Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
August 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Seattle Mariners 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 5 0 2 0
Paciorek 1b,lf 5 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 1 2 0
  Simpson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Stein 3b 4 1 1 0
Valentine rf 1 1 0 0
Roberts lf 4 0 2 1
  Stinson c 0 0 0 0
Cox c 2 0 1 1
  Bochte ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Milbourne pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Dressler p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
LeFlore cf 5 0 0 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
Kemp lf 5 2 4 3
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1
Summers rf 4 0 1 0
Wockenfuss c 4 0 0 0
Greene dh 3 0 0 0
  Jones pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 3 0
Wagner ss 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Chris p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Seattle 010 200 000 0380
Detroit 100 002 000 14101
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Dressler   6.1 7 3 3 0 2
  McLaughlin  L (5-4) 2.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chris   3.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Tobik   4.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Lopez  W (7-3) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
4
10

  E–Kemp (6).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Seattle R Jones (26,off Chris); B Stein (8,off Chris), Detroit Whitaker (13,off Dressler).  HR–Detroit Kemp 2 (23,6th inning off Dressler 0 on, 2 out,10th inning off McLaughlin 0 on, 0 out); Thompson (16,6th inning off Dressler 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Cox (5,off Tobik).  SH–Wagner (5,off McLaughlin).  SB–Valentine (1,2nd base off Chris/Wockenfuss); Paciorek (5,2nd base off Tobik/Wockenfuss).  CS–Valentine (1,2nd base by Tobik/Wockenfuss); Simpson (3,2nd base by Lopez/Wockenfuss); Milbourne (3,2nd base by Lopez/Wockenfuss).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:47.
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