 out); Putman (2,8th inning off O Jones 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Rodriguez (3,off Montague).  SH–Stinson (5,off Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore (58,2nd base off Honeycutt/Stinson); Morales (5,2nd base off Honeycutt/Stinson); Cruz (31,2nd base off Wilcox/Putman).  CS–Brookens (3,2nd base by Honeycutt/Stinson).  WP–Wilcox (4).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:51.  A–11,074.
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