Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners
August 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1979 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Seattle Mariners 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bailor rf 5 1 1 0
Velez lf 3 1 2 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 0
Kusick 1b 2 0 0 1
  Mayberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 2
Howell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
  Davis c 1 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 1 1 1
Huffman p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 2 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 1
Bochte 1b 3 2 2 1
Horton dh 5 1 3 0
Meyer 3b 4 2 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 2 6
  Roberts lf 0 0 0 0
Simpson rf 5 0 2 0
Milbourne ss 4 0 2 0
  Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
Stinson c 1 0 0 0
  Cox c 3 0 0 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 15 8
Toronto 300 000 100491
Seattle 100 034 00x8151
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman  L (5-14) 5.1 11 5 2 2 3
  Freisleben   2.2 4 3 3 3 0
Totals
8.0
15
8
5
5
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Montague  W (6-4) 5.0 4 1 1 1 5
  McLaughlin  SV (11) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
9

  E–Kusick (2), Cruz (9).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle Simpson (8,off Huffman); Cruz (7,off Huffman); Horton (12,off Freisleben).  3B–Seattle Paciorek (3,off Freisleben).  HR–Toronto Ainge (2,7th inning off Montague 0 on, 0 out), Seattle Paciorek (4,5th inning off Huffman 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Kusick (1,by Rawley); Paciorek (3,by Freisleben).  IBB–Meyer (9,by Freisleben).  SB–Cruz (35,2nd base off Freisleben/Davis).  CS–R Jones (7,2nd base by Freisleben/Cerone).  WP–Huffman (4), Freisleben (6).  HBP–Freisleben (1,Paciorek); Rawley (1,Kusick).  IBB–Freisleben (3,Meyer).  T–2:44.  A–8,376.
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